Tapani Talo (born Tapani Tapanainen in 1950) is a Finnish-American architect, who has also worked as an

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. He is best known from Rolling Stones Mobile studio technician in early and mid 1970s.

Career

Born in Lahti, Finland in 1950, he moved to Australia along his parents when he was just one year old. Family returned to Finland in late 1950s. Talo worked as a sound technician in

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congress center in

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from 1967 to 1972. At the same time he worked as a freelance photographer to various magazines and was also a DJ. In December 1972 he went to

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in London and ended to work to

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's Associated Independent Recording studios. In February 1973 he worked as a technician at

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European Tour concerts, from which recordings they made the live album '' Live at Last''. In March same year he was in France to record an album for the band called

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. Their producer was

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who then hired Talo to work for the Rolling Stones Mobile studio. He worked there until 1977. In 1974 Talo began the architect studies in London and continued them in

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after moving to United States in 1977. Since 2002 he has run his own studio ''NY Super Studio Architects'' in New York.

Recordings

: '' Live at Last'' (1973/1980) *

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'' (1973) *

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: '' Brussels Affair'' (1973/2011) *The Rolling Stones: ''

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'' (1974) *

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'' (1974) *

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'' (1974/2010) *The Rolling Stones: ''

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'' (1976) *Deep Purple: ''

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'' (1976) *

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'' (1975/2003) *

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'' (1976) *The Rolling Stones: ''

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'' (1977) *

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'' (1976/1990) *

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'' (1977)

References

External links

TALO-Green Passive Architect P.C. homepage

Tapani Talo ar Artnet.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talo, Tapani 1950 births Living people Finnish emigrants to the United States People from Lahti Finnish architects Finnish audio engineers