I WAS JUST READING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF NW RECORDING STUDIOS- AND I GOT TO THIS PARAGRAPH::: BIG JAY MCNEELEY LIVE AT BIRDLAND, ISNT """BIG JAY LIVE AT BIRDLAND""" OR IS IT TRULY BIG JAY LIVE AT "THE BIRDLAND" IN SEATTLE?!?!? OMFG!
Acme Sound & Recording
Fred Rasmussen was a machinist who moonlighted as an amateur audio engineer and ran the Acme Sound and Recording service from his home (7551 28th Avenue NE). He'd spent years recordings country bands -- including Seattle's "Texas Jim" Lewis' combo -- in various local venues. In the late-1950s that Rasmussen also began recording visiting African American R&B acts like Big Joe Williams, Wild Bill Davis, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters -- and even Big Jay McNeely, whose classic 1957 gig at the Birdland (2203 E Madison) was later released as CD.
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