He also began recording performers in folk clubs in New York, such as the Village Gate, working on the sound system in parallel with lighting engineer Chip Monck.
In 1962, he designed and built RLA Studios in New York, and the following year began working with Harry Belafonte on his live sound system.
[1][2] Albert Grossman then invited Alderson to produce the live sound for Dylan on his groundbreaking England and world tours in 1965–66 with The Band.
In the mid and late 1960s, he worked extensively for ESP-Disk Records, on artists such as Albert Ayler, Patty Waters, Sun Ra, The Fugs and Pearls Before Swine.
[1][2][3] In 1969, Alderson moved to Chiapas, Mexico, where he spent several years forming his own band and recording the indigenous music of the region, later released by Smithsonian Folkways.