Hollywood Studio Magazine (May 1969)

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RECORDING EXPERT - Arthur Piantadosi is one of Hollywood's top recording experts. By Stan Polinsky Local 695 I.A.T.S.E. BARBRA STREISAND ONCE STATED THAT TO HER, A STAR WAS NOT A STAR UNTIL HE OR SHE BECAME A MOVIE STAR. SO BARBRA CAME TO HOLLYWOOD TO MAKE HER FILM DEBUT. The elaborate preparations for the vocal and orchestra recording sessions for Barbra Streisand’s first picture “Funny Girl” were technically complete . . . the crew was ready to roll. But Barbra walked into the vocal booth and felt something was amiss her favorite microphone was not there. Far from Broadway, and far from her old, friendly mike, Barbra was in a strange, new world. In Hollywood, people not only need people, but all the friends they can get as well. Therefore, Arthur made arrangments to have her old friend Arthur Piantadosi RECORDING THE "STREISAND SOUND" the microphone sent from her New York recording studio. When it arrived, Barbra was no longer alone in the vocal booth. She sang to her old friend the microphone with all her heart . . . her old mike which, to Barbra, represents you* me and countless millions like us everywhere. The “Streisand Sound” could have been achieved with the mikes available in Page 4