Seven thousand audiotapes are stored in the Sigma Sound Studios Collection at Drexel University, neatly shelved in a basement ...

The silky song sends a serious message: “Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed. No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead. The world has changed so very much from what it used to be.

Engineers of the ‘Philly Sound’ Go Behind the Scenes on Creating one of America’s Unique Sounds The Music Industry program at Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design ...

Joe Tarsia, now retired, is shown standing at the mixing board in Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios in 2003. Sigma Sound, the source of the echoing, orchestral "Sound of Philadelphia" that topped the ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Back in the summer of 2005, Drexel University’s Music Industry program got a very curious phone call. On the line was the owner of a storage facility in Philadelphia, wondering if ...

The Jacksons weren’t in the mood for spaghetti. After a seven-year stint at Motown Records, the Jackson 5 went to Philadelphia to record two albums at Sigma Sound Studios. They were staying at a hotel ...

The Sigma Studios building — birthplace of the famous “Philly Sound” — has won a spot on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, protecting the beloved cultural landmark from demolition. Tayyib ...

Nat Turner Rebellion was an up-and-coming band in the golden age of Philadelphia soul music. They opened for the chart-topping Delfonics. They had a hit-making agent, signed with a renowned record ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The property on North 12th Street in Philadelphia became ...