DCT Recorders

American mastering/recording studio of [a=Hank Waring], opened in 1964 in Hollywood, California. It became famous for mastering artists including [a=Steppenwolf], [a=Buffalo Springfield], [a=Iron Butterfly], [a=Deep Purple] and [a=Three Dog Night] (to name a few). Around 1975, Hank changed the name to [l=Quad Teck].

A DCT mastering can be identified by "DCT" in the runout. Very rarely did the early mastering engineers add their initials. After [a=Mike Reese] moved to [l=The Mastering Lab], where engineers scribed their initials, it became standard practice at DCT and every independent cutting facility in Hollywood. Many established their logo as a die to stamp the dead wax area of the master. And as the size of the independent cutting houses grew, most began to add a letter or digit to identify on which lathe or in which studio the cutting was done. Pressing was outsourced to a third-party company, including [l=Rainbo Records] and [l=Monarch Record Mfg. Co.]

Engineers known to have worked here:
[a=Mike Reese]
[a=Darrell Johnson]
[a=Lance L. Landon]
[a=Brian Gardner]
[a=Ron Leeper]
[a=George Graves]
[a=David Ruffo]
[a=Dave Travis]
[a=John Taglieri (2)]