Diary of a Studio Owner

I've mentioned Gil Markle's website at least twice, but it bears mentioning again. The "media" section, which was written about in a part of this week's WoMag cover story, is why I'm posting about it again.

I spent some more time yesterday, perusing this online gold mine of audio and video from the days before and during Gil's stewardship of Long View Farm recording studio in North Brookfield.

For Zonkaraz fans, especially, there's a treasure chest of songs that include recordings made in Gil's first recording setup in his Paxton home studio, the precursor to Long View Farm, back in the early 1970's.

The media section of the website requires that you register with a valid e-mail address, but don't balk at that! It took only a minute when I did it, and this is not one of those "gotcha!" websites by any means. The purpose of this media library is to archive material that, should he have chosen never to do it, would easily have been lost forever to the ravages of time and the deterioration of magnetic tape. These are priceless recordings, digitized from the original studio masters, and now they're available for us to hear online.