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The records are familiar. The rooms can be a surprise. These photographs show the studios behind landmark sessions, from converted storefronts and churches to purpose-built rooms with space for an orchestra.

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AIR Studios, Lyndhurst Hall
AIR Studios, Lyndhurst Hall: The former church’s windows look down on the scoring floor in London’s Lyndhurst Hall. The…
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Channel One Recording Studio
Channel One Recording Studio: Adrian Boot’s 1985 photograph shows the studio on Maxfield Avenue in Kingston. The sign…
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Tuff Gong International
Tuff Gong International: The refurbished voicing room is part of Tuff Gong International’s recording complex on Marcus…
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Polar Studios
Polar Studios: Stockholm’s Sportpalatset housed the original Polar Studios. ABBA worked on Super Trouper and The Visitors…
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Gold Star Recording Studios
Gold Star Recording Studios: The storefront on Santa Monica Boulevard held Hollywood’s Gold Star. Phil Spector recorded the…
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Miraval Studios
Miraval Studios: The curved control room belongs to the redesigned studio in Le Val, France. Pink Floyd recorded parts of…
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Compass Point Studios
Compass Point Studios: This archival view takes you inside the Nassau studio’s control room. Talking Heads recorded the…
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Strawberry Studios
Strawberry Studios: The red-brick building on Waterloo Road in Stockport housed Strawberry Studios. The band 10cc recorded…
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Phillips Recording
Phillips Recording: This is the studio Sam Phillips opened on Madison Avenue in Memphis in 1960 after outgrowing his Union…
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Criteria Recording Studios
Criteria Recording Studios: The low building in North Miami housed Criteria Recording Studios under several names…
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Wessex Sound Studios
Wessex Sound Studios: The former church hall in London’s Highbury became Wessex Sound Studios. The Clash recorded London…
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Sigma Sound Studios
Sigma Sound Studios: The storefront on Philadelphia’s North 12th Street housed Sigma Sound Studios. David Bowie made much…
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Le Studio
Le Studio: Snow surrounds the surviving portion of Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, after a fire. Rush recorded and…

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