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SugarHill Recording Studios is a music recording studio located at 5628 Brock Street in Houston, Texas. Originally founded by Bill Quinn in 1941 as Quinn Recording , it is the oldest continuously operating studio in the United States.
In 1950, Quinn moved the studio into the first floor of his family home at 5628 Brock Street, just a few blocks from the original studio. He changed the name of the studio to Gold Star Studios. Around this time, the U.S. Government fined Gold Star Records $26,000 for unpaid excise taxes related to the sale of phonograph records on the Gold Star ...
William Dwight Holford, Sr. (June 12, 1919, Bartlesville, Oklahoma – March 22, 1999, Houston, Texas) was an American recording engineer and record producer.For 44 of those years, from 1948 to 1982, he was the affiliated with ACA Studios (Audio Company of America) in Houston as an owner, partner, and audio engineer.
House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78324-9. Cusic, Don (2011). The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-46314-5. Christe, Ian (2009). Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. John Wiley and Sons.
The Houston campus is laid out in specialized rooms named after colors. The Grey Room is designed for recording with a full band, the Gold Room has a full digital setup, the Green Room has a small booth for recording, the Purple Room houses a Control 24 console, and the Velvet Room is set up like a home studio. [12] [13]
Caigan renovated the control room, adding a state-of-the-art API AXS Legacy console. The recording booths and equipment were upgraded, and the studio’s 1974 Steinway B grand piano was restored.
International Artist was based out of Gold Star Studios in Houston, Texas, and leased the studio, which for a brief period of time in 1969 and 1970 was known as International Artists Studios. The recording studio, which was renamed SugarHill Recording Studios in 1972, is still in operation. [2]
Christensen began his recording career in Houston, Texas at SugarHill Recording Studios [3] in 1998 as an intern and quickly moved up to lead engineer by 2000. His work includes international touring as live sound engineer for Destiny's Child and studio albums by Jermaine Dupri, Cash Money Records, Steve Earle, Khruangbin and Robert Ellis.