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Paul Curcio is the Vice Presidet of Live Events
Music is in Paul Curcio's blood! In the early days of “Rock and Roll” Paul was active in the
business of music; not just content with playing guitar in a high school rock and roll band
he began producing “dances” in smallest venues as Knights of Columbus halls in South
Florida, promotion was accomplished with mimeographed fliers and relied heavily on word
of mouth.
While living in Miami in the early sixties and attending the University of Miami, Paul
played guitar on the first albums by, Sam and Dave, which were released on Roulette
Records and produced by top rhythm and blues producer, Steve Alaimo. During the midsixties,
Curcio was a founding member of the his west coast pop rock band, “THE MOJO
MEN”, WHO RECORDED A STRING OF CHART RECORDS FOR, Autumn Records, Warner
Bros./Reprise, (Sit Down I Think I Love You). He appeared on thirty national shows
during the sixties such as, The Pat Boone Show, American Bandstand (four times), Mike
Douglas, Dick Clarks’….Where the Action Is, Lloyd Thaxson, Sam Riddles: Ninth Street
West and Shindig.
In 1968 foreseeing a need for a state of the art MULTI-TRACK recording studio facility in
San Francisco Bay area, he founded Pacific Recording Studios. MULTI-TRACK recording
studios were available in Los Angeles but none in the SF bay area. Also, the first 16 track
recording machines were being manufactured in close by Redwood City by Ampex
Corporation. Pacific purchased two of these new prototype recorders and for the next
ten years, (1968-1978) was one of the most successful studios of it’s time being credited
with eighteen (18) Gold and Platinum Albums. The first remote 16 track recording session
in America was credited to Pacific Recording during this time.
During September 1968, Newsweek Magazine did a story on Paul Curcio and Pacific
Recording Studios showing them as one of the NEW breed of studios in the world. During
this period, Paul began his involvement in record production, being involved in the
careers of “The Doobie Brothers”, Warner/Brothers Records, “Santana”, CBS Records and
“Maze featuring Frankie Beverly”, Capitol Records to name just a few of the highlights.
The Doobie Brothers sold 3-4 million albums, and Santana sold in excess of 12-20 million
albums.
During 1979 and 1980, seeing that the next wave of recording facilities was moving out
of the cities and into the country atmosphere, Paul built a new studio in northern
California called, Arrow Recording. During these years Curcio also began promoting
Country Concerts. Paul brought the biggest names to Northern California, such as Merle
Haggard, Hank Williams, Jr., and Don Williams.
In late 1982, the opportunity became available to build a NEW STATE OF THE ART studio
complex in Upstate New York, MusicAmericaStudios. Paul and his cousin, who was also in
the MOJO MEN, began building a unique recording facility. This studio offered access to
an empty 40,000 square foot private club, which contained a couple of very large
ballrooms, the studio instantly became a mecca for various up and coming rock bands
from New York City and New Jersey shoreline.
Because of the sound that could be captured and recorded in this facility/studio, bands,
call HEAVY METAL BANDS, began recording successful albums at the facility. During the
mid-eighties, Paul Curcio produced a band called, METALLICA which has gone on to rock
Super Star Status. Rolling Stone Magazine listed the top hundred albums of the
eighties and ranked the album, KILL ‘EM ALL by METALLICA and produced by Paul
Curcio, the 35 most important album of the eighties. Metallica sold more than 6 million
albums.
