Ed Lacinski was destined for a career in audio. As a child, he read the liner notes of albums to learn the names of the sound engineers. Then he began taping his school musical performances in Patchogue-Medford which brought him to the attention of Jack Ellsworth at WALK and WLIM. He worked for years at Harman Kardon and along the way assisted in a session at Abbey Road Studios and changed out a woofer at an Earth, Wind & Fire concert at Jones Beach.

Sounds good to us. All that and more on this deep dive into audio history.

Station Bibliography: WALK (1370 AM), WALK (97.5 FM), WLIM (1440 AM), WNYG (1580 AM)

Links

  • Motorola C-Quam
  • Abbey Road Studios
  • Bruce Swedien (Rolling Stones obit)
  • Jack Ellsworth: Long Island's Big Band Man (Long Island History Project)