David Hassinger was a sound engineer at RCA Studios in Los Angeles

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From November 1964 until August 1966 he was the engineer for the Rolling Stones, working on all of their albums recorded in that period.

Hassinger discovered, signed and managed The Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes are an American rock band who first achieved international attention as an experimental psychedelic group in the late 1960s. Their song "Kyrie Eleison" was featured on the soundtrack of Easy Rider...

, engineering all their recordings from their second single and first hit until their breakup in the early 1970s.

In 1969, Hassinger purchased the Moonglow Records

Moonglow Records

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 building in Hollywood and renamed it The Sound Factory

The Sound Factory

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. The Sound Factory went on to become one of the most popular recording studios in Hollywood.

Other artists he worked with included Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

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, the Monkees

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, Love

Love (band)

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, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

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, The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5

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, Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke

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, Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts is a band made up of Jim Seals and Dash Crofts . The soft rock duo was one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl"...

, the Blackbyrds

The Blackbyrds

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, Sweetwater, and George Strait

George Strait

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External links

• Artistdirect biography.
• Notes on Hassinger's work with the Stones.
• Interview with James Lowe
  James Lowe
  -Life:Lowe was apprenticed on 2 November 1813 to Edward Shorter, a master mechanic and a Freeman of the City of London, who had in 1800 taken out a patent for propelling vessels, which he had named ‘the perpetual sculling machine.’ In 1816 Lowe ran away and joined a whaling ship named the Amelia...
  
   of The Electric Prunes
  The Electric Prunes
  The Electric Prunes are an American rock band who first achieved international attention as an experimental psychedelic group in the late 1960s. Their song "Kyrie Eleison" was featured on the soundtrack of Easy Rider...
  
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