Dedicated to preserving our cultural and natural heritage through photography, print, and audio. Here are Craig’s current projects:
One of, if not the, most incredible collections of Kustom amps in the world has now been fully photographed in its natural habitat, and presented for your enjoyment. With about 20 heads and 18 cabinets, this collection represents the epitome of 1970’s amp technology. And finally, there’s amazing photography to go with it. 36 pages in glorious color, showing these amps in the beautiful setting of the Colorado Rockies, including Red Rocks and Garden of the Gods.
Available in two spines - regular, which is the most familiar, and lay-flat, which provides a modern, sleek look. A picture of each type is shown - they’re the ones with the the centerfold showing the entire collection.
The Dick Patterson Trio - the Lost Chicago Tapes
Restored and mastered by Craig, this long-lost tape finally gives his father, Dick Patterson, the recognition he always deserved, but rarely received. Dick played with Jerry Lewis, The Pointer Sisters, and many others, but here he is with his own trio in 1962. Listen and purchase here, but also available on every streaming service.
The Olive Plugin is Here!
After a year of work and decades of restoration efforts, the Olive plugin has finally been released!
I've been working with Italy's Acustica Audio to bring a suite of plugins to the market which will allow every audio producer to finally use the sound of the famous Olive console. Only one was ever built, but it pioneered virtually every workspace and technology that's in use today, even with DAWs. It ALL comes from this console.
Here’s the Olive story. Click on the pic above to go to the Acustica site, see the video, and check it out!
AMC Publicity and Training Video Restoration
In conjunction with Rambler Ranch, Craig has restored over a hundred dealer training and showroom publicity videos. The very early presentations were distributed on vinyl, with an accompanying filmstrip, though a La Belle synchronized 8-track+video projector was used starting in the 1970s. They’ll be released one per week through 2025, so subscribe to the Rambler Ranch channel to get them!
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Hellboy
Craig’s latest book tells about the restoration, history and achievements of Gene Brown's 1952 Vincent Rapide. From its inauspicious beginnings in cardboard boxes on a patio for decades, all the way to being the most prized show bike in the United States!
AMC Document LIbrary
Over 100 brand new scans of public, proprietary, and SECRET documents from American Motors. This treasure trove of documents and photographs was borrowed from Rambler Ranch, and scanned for historical purposes. They’re stored at the Internet Archive, and links to each document are right here, including ten VIN decoders!
The Patterson History Library
FREE scans of history books, literature, photography, and much more, most of which center on the history of Colorado and the Southwest. And there are more to come!
Spike Robinson - The Live Session
Painstakingly restored and mastered by Craig for his label PME Records, this double album brings back the heyday of Jazz in Denver, with a performance by Spike that is smoother, more artful, and overall simply better than his later years in the UK. Click here to listen and buy. Also available on every streaming service.
Auto Museums of Iceland
A wonderful new book that gives the very unique history of what cars and trucks mean to Iceland. Rather than revere a car for its form, Iceland remembers their vehicles for their function; what they contributed to the building of a proud and tough nation. All three of the museums in Iceland signed on for this project! Get your copy here!
A Fan Favorite
The Black and Whites contains every print in the collection, printed on high-quality, acid-free paper. Most of them are printed across the two-page spread, making them as large as they can possibly be!