Tom Moulton

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Tom Moulton (born 1940) is an American record producer and originator of the remix, the breakdown section, and the 12-inch single vinyl format. He has humbly maintained that the last two innovations were pure accidents. Perhaps contrary to expectation, Moulton's early successes in "mixing down" dance records were the result of insistently taking away elements from the original multi-track. His career started in the late 1960's with a self-made tape of overlapping songs created for the Fire Island bar and restaurant The Sandpiper. As the club in question was very high profile, it was only a matter of time before his skills were noticed and put to use pre-release by those in the music industry. Moulton preferred R&B and dance music, but actually mixed a wide range of popular recordings. A noteworthy quote has him saying, "I never made a dance record, I made records you can dance to." Moulton worked as a model at the Bookings and Ford agencies before beginning his production career. Before that, he had worked in the music industry, holding a sales and promotion job at King Records (from 1959 to 1961) and similar positions at RCA and United Artists. He eventually left due to his disgust at the industry's dishonesty. His notable achievements in recording technique include extending the high frequencies and tightening the bottom for better sounding play at high volume and lengthening for greater musical and emotional impact by repeating key passages. He was responsible for t

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A Tom Moulton Mix

Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes

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Diggin' With Dilla

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Don't Take My Shadow: The Tom Moulton Mixes 12"

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Tom Moulton - The Sandpiper, Fire Island, New York, USA - 1974

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This Ain't Chicago - Richard Sen Edits

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Diggin' in the Crates with J Dilla (HHIR's DITC Volume Four)

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A Tom Moulton mix (CD1)

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A Tom Moulton mix (CD2)

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