Flanging is a time-based audio effect created when two identical signals are mixed together, but one is delayed by a small, gradually changing amount.

In the mid-1950s, future recording legend Phil Spector began working under Gold Star house producer-engineer Stan Ross to learn the basics of record production. By the early 1960s, Spector used Gold Star for most of his “Wall of Sound” recordings. The Beach Boys also recorded portions of their 1966 LP Pet Sounds and the number one hit “Good Vibrations” at the studio.

Other major artists to record at Gold Star Records include Ritchie Valens, Sonny & Cher, Buffalo Springfield, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Joan Jett, Meat Loaf, The Go-Go’s, The Ramones, Bob Dylan and John Lennon among others.