Benny Doro Music · A living archive
A lifetime in music. Still unfolding.
The recordings are history. The work of bringing them back to life is happening now.
The permanent archiveEnter the Music Vault
The beginningThe dreamThe stageThe musicianThe curator
Featured recording
A living archive release from the Unchained years, restored from the best surviving cassette transfer while the search continues for the original digital studio master.
Public archive release
Written by Benny Doro and Tim Steinrock during the Paul Stanley management years, with Tim on the original vocal and Blair Melanson on the later version.
Hear the recording and story →This week
A song chosen from the archive for a closer listen—music, memory and the people who made both matter.
Love and a Bite
Written by Tim Steinrock, Jeff Worobec and Benny Doro around 1990, then finally recorded at West New York Studios in 2005.
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Latest studio update
The active work is archival: matching tapes to stories, restoring damaged transfers and publishing recording pages without stripping away the original character.
See what has been restored →On the desk now
The living edge of the archive: releases being documented, histories being connected and collections gaining their permanent home.
Restoration
Preserving performances, session evidence and the stories behind recordings such as Visions in the Night.
Open project →Studio archive
Demos, collaborations and West New York studio sessions, including the Doro / Espada recordings.
Open project →Featured Collection
Fifteen photographs, narration and a friendship carried through decades of music and life.
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