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020180 Chuck Mangione concert
021080 Eagles concert |
The Yellow
Page ad above reflects the period we were transitioning to our new name Phantom Productions and
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02/27/80 Contacted by Len Clark, recording
Martin responded to this ad when he first came across it in 1978 in El Paso. He had purchased the equipment previously, however wanted to connect with the referral service. On 02/2/780, Len Clark contacted Martin and indicated he had obtained my information when he bought Land Voice. A new company was formed called New Generation Productions, Inc. (NGP). The company included Len Clark, Cheryl & Martin, Dennis Rowland, Harvey Campi, Kansas Pride and Peter Butcher. The new company was named New Generation Productions, Inc.
Brochure for Land Voice Productions, Delaware 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
(03/31/80 Began setting up New Generation Productions, Inc. (NGP). See below in March 1980)
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Martin videotaped Dan & Dave at the Back Room on 02/29/80
 
030280 Pizza at Paula & Dan's watch video
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Roy Poole opened Austin Recording Company on the second floor of the Littlefield Building at 6th and Congress in the early ‘50s, the only recording studio in town was the Radio House on the University of Texas campus.
On 03/04/80 Martin took the position of Chief Engineer (replacing Bob Behem) at Austin Custom Records. Later New Generations Productions staff also located at the Austin Custom Records offices.05/10/80 Met with Pooles about operating NGP out of ACR
Teac Model 10 and extender at Austin Custom Records
03/06/80 Martin met Bob Behem ACR's previous engineer to learn about ACR's studio. Unfortunately Bob owned the Tascam Model 10 and some other equipment, leaving some sparce older equipment in the studio.
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Cheryl standing outside ACR
Austin Custom Records where Martin worked as Chief Engineer while still working for the Texas DHS. Most often that state job happened during the day and in the evening and weekends Martin would complete the recording work. That usually fit with the musicians schedules as well.
 
There was no glass in the window between the control room and the sound recording rooms. Engineer had to use headphones
At Austin Custom Records, Martin began regular weekly recordings for a Venezuelan radio program sponsored by Optica Selecta.
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Martin ended up brining in his own Highland Sound Company as Austin Custom Records lacked adaquate playback equipment. HSC equipment included the Tecnichics amp, the JBL L40 Monitors and a Teac Model 2 mixer.
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Austin Custom Records Neumann Record Cutting Lathe
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Austin Custom Records
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03/03/80 Set HSC van up at Lake Travis house for Len Clark event. Met and spend evening talking to Peter Butcher
Peter would later manage Ruff Cedar, Rollingwood studios, form his own company Europa Studios and teach for the Austin Community College Commercial Music Program.
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March 3, 1980 Phantom van at Austin's Lake Travis. This location event was to enable Len Clark to show what on-location recording was about. The best thing was Martin met Peter Butcher enabling a number of intetesting music recording events.
This picture shows some of Phantom's first on-location music video work in 1980. The video camera can be seen sitting on the left bench. It was tethered to the VHS deck (bottom right). The blue cable was the 8 channel 100 foot Whirlwind snake. The decks were the 4 track Teac A-3340 and the Teac A-3000 2 track mastering deck. Also included in the picture is the microphone briefcase, TV monitor, accessory trays, 4 channel dbx, Marantz 5420 cassette deck, Technics amp and JBL speakers.
030580 Cheryl and Martin met with Len Clark
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031780 to 03/20/80 Martin in Dallas DHS training session - Sylvia fixed enchiladas in the evening.
031880 During the day at Dallas training session and Martin took Sylvia to Victorios Seafood that evening
032080 Dallas training session - Martin went to PTA meeting w Sylvia & Michele
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Martin's recording van interior
March 26, 1980 Martin had supper with supper Sylvia and Michele in Dallas.
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We continued to complete on location recordings for Roy Poole of Austin Custom records including this album for the Lon Morris College on 03/26/80
Martin stayed with Cheryl's sister Cindy and her husband Mike in Fort Worth on way to record the Lon Morrie College Stella Russell Singers in Jacksonville. Martin had supper with Sylvia in Dallas.
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Martin began working with Peter Butcher, a British music producer. They both were on the Board of NGP. New generations productions staff in Austin Custom Records offices.
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Austin Custom Records where Martin worked as Chief Engineer while still working for TxDHS. Most often that state job happened during the day and in the evening and weekends Martin would complete the recording work. That usually fit with the musicians schedules as well.
There was no glass in the window between the control room and the sound recording rooms. Engineer had to use headphones
032480 & 032580 Martin worked at Austin Custom Records
042080 ACR studio Craig Davis commercial
043080 Linda Rondstat concert
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Cheryl outside Austin Custom Records
050380 Discuss Peter's involvement in NGP & look at furniture
051080 Met with Pooles about operating New Generations Productions NGP (Martin, Cheryl, Peter Butcher, Len Clark & Dennis Roland) out of Austin Custom Records on Burnet Road
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Martin produced the company's first Austin album with Dan & Dave "Live at the Backroom"
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 Martin Cayce & Peter working on Rich Michaels record view more View video of Peter producing in Cedar Creek Studio
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03/31/80 Began setting up New Generation Productions, Inc. (NGP). New Generations Productions staff in Austin Custom Records offices. From left - Kansas Pride (Management & Booking), Dennis Roland (dp Marketing), Cheryl Theophilus (Secretary/Treasurer), Sharon Giddings (Executive Assistant), Martin Theophilus (Vice President & Chief Engineer), Leonard Clark (President), Peter Butcher (Executive Producer).
     
 
061480 Presented NGP investment to Trion corp
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040380 Cheryl and Martin committed to investing in NGP
  
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07/11/80 NGP board meeting in Horseshoe Bay at Harvey Campi's home. Harvey (Rockabilliy artist Ray Campi's brother) provided some funding for New Generations Productions and a single record "Little Young Girl" was was also released on the NGP label.
Dallas NGP Franchise
San Antonio NGP Franchise
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03/31/80 Began setting up New Generation Productions, Inc. studio and offices. These are the building plans. Capitol Metro agreed to build out out custom studio and offices as part of the lease. Martin designed and provided acoustical resources to Metro.
05/03/80 Discuss Peter's involvement in NGP & looked at furniture for Metro offices
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Beginning 05/10/80 New Generations Productions officed out of Austin Custom Records and eventually Martin designed and NGP began building studio and office space at the MET Center at Austin's East Ben White and Riverside Drive Plan 1 Plan 2
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040580 Cheryl and Martin in Alpine
Martin and Cheryl (below) recording in Alpine for Presbyterian church choir April 6,1980. Set up in Dad's Sunday School Superintendent's office.
On 04/08/46 Martin gave a Child Abuse Awareness presentation to the Alpine Conference of the American Association of University Woman
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04/20/80 Martin was at the Austin Recording Studio engineering and producing Craig Davis' commercial
050880 Cheryl & Martin in counseling Bruce Kruger
051080 Met with Pooles about operating New Generations Productions NGP out of Austin Custom Records on Burnet Road.
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Martin set up Austin Custom Records mix, duplicating and record cutting room on 05/11/80. That's Martin's original Sony TC-580 on the right
05/14/80 Martin produced Juan's Venezuelan radio show sponsered by Optica Selecta in the Austing Custom Records studio.This was a weekly session for Juan.
053180 Martin remodeled ACR Studoi to make systems and spaces more functional
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From December 1978 to September 1981 Martin taught management courses for the Texas Department of Human Services. He also developed training programs for the agencies Adult Protective Services. Many of the training courses were for the DHS executive staff. From 1981 to December 1990, as Chief of Services, Martin was responsible for the statewide DHS training coordination for the 12 reagional staff as well as the three DHS training centers in Arlington, Houston and Edinburg. He was on the road a lot!
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May 22-26, 1980 the NGP Staff attended the Kerrville Folk Festival |
Austin on-location job St. David's Episcopal
Church recording Mendelssohn's Elijah. June 29, 1980. Darrel Marler (who worked with Martin at the Texas DHS Staff Development offices) assisted Cheryl and Martin with the on-location recording
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04/12/80 Winifred's shower for Paula & Dan 5009 ft Clark
04/30/80 Cheryl and Martin to Linda Rondstat concert
06/21/80 Cheryl's class reunion (Martin not invited)
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061980 FtW Dallas to meet with studios
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 05/15/80 Martin working with Bruce Scafe at TxDHS Media services editing. Martin accepted a training position in Austin beginning in November 1978. Ever since attending the State's 4 week Austin orientation in 1969, Martin had planned to join the music scene in Austin. His position enabled him to work with the DHS Media Services Division. Their video director was Bruce Scafe who produced the first Austin City Limits segments - view Bruce's early ACL clip. Martin hosted a segment of the TxDHR video news magazines Telejournal. Vi
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Bruce left Austin City Limits after the first season and Terry Lickona, who was originally an intern took over. DHS memo from 1982
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051580 Cheryl & Martin counseling Bruce Kruger
052980 Cheryl & Martin counseling Bruce Kruger
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July 27,1980 Martin in Phantom Productions, Inc. Highland Sound Company van recording Kim Meyers on 2222, Austin, Texas.
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July 27,1980 Martin recording Kim Meyers on 2222 in the Phantom Productions' van.
On August 10, 1980 Martin recorded Kim Meyers harmony dubbing tracks in Phantom studio.
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Rick West "Brothers"
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Initially NGP was also working with the band Shammy consisting of James Mikulenka, Larry & Wayne Gathright (Music Lane Recording), The group was originally from Victoria and owned a recording studio that was built into a mobile home. The MET Center allowed the band to park the trailer behind Building 1 and Martin engineered some of the groups sessions.
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08/16/80 The beginning of NGP problems. The studio and offices were being built at Capitol Metro by Austin Bergstrum AFB. Len Clark emptied our funds.
09/13/80 NGP studio offices complete at Metro. Peter and Martin moved into our new offices.
09/15/80 Sammy & James Mikulenka moved trailer with Sunny Skies studio to Metro site while NGP studio being built. Above Martin's Teac A-3340and dbx AR Sunny Skies.
092180 and on 09/24/80, Martin engineered at Sunny Skies for Shammy on their Otari 8 track and I believe a Trident board.
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 When NGP closed their offices, Riverside Sound eventually became the new owner.
The studio was completed by Bill Johnson and Herschel Cunningham.
One of Riverside Sound's first projects was recording tracks for Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood, for which the studio won gold records. read more... and more
Omar and the Howlers also recorded tracks at the studio.
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Shammy on Austin's Auditorium Shores
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here to listen to one of Shammy's tracks on K98's "Homegrown" album.
071180 Horseshoe Bay Harvey
072280 ended lease with ACR
072780 Recording Statestreet Cafe 2222 Kim Meyer
081080 Record Kim Meyer in studio
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1980 we also produced a booklet about starting your own recording business.
It provided information on sources of customers and hints on the business
aspects.
12/06/79 Martin also finished writing booklet on creating on-location recording business
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Peter (standing center above) and Martin began working with James Mikulinka with the band Lucky Stripes. Cheryl and Martin met James when he was hosting an open house on Sun Vista in Austin. We bought the home.
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James & Larry (above) with Lucky Stripes play at Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas 1980
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New Generations Productions, Inc. was just completing the build out of their studio and offices at the Austin Metro Center when Mr. Clark wiped out our funds. Everything came to a grinding halt.
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081880 Recorded session for the Texasx Bankers Association
091580 Sammy - James Mikulenka move trailer with Sunny Skies studio to Metro site
while NGP studio being built
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10/18/80 Odessa to visit Carters
081680 beginning NGP problems - studio being built at Capitol Metro by Austin Bergstrom AFB
081880 Record Tx Bank Asso
091380 NGP studio offices complete - later became Riverside rec Studio - Stevie Ray Vaughn & Omar & Hiwlers
091580 Sammy - James Mikulenka move trailer with Sunny Skies studio to Metro site while NGP studio being built
092180 engineered at Sunny Skies for Shammy
092480 engineered at Sunny Skies for Shammy
100380 Formed Music, Etc with Peter & Tina Butcher after NGP collapsed following Lynn Clark's misuse of funding
100680 Barry Manilow concert
102580 Elton John with Peter & Tina
101880 Odessa
102080 Mom's surgery Mid/Odessa
102280 Return Aus
102880 Martin took Mother to San Antonio
111380 Cheryl - 711 W 38th test - diagnosed with brain tumor
112680 Ft Worth & Arkansas for Thanksgiving. - Martin drove CArter’s RV
113080 returned to Austin,-
120180 Cheryl checked into Breckenridge Hospital
Kelly had 13 pups beginning 5:30pm in vet's office. Delivered until 1:30 am next day.
Vet greed to keep Kelly & pups while Martin took care of Cheryl in hosp
120680 Cheryl's parents flew in - lost 2 puppies
120880 Martin cancelled Wash DC trip & began sick leave w Cheryl
121280 Cheryl's radiation & Chemo therapy begins
122180 needless hassles w Cheryl's family
122480 to FtW for Christmas - Cheryl losing hair, |
10/03/80 Cheryl and Martin formed Music, Etc with Peter & Tina Butcher after NGP collapsed following Lynn Clark's misuse of funding. The goal was to continue utilizing Peter's global resources to place US music in foreign territories.
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Martin & Peter also joined forces to produce and promote music through Music, Etc., and Rich Records.
While continuing Phantom Productions, Martin formed a new company with Peter Butcher. Peter and Martin had met while working on NGP projects. Using Peter's European resources, Music, Etc. worked to secure new music from recording studios in the US and promote them to international publishers and record companies. Peter and martin also enjoyed success during this time charting Leslie Gore's "It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To " on the US Billboard charts. See more
 
More Music, Etc. - Business Plan Newsletter 1 2 3 Artist Form
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10/06/80 Barry Manilow concert
10/2/580 Cheryl and Martin saw Elton John with Peter & Tina
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1980 Peggy & Tom with Pepper at Karvonen's home in Alpine - Peg Theophilus, Margaret and George Crerar, Aunt Ina and Aunt Isabel (Margaret's sisters)
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10/18/80 Drove to Odessa • 10/20/80 Mom's surgery Midland/Odessa
102280 Return Austin • 10/28/80 Martin took Mother to San Antonio
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Kelly and Shannon in Phantom's van
Cheryl adopted Shannon in El Paso before she came to Austin.
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Martin & Cheryl 1980 • 11/13/80 Cheryl - 711 W 38th test - diagnosed with brain tumor
 
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101880 Odessa
102080 Mom's surgery Mid/Odessa
102280 Return Aus
102880 Martin took Mother to San Antonio
11/13/80 Cherry had developed a slight limp and referred to the  Austin Neurological Clinic. The MRI diagnosed Cheryl with a brain tumor in the Pons area.
The pons area of the brain sets your body's level of alertness when you wake up. It manages pain signals. Your pons relays and regulates the signals that give you the sensation of pain from anywhere in your body below your neck. It works with other brain structures.
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Cheryl Kelly & Shannon 1980 at Lake Travis - Cheryl got Shannon in El Paso before she moved to Austin.
Cheryl Kelly & Shannon 1980
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Cheryl Kelly & Shannon 1980
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11/26/80 Ft Worth & Arkansas for Thanksgiving. Cheryl lost her hair. Martin drove Carter’s RV. Returned Austin 11/30/80
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Cheryl's aunt (Dad's sister) and uncle on farm near Hope Arkansas.
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Glen Campbell's parents lived near them. Cheryl's uncle would go fishing with Glen's dad. He would often wear clothes Glen gave him. He wondered when Glen would pass him the Rhinestone Cowboy outfit.
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11/26/80 Thanksgiving with Cheryl's Aunt and Uncle near Hope Arkansas
Carter family at Cheryl's Aunt & Uncle in Granberry, Texas
1980 Cheryl's sister Cindy & husband mike, Granberry
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12/01/80 Cheryl checked into Bracketing Hospital
12/01/80 Kelly had 13 pups beginning 5:30pm in vet's office. Delivered until 1:30 am next day. Vet agreed to keep Kelly & pups while Martin took care of Cheryl in hospital.
120680 Cheryl's parents flew in - Kelly lost 2 puppies that day. She lost 5 puppies in all.
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Cheryl's wig
121280 Cheryl's radiation & Chemo therapy begins.
122180 needless hassles w Cheryl's family.
Cheryl back home before Christmas
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Christmas 19880 with family in Farmer's Branch - Dad, Karen, Cheryl, Mom and Peggy
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Christmas at Cheryl's grandparents home in Fort Worth 12/25/1980
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