Tom Moulton
Thomas Jerome Moulton (vinyl format in the process.
Life and career
Moulton was born in
King Records (from 1959 to 1961), and similar positions at RCA and United Artists. He eventually left due to his disgust at the industry's dishonesty.[3] His music career restarted in the late 1960s, with a self-made tape of overlapping songs created for the Fire Island bar and restaurant The Sandpiper.[4]
He was responsible for the first continuous-mix album side, on
First Choice's "Doctor Love" as well as "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" and Claudja Barry's album, The Girl Most Likely.[1]
Between 1977 and 1979, he produced Grace Jones's first three albums, including one of the singer's biggest hits, her rendition of Édith Piaf's "La Vie en rose".
Moulton's innovative work was honored at the 2004
Brand New Heavies (featuring N'Dea Davenport
)'s single "I Don't Know (Why I Love You)".
In 2006, a compilation of mixes titled A Tom Moulton Mix of Moulton's remixes on Soul Jazz Records.[6][1] The British label Harmless Records has released albums of Moulton's work of remixed tracks, originally issued on Philadelphia International and other Philly soul labels, mainly during the 1970s.
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ Tom Moulton Lecture (New York 2013. Red Bull Music Academy. 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2019-01-25 – via YouTube.
- ^ Shapiro, Peter. Turn the Beat Around: the Secret History of Disco. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2005., p.40
- ^ Shapiro, Peter. Turn the Beat Around: the Secret History of Disco. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2005., p.42
- ^ "Meco Monardo and the Disco Sound of the 1970s". DiscoMusic.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ "Tom Moulton - A Tom Moulton Mix - Review - Stylus Magazine". 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
External links
- Tom Moulton interview at Disco-Disco
- Tom Moulton discography at Discogs
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