Altec History Photos

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Some of the pictures from the 1960s and 70s are interesting since my first Altecs VOTTs were purchased in 1974.

Consequently, this makes me feel a tad old.

Anyway, I would like to see some rock concert photos pre-75 since the dominant sound reinforcement systems of the day were Altecs that included bass horns, horned compression drivers and DC300 Crown amps.

My recollection was that the sound crews used to run recorded music through the system at moderate volumes for an hour or so before the show in order to warm up the voice coils. Apparaently, this was done to reduce component failure as the Altecs were not designed to take really big power.

The Altec Woodstock bins. These were used for the Woodstock concert . The Beatles USA tour and a few other groups.


BANDS: The Band, Beatles, Beach Boys, Blood, Sweat & Tears, James Brown, Buffalo Springfield, Joe Cocker, Country Joe MacDonald, Taj Mahal, Duke Ellington, Connie Francis, Miles, Dizzie Gillespie The Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Janis, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Peter. Paul, & Mary, Andy Pratt, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Lawrence Welk, The Who, Neil Young .

Solo artists:: Joan Baez, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Miles, Dylan, Ellington, Connie Francis, Dizzy Gillespie, Arlo, Havens, Hendrix, Janis, Country Joe MacDonald, Taj Mahal, Melanie, Andy Pratt, Ravi Shankar, John Sebastian, Santana, Streisand, Lawrence Welk, The Who, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Neil Young .

Photo of front of stage Woodstock bins.

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