Amnom "Ami" Hadani, legendary Radio Recorders and TTG recording and mastering engineer, RIP..

RIP Ami Hadani. Jimi Hendrix recorded there did Ami work with Jimi?

 

Thank you for the clarification on the name. I read somewhere that it stood for "Two Terrible Guys" and I bought that hook, line and sinker.

I had visited that studio several times when my dad was a business rep for the Local 47 musicians union.

 

I believe he engineered Freak Out too.

 

A very sad loss in the record world, Steve. Ami Hadani was a legend and was involved with so many awesome recordings we all know and cherish here. He can't be replaced. A real pioneer in music.

 

Zappa once in a interview said TTG stood for "Two Tough Guys".

It must have been a good place since Freak Out and Absolutely Free were both recorded there when it was a 4-track facility, and Zappa had access to the 5-track machine that Paul Buff built during the Pal Studios/Studio Z days.
Hadani did some incredible work in the 60's, he knocked it out of the park with the his recordings of Ella and Basie.

 

RIP Ami.

 

no he didn't it was angel balestier that worked with Jimi but he was always around the studio at that time was really busy

 

I have one side I know was cut by him - a blank groove that was on the back of a one-sided promo of The Mamas & The Papas' "Creeque Alley," pressed by Monarch. It was signed 'AMI H."

 

Wow! I didn't know any of this. RIP.

 

The Doors, Eric Burdon & even Captain Beefheart recorded at TTG in the late 1960s

 

I was always told it stood for "Two Talented Gentlemen" but evidently that was not the case.

 

Tilhas Tizig Gesheften (commonly known by its acronym TTG, loosely translated as "kiss [literally, lick] my **** business") You did not mess with the Jewish Brigade. After World War II They did illegal emigration of Holocaust survivors to Mandatory Palestine. And killed many SS and Wermacht members who did atrocities against European Jews. The Brigade was deadly and you did not mess with them! So TTG studios is a reminder of what happened in World War II and what to do going forward for Jews who were persecuted.

 

I did not know Ami, but I purchased his 1967 Ghia 450 SS from his sister today...Beautiful car, his pride a joy..
His wife and her sister had some great stories about him and the TTG studios.
I remember being at TTG in the 1970's, just kid then, with my find and his dad Perry Botkin who was producing a Carpenters record there. What a great experience it was..I can say I got the recording studio fever after that day in TTG...
His partner and engineer Tom Hidley had a lot to do with my studios too.. I own Paramount Recording in Hollywood and Encore Studios in Burbank..

 

Welcome Mike; that's an interesting car with an interesting provenance, and I like that connection going all the way back to the 70's.
Take good care of her!

 

Thanks Ben,
Did you know Bruce Botnick by any chance? I'm just looking for people that might have known Ami that I might be able to contact. I would love to speak to someone about his car to find out more information. His family really had very limited knowledge of the car and Ami didn't really talk about about it much unfortunately..

 

Can't help you there, Mike.
Suggest you contact or join the car group - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ghia450ss/info
They may have a register of cars and their history.

 

I remember Ami talking proudly about his Ghia with a lot of respect. He took us (Yoav Gera and me) around Hollywood with it from time to time in 1976.

 

Wow, that is great to hear Yair. If you ever get the Los Angeles look me up and we can go for another ride and talk about Ami, maybe we would answer.