The Vienna Philharmonic gave its first note-perfect performance under Mr Kaplan's baton and he experienced his deepest satisfaction when the horn section, struggling in a recording session to accommodate the changes, played one passage 11 times in their earnestness to get it right.

ECONOMIST: Gilbert Kaplan

In 1969, four local session players known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section decided to open up their own recording studio.

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