![]() ![]() Hadani's association with MGM/ Verve artists preceded TTG and his work with rock groups. He was credited as Omi Hadan on some records. TTG co-founder Amnon "Ami" Hadani was born August 19, 1929. Hidley went on to found Westlake Recording Studios in the 1970s, a facility which was highly influential in standardizing acoustic design in the recording industry and which has been used by a large number of prominent vocal artists. Also employed at that time by A&R was Ami Hadani. In 1964, Phil Ramone hired Hidley to work at his A&R studio as the audio technical manager. In 1962, they built the MGM/Verve studio. Through Sinatra's purchase, Hidley became known to a Sinatra associate Val Valentin, who invited Hildley to assist in the building of a new recording studio in New York. Among the first to own a Muntz car stereo was Frank Sinatra, the famous singer and actor. ![]() In 1959, " Madman Muntz" hired Hidley to assist in the development of the first car stereo. He then turned to non-performance aspects of music, and spent nights recording at clubs and days working at loudspeaker and tape-machine companies. As a teen, he spent long hours playing the saxophone, clarinet, and flute, until ordered to cease by his physician after a physical breakdown. Other tenants are Fame, a talent agency, and WICK Studios, a photo and video rental space. It is now occupied by their tenant Wax Ltd, the multi-platinum production and songwriting record label of Wally Gagel and Xandy Barry. However, the Kahanas kept the ground floor recording studio and upgraded it. It took them three years to retrofit the cinder block structure, restore the main hall and third floor balcony to their original state, and adapt it to the needs of the agency that moved in December 1990. TTG went out of business in 1985, and the owner sold the building to Yoram and Peggy Kahana, owners and directors of Shooting Star International, a photo agency. Burdon introduced Jimi Hendrix to the studio and Hendrix "raved" about the studio's sound. Meticulously and innovatively built by partner Hidley, with a high decibel level threshold, their studio became popular with the up-and-coming rock musicians of that time, including The Monkees, Eric Burdon, Frank Zappa with The Mothers of Invention, and Alice Cooper. TTG was notable as the first to be equipped with a 16-track tape recorder, devised by co-owner Hidley, at a time when 4 or 8-track recording was still the norm. In the mid 1960s, the building was leased by TTG and they converted the second story main hall into a mega-studio that could accommodate up to 100 musicians. In turn, it housed the Blue Network and other entertainment related companies. The next owner was Radio Recorders, which converted the ground floor billiards room and half the lounge into a (then) state of the art recording studio. The Knights were foreclosed during the depression of the 1930s. 1441 North McCadden was originally the home of the Hollywood Knights of Columbus, a fraternal organization affiliated with the Catholic church. ![]() The building was built in 1927, an active period in Hollywood, as Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Hollywood Athletic Club are all nearby and date from the same period. ![]() The studio was located at 1441 North McCadden Place, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. It did not stand for "Two Terrible Guys", as is sometimes mistakenly claimed. It is an Israeli slang expression consisting of Arabic and Yiddish words, meaning, roughly, "Up Your Ass". "TTG" stood for " Tilhas Tizig Gesheften", the name of a Jewish Brigade formed after World War II. ![]()
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