[4] Jack Arnold ended his association with A & R Recording shortly after co-founding it, due to health issues.
The original studio was in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on the fourth floor of Mogull's Film & TV[b] building at 112 West 48th Street.
[7][4] In the first studio, Ramone gained a reputation as a good sound engineer and music producer, in particular for his use of innovative technology.
According to David Simons, author, the original studio at 112 West 48th St., which was started on a shoestring budget, remains Ramone's greatest legacy.
He attributed much of it to the height of 3.6 metres (12 ft) and before long clients were requesting to do their final tapes there and in no uncertain terms letting it be known that this was no mere demo studio.
In February 1970, A & R Recording launched A & R Records,[14][15] a company that produced albums of artists that included Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, Billy Joel, Dionne Warwick, Karen Kamon, Engelbert Humperdinck, George Barnes, Gloria Estefan, Bucky Pizzarelli, Barry Manilow, Laura Branigan, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Tito Puente, Petula Clark, k.d.
In 1970, A & R Recording formalized two partnerships to build two satellite studios, one with Brooks Arthur (né Arnold Brodsky; born 1936)[e] in Blauvelt, New York, and one with Norman (Norm) Fuller Vincent (1930–2014) in Jacksonville, Florida.
The legal structure of the partnership was in the form of a New York corporation operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of A & R Recording Inc.