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Re: [ARSCLIST] Malcolm Chisolm (Was: Not using headphones)
Chisolm's resume is interesting too, at least to me. I always thought he worked at Tel-Mar. It must
be that when Chess did sessions there, he engineered, but why was Chess doing sessions at Tel-Mar???
There are definitely some Chess records with studio credited as Tel-Mar. Also interesting, he made
the move out to California with Bill Putnam. I wonder why he came back to Chicago. In the mid and
late 50's, Universal was almost home base for Mercury's pop division. There are several instances
where one record would be made in studio A with Putnam and Chisolm would do another record in studio
B, on the same day. All of those records that I have sound great, too.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Sohn" <mahatma57@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:04 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Malcolm Chisolm (Was: Not using headphones)
Boy, I sure wish some had recorded the Chisholm classes! There would be some knowledge for the
ages there.
Well, now that you mention it... I recorded almost every class I took at Columbia College, mostly
on microcassette. After a few of malcolm's classes, I asked him if I could record his onto my DAT
recorder. His response? "I don't care if you bring in a goddam 35 millimeter movie camera". I
wish I could have..
I used to set the recorder up on the floor in front of him, and the first time I did, he said
"Y'know, your recording would sound a lot better if you point the mic at the floor".
Anyway, I recorded most of the classes I took from him. One of these days I'll get around to
transferring them.
Here is a link to a page that has a short recording of Malcolm, and some of his writings:
http://malcolm.bignoisybug.com/
-Matt Sohn
P.S. Malcolm's last name is properly spelled "Chisolm".