BREAK OUT THE BUBBLY: IT'S SUNDAZED'S NEW BUILDING!


And you thought those klieg lights and skyrockets we used to celebrate our sparkling new website weresomething! Wait until you get a gander at how we've lit up stately old downtown Coxsackie for SUNDAZED's newest enterprise: the grand opening of our sumptuous new building, directly across the street from the place we've called home for a decade. SUNDAZED, the most dynamic reissues label on the planet–and home of generational icons as diverse as Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop and as essential to rock 'n' roll's gravitational pull as the Byrds and the Meters–has tripled its floor size
and is loaded for bear. Recession, what recession?

The first floor is the new home for our crack team of graphic artists–free at last from having to doe-si-doe around the ever-expanding shipping department–as well as a staff conference area and the ever-expanding SUNDAZED tape vault. Sharp new decking out back will be up and ready for the autumn BBQ season, no problem. The sales office now occupies the spacious second floor. The third story may be the crown jewel of the new facility, housing state of the art studio space, divvied up into three main rooms: Studios A and C for mastering and editing and Studio B for mixing.





All by itself, the recent acquisition of a couple of truckloads of new and vintage recording gear wouldhave made expansion into new quarters essential. We've filled the place with modernistic Charles and Ray Eames-designed furniture that give the client's lounge, for example, the low-slung feel of a 1960 airport VIP lounge. The antique brick, mahogany, olive green and frosty yellow color scheme recaptures the high-rolling glamour of a Las Vegas casino from the Kennedy years. We admit it: it's a time warp. It's the whole package, located right on the friendly banks of the Hudson River.





"Artists we work with love coming to this area," says Bob, who christened the new studio configuration when he and NRBQ's Terry Adams wrapped up work on the legendary band's 1970 Ludlow Garage live material. Bob's also recently remastered the first two Lovin' Spoonful albums for BMG, groovy vinyl versions of which are already available on SUNDAZED. Other current projects include mastering of the new album by Grammy-nominated L.A. pop combo the Jigsaw Seen and Jefferson Airplane axeman Jorma Kaukonen's classic longplayer Quah. A breathtaking website section describing the new building is now up and running.