 |
 |
|||
 |
||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
(Spoiler Alert: watch this video all the way so you don’t miss the classic, celebrity B roll) In 1985, Judd Levison was 23-years old, making about five bucks an hour as a runner at Record Plant Los Angeles. He had…
Continue reading
Drummer Paul Scarpelli recalls: After a very short stint as Sam the Sham’s drummer in April 1969, I was hired by garage punk-rock icon Jimy Sohns to be the drummer for The Shadows of Knight, where I labored for over…
Continue reading(Raechel Donahue’s notebook from the 72-hour concert. Credit: Raechel Donahue) The legacy of Tom and Raechel Donahue’s Live at Record Plant concert series is the many musical careers it helped launch, leaving behind numerous historic, quality recorded performances of future…
Continue readingThe following paper was presented by Buzz Me In co-author Martin Porter at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Born to Run at the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, Sept. 2025 Abstract Record Plant Studios in New York…
Continue readingThey were just two Italian kids. One from Brooklyn and the other from Jersey. Jimmy Iovine, the one from Brooklyn, got the nod from Record Plant NY owner Roy Cicala to engineer some sessions for this new rocker who everyone…
Continue readingExplore what critics, journalists, and music insiders are saying about Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios. Rolling Stone: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios “Without the Record Plant, chances are your record collection would…
Continue reading
