Sigma founder Joe Tarsia engineers an O’Jays session in Studio 4.
In 1977, Joe Tarsia’s Sigma Sound were going strong in Philadelphia and New York City. The photo of Tarsia (left) was taken in the Philadelphia Studio 4, which Tarsia says “was located in the office building belonging to Philadelphia International Records, the former home of Cameo Parkway Records, where I started my career with Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, The Orlons and The Dovels, among others.” Studio 4 was fitted with a custom MCI 400 console at that time, and some of the artists Tarsia worked with in the late ‘70s include Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Lou Rawls, The O’Jays, The Spinners, The Stylistics and Teddy Pendergrass.
