Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit near the New Center area of the city. Motown founder Berry Gordy bought the house in 1959.
The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was created by Walt Disney's Director of Recording, Tutti Camarata, from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings.At the encouragement of Disney himself, Camarata began the project in 1958, starting with a former automotive repair garage whose sloping floor would tend to reduce unwanted sonic standing wave reflections.
[8] At this time, with nine studios, Blackbird had become the largest recording facility in Nashville. [4] The studio is known for its collection of vintage recording gear, including one of the most extensive collection of vintage and new microphones, [10] [11] as well as its exceptional live rooms, and a variety of echo chambers. [12]
The studio was created by Joe Gottfried and Tom Skeeter, who wanted to start a record company and get into artist management. After a rough start, Skeeter and Gottfried purchased [4] [5] [6] a state-of-the-art recording console for $75,175 from the English electronics engineer Rupert Neve: [7] "One of four in the world ... a 28-input, 16-bus, 24-monitor 8028 with 1084 EQs and no automation".
The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States. [4] Following the use of his parents' home at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey , for the original studio, Rudy Van Gelder (1924–2016) moved to the new location for his recording studio in July 1959.
Capitol Studios are located in the rectangular ground floor base of the 13-story circular Capitol Records Tower, just north of the intersection of Hollywood and Vine.The Capitol Studios facility has business offices, five mastering rooms and four studios, three of which were constructed within a layer of asphalt-impregnated cork to insulate them from outside vibration. [3]
Morgan Studios (founded as Morgan Sound Studios) was an independent recording studio in Willesden in northwest London. Founded in 1967, the studio was the location for recordings by notable artists and bands such as The Cure, Jethro Tull, the Kinks, Paul McCartney, Yes, Black Sabbath, Donovan, Joan Armatrading, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, UFO and many more.
The 300 square foot Pro Tools studio, which is 18 feet above the ground in a western red cedar, was co-designed by the show's host Pete Nelson and original studio co-founder Joe Hadlock. It includes two beds, a balcony, and a loft. [17] [16] Bear Creek is known for its "rural farmhouse" location. [8]