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D. & L. Sound Services, Inc. (aka D & L Recording Studios) was a small, independent recording studio located in Mount Vernon, New York, at 28 East First Street that produced demos, jingles, doo-wop, commercial music, educational music, rock-n-roll, and jazz. The studio included recording equipment manufactured by AMPEX, Altec, Neumann, and G.E. The company went bankrupt in 1963.

Still researching

The principals might have been Robert DeFranco, an audio enginer, and Andy Lalino, a drummer.

Phone: MO 4-1984

"Embassy" Building

Divisions

V.I.P. Records

York Records

Not to be confused with York Records in London, and Chevron Music, its music publishing arm

Bankruptcy

The studio equipment was sold in a bankruptcy at public auction on October 24, 1963^[1]

Underwriter: Salvoce Company, New York (sp?)

Herbert Z. Reinberg (1911–1970), trustee

David Peterman (né Pisterman; 1904–1992), Yonkers, attorney for the trustee

Audio samples

Demos

Extant demos include a 45 single acetate by the Emeralds, which was not intended for public release, as is evident by the hand-written notation on the red and white labeled disc. Nonetheless, the disc is in circulation and has gained renewed interest as a part of doo-wop history.

"Love and Glory" (doo-wop) —>

"Come Dance With Me" (doo-wop) —> article about the song Come Dance With Me"

Claude

A. Brooks

Cliff

Ace

Duke

Cliffy

C. Ramsey

D&L recordings

LP-108 (1959)
Andy Weis on Hammond Console ^[2]^[a]
Preliminary & Bronze Ice Dances
Recorded on an AMPEX Series 351

LP-109 (1959)
Recorded on an AMPEX Series 351

LP-110 (1959)
Recorded on an AMPEX Series 351

Re-issued as a compilation on CD (skating music)

LP 3738
Andy Lalino Presents:
Sit In and Play Along on Drums (1962)
Recorded around 1962 at
D and L Sound Studios
Andy Lalino (drums),^[b] Don Fornuto (né Donato Dominic Fornuto; born 1931) (piano), George William Dobrin (born 1936) (accordion), Lou Mavros (né Louis Mavrogian; 1928–2011) (bass), Charlie Aquista^[c] (tenor sax)
Bob DeFranco (audio engineer)
Cover art: Robert Curtiss
Producers: Bob Curtiss (né Robert Anthony Curtiss; 1929–2002)
© 1963 Educational Music Methods
OCLC 57599416

York Records

York DL 208
Neil Slater Trio
Neil Slater (piano), Art Epstein (bass), Andy Lalino (born 1934) (drums)
Side A: "Way Out East" (© 1963)
    By Neil Slater
Side B: "Tiamat" (© 1963)
    By Neil Slater
Recorded 1963
York Records DL 208
    A Division of D. & L. Sound Services, Inc., Mount Vernon, New York

Other occupants

1917: Scrafina Scola

1953: Empire Merchandising Co.

1954: Lev Gleason Publications, Inc. (comic book publisher); defunct in 1956; Leverett S. Gleason, Publisher and Editor; Advertising office at 28 E. 1st St., Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

1982: Vernon Triaxicon, Inc.; (founded 1977, dissolved 1982)

2016: Mount Vernon Business Improvement District, Inc.; Creative Direction Construction & Design, LLC; Mt Vernon Cmnty Action Group; WestCOP; Andre Wallace (NY State political election filer)

Selected personnel

Name

Robert ("Bob") Joseph De Franco (1931–2010)^[3]

producer, recording engineer

Born on December 9, 1931, in New York City. Son of Ralph and Christine (Paganelli) De Franco.

Education: Bachelor of Science, Western Connecticut University, 1958

Career (audio engineer, producer)

1958–1962: D&L Sound Studios, Mount Vernon, New York

1962–1965: Manhattan Sound Incorporated, New York York City

460 W. 54th St. at 10th Ave.

1965–1967: Murlyn Recording and Educational Products Corp., New York City, dissolved 2009

Murlyn was acquired 1967 by Income Properties, Inc., owner of Manhattan Sound Studios

Also, in 1967, Joseph Macaluso and Frank E. Pellegrin acquired a controlling interest Manhattan Audio Co., the new corporate entity of Manhattan Sound Studios

1967–1969: 6 West Recording, Inc., New York City, dissolved 1982

1969–1979: Aura Recording, Inc., New York City, dissolved 1983

1979–1981: Howard Schwartz Recording, Inc., New York City (Howard M. Schwartz, CEO)

1981–2003: The Mix Place, Inc., New York York City (Kenneth Fredrickson, CEO), dissolved 2003

A post-production shop

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References

Notes

^ Andrew Joseph Weis (1901–1975) — from Mount Vernon, New York — played saxophone, clarinet, organ, and piano; he had performed with big bands, including that of Benny Goodman, and had a band in the vaudeville era opening for George Burns called "The Aunt Jemima Five." Weis finished his career playing organ at skating rinks in New York
^ Andrew S. Lalino (born 1934), drummer from Mount Vernon, New York, taught Alvin Queen; Slater also taught Queen ("Alvin Queen, 'The Monster'" by Elaine Bissell, née Faulkner; 1917–2013, Westchester Weekend, the magazine of the Herald Statesman, September 14, 1979)
^ Charles Salvatore Acquista (1916–1973) was a professional musician his entire life

Inline citations

^ "Legal Notices, Bankruptcy Sale: D. & L. Sound Services, Inc.," Bankrupt No. 63 B 714, U.S. District Court, Southern District, N.Y., Herald Statesman (Yonkers, New York), October 23, 1963, pg. 56, col. 1 (retrieved August 30, 2016)
^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums – Specialty Dance Record," Billboard, October 5, 1959, pg. 30
^ "Robert Joseph De Franco," Marquis Who's Who; OCLC 4778583021

[AndyWeis-bio-3] Andrew Joseph Weis (1901–1975) — from Mount Vernon, New York — played saxophone, clarinet, organ, and piano; he had performed with big bands, including that of Benny Goodman, and had a band in the vaudeville era opening for George Burns called "The Aunt Jemima Five." Weis finished his career playing organ at skating rinks in New York

[Lalilno-bio-4] Andrew S. Lalino (born 1934), drummer from Mount Vernon, New York, taught Alvin Queen; Slater also taught Queen ("Alvin Queen, 'The Monster'" by Elaine Bissell, née Faulkner; 1917–2013, Westchester Weekend, the magazine of the Herald Statesman, September 14, 1979)

[Acquista-bio-5] Charles Salvatore Acquista (1916–1973) was a professional musician his entire life

[HeraldStatesman_1963_Oct_23-1] "Legal Notices, Bankruptcy Sale: D. & L. Sound Services, Inc.," Bankrupt No. 63 B 714, U.S. District Court, Southern District, N.Y., Herald Statesman (Yonkers, New York), October 23, 1963, pg. 56, col. 1 (retrieved August 30, 2016)

[Billboard_1959_Oct_5-2] "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums – Specialty Dance Record," Billboard, October 5, 1959, pg. 30

[MarquisWW-6] "Robert Joseph De Franco," Marquis Who's Who; OCLC 4778583021

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