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Leo De Gar Kulka was a producer, sound recording engineer. In the 1960s he worked for Autumn Records. He is considered to be one of the pioneers in the industry. He was also the owner of Golden State Recorders and audiophile record label, Sonic Arts. ==History== He was born in Czechoslovakia in 1921. In 1938 he moved to Los Angeles. He was in the counter intelligence corps in both the Korean and Second World Wars. Using recording equipment during the war led to a passion for music and recording.〔J. Audio Eng. Soc., Vol 45, No 5 May 1988 (Page 486 )〕 In the 1950's he worked for Radio Recorders in LA. He also had his own recording studio called International Recorders. Some of the artists that had their work cut there were Herb Alpert, Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra and Little Richard.〔Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording (Sunday, April 22, 2012, Golden State Recorders, 665 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA )〕 In 1957, he was the second engineer present at the first recording of the song "Tequila" which would end up being a massive hit for The Champs.〔uproxx 07.24.15 (A Celebration Of The Song ‘Tequila’ On National Tequila Day by Christian Long )〕 In 1964, he left Los Angeles and came to San Francisco where he started up Golden State Recorders.〔''If These Halls Could Talk'' by Heather Johnson (Page 28 )〕 Some time in the 1960's he was working for Autumn Records recording bands.〔Reel2ReelTexas.com (Ampex 200-A Serial #33 )〕 Along with Sylvester Stewart, the leader of Sly & The Family Stone, he arranged an early recording for the group which ended up as a single on the Lodestone label, "I Ain't Got Nobody" / "I Can't Turn You Loose".〔Discogs (Sly And The Family Stone * – I Ain't Got Nobody / I Can't Turn You Loose )〕 He had also worked with Stewart on recordings by The Great Society for which both he and Stewart were the original session producers.〔The Grateful Dead Family Discography (Born To Be Burned The Great Society )〕 In 1974 he founded the College for the Recording Arts in downtown San Francisco. The purpose of the college was to train aspiring music industry employees in all aspects of the business. The college attracted students from Asian and Latin American countries.〔Billboard Magazine September 26, 1981 (Page 38 Sound Business, Business of Music, College Buys Digital Synthesizer by Jack McDonough )〕 In the 1980's he was president of Sonic Arts Corp., an audiophile label located in San Francisco, California.〔InfoWorld October 7, 1985 (Page 26 Letters )〕〔Billboard Magazine September 26, 1981 (Page 38 Sound Business, Business of Music, College Buys Digital Synthesizer by Jack McDonough )〕〔Stereophile (The Colossus of Audio Colossal Reviews )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leo De Gar Kulka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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