Sam Phillips the first investors in Holiday Inn, a motel chain that was about to expand to a nationwide franchise; he became involved with the chain shortly after selling Elvis Presley's contract to RCA, for $35,000, which he multiplied many times over the years with Holiday Inn. He also created two subsidiary recording labels, Phillips International Records and Holiday Inn Records. He owned the Sun Studio Café in Memphis. One location was in the Mall of Memphis. Phillips and his family founded Big River Broadcasting Corporation, which owns and operates several radio stations in the Florence, Alabama, area, including WQLT-FM, WSBM, and
Alpha & Omega Recording Satriani, Forbidden Evil, Angel Corpus Christi, World Entertainment War, Dysfunctional Family, Mystical Fullmoon, Exodus, Katharine Chase, Jennifer McKitrick, Digital Underground, John Hammond, The Obsessed, Todd Phillips, Vio-Lence, Howard Wales, Patsy Moore, and Manapsara. Alpha & Omega Recording Alpha & Omega Recording is the San Rafael, California recording studio of American music producer, Sandy Pearlman. Alpha & Omega Recording began in 1986, in Studio C at San Francisco's Hyde Street Studios, which Pearlman leased until 1991 from the studio's owner, Dan Alexander. It is now located at 150 Bellam Street in San Rafael, California. The studio offers 72-track analog recording facilities