Donn Landee (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Donn Landee is an American record producer and recording engineer. Much of his work as an engineer has been done with producer Ted Templeman. The pair worked with a wide variety of artists for Warner Bros. Records during the 1970s and 1980s. Landee is probably most notable for his work on Van Halen albums between 1978 and 1988. Other notable artists Landee has worked with include Sammy Hagar, Van Morrison, Montrose (which also featured Hagar), Captain Beefheart, the Doobie Brothers, and Carly Simon. In the late 1960s Landee began working on recording sessions at TTG Studios on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood. The studio was owned by engineer Ami Hadani. The upstairs studio featured a custom vacuum tube console.