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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.

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


 * 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
 * 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
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.
 * Demos
 * "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

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), 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 (tenor sax)

Bob DeFranco (audio engineer)

Cover art: Robert Curtiss

Producers: Bob Curtiss (né Robert Anthony Curtiss; 1929–2002)

© 1963 Educational Music Methods




 * 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)
 * 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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