Interview with Bill Savory, October 21, 1999

Project: Chasing Sound Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Savory discusses his career across various recording studios such as RCA Victor and Angel Records during the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the development of universal recording standards and technologies by various recording studios and organizations that affected the quality of sound for recordings and the style of recordings across different nations.

Interview Accession

2016oh242_chase072

Interviewee Name

Bill Savory

Interviewer Name

Susan Schmidt Horning

Interview Date

1999-10-21

Interview Keyword

RCA RCA Studios RCA Victor Studios Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Angel Records Colombia Records Recording studios Record companies Recording industry Sapphire Club Recording technology Recording business Recording Recording history Audio history Savory, Bill Audio Engineering Society Recording devices Audio devices

Interview LC Subject

Audio engineering Audio engineers Recording Industry Association of America Audio history Recording industry Recording method Recording of sound Sound--History Sound--History--20th Century Music history Music--History--20th Century Radio broadcasting

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