Record Plant

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Record Plant (also The Record Plant ) is the name of originally three well-known recording studios in New York City , Los Angeles and Sausalito in California . Artists who recorded in the studios include John Lennon , Queen , Aerosmith , Bruce Springsteen , Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix , among others .

history

Opening ceremony in Los Angeles on December 4, 1969. Pictured right: Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone (from right)

The studio in New York City was opened by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone in the spring of 1968. One of the first sessions were the recording of the album Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience , which emerged from June to August 1968 at Studio A. After the cable broadcaster TeleVision Communications (TVC) took over the studios in New York, a second studio was opened in Los Angeles just a year later. In 1972 the studio in Sausalito was added. Studio founder Kellgren died in 1977. The following year, Studio C was destroyed in a fire. In 1987, the former Beatles producer and co-owner of the Chrysalis group , George Martin , took over the studios. While the studio in Los Angeles continues under the name The Record Plant, the New York studio closed in 1987 and the one in Sausalito in 2008.

The studios are very keen to create a comfortable atmosphere for the artists. Kellgren in particular relied on pleasant studios instead of clinical rooms.

Producers and sound engineers

  • Gary Kellgren (Co-Founder, Producer and Sound Engineer)
  • Shelly Yakus (sound engineer)
  • Roy Cicala (sound engineer)
  • Ray Colcord (producer)
  • Jack Douglas (producer)
  • Jimmy Iovine (sound engineer and producer)
  • Jay Messina (producer)
  • Jimmy Robinson (producer and sound engineer)
  • Sam Ginsberg (sound engineer)

Selected albums

Interpreter title year place Remarks
Aerosmith Get your wings 1973-1974 New York City
Aerosmith Toys in the Attic 1975 New York City
After the fire Laser love 1979 New York City
Alice Cooper School's Out 1972 New York City
America Homecoming 1972 los Angeles
America Has trick 1973 los Angeles
Andy Taylor Thunder 1987 los Angeles
Artful dodger Honor Among Thieves 1975-1976 New York City
Artful dodger Babes on Broadway 1977 New York City
Ayumi Hamasaki Secret 2006 los Angeles
Ayumi Hamasaki Guilty 2008 los Angeles
Ayumi Hamasaki Next level 2009 los Angeles
BB King Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1970 los Angeles
Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 1988-1989 New York City Parts of the album
Bee Gees Life in a Tin Can 1973 los Angeles
Beyoncé 4th 2011 los Angeles
Billy Joel Piano Man 1973 los Angeles
Black Sabbath Master of Reality 1971 los Angeles
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Vol. 4 1972 los Angeles
Black Sabbath Mob Rules 1972 los Angeles
Blondie Parallel lines 1978 New York City
Blue Öyster Cult Mirrors 1979 los Angeles
Boston Boston 1975-1976 los Angeles
Brian May + Friends Star Fleet Project 1983 los Angeles
Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 1974-1975 New York City
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town 1977-1988 New York City
Buddy Miles Booger Bear 1973 Sausalito
Buddy Miles Chapter VII 1973 Sausalito
Carlos Santana Supernatural 1999 Sausalito Recordings also at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Cheap trick Cheap trick 1977 New York City
Cheap trick Heaven Tonight 1978 los Angeles
Cheap trick Dream Police 1979 los Angeles
Chicago Chicago XIV 1980 los Angeles
Cock robin Cock robin 1985 New York City
Crosby, Stills and Nash Live It Up 1990 los Angeles
Cyndi Lauper She's So Unusual 1983 New York City
Damn Yankees Don't tread 1992 los Angeles
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks Last Train To Hicksville ... 1973 New York City
Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg Twin Sons of Different Mothers 1978 Sausalito
Danzig Danzig III: How the Gods Kill 1992 los Angeles
Danzig Gdansk 4p 2007 los Angeles
Dave Mason Let it flow 1977 los Angeles
Dave Matthews Band Before These Crowded Streets 1998 Sausalito
Dave Matthews Band Busted stuff 2002 Sausalito
David Bowie Lodger 1979 New York City
Deftones White pony 2000 Sausalito
Devo New traditionalists 1981 los Angeles
Devo Shout 1984 los Angeles
Don McLean American Pie 1971 New York City
Eagles On the border 1974 los Angeles
Elton John & Tim Rice The Road to El Dorado (Soundtrack) 2000 los Angeles
Evanescence The open door 2006 los Angeles
Fleetwood Mac Rumors 1976 los Angeles
Fleetwood Mac Mirage 1982 los Angeles
Flo & Eddie Flo & Eddie 1972 New York City
Garland Jeffreys American Boy & Girl 1979 New York City
Grace Slick software 1984 Sausalito
Guns N 'Roses Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II 		1991 New York City
Heart Heart 1985 los Angeles
Heart Heart 1985 Sausalito
Huey Lewis and the News Sports 1983 Sausalito Recordings also at The Automatt studio , San Francisco
Iggy Pop Soldier 1980 New York City just mixing
James Gang Rides Again 1970 los Angeles
Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane 1989 los Angeles
Jefferson Airplane Nuclear Furniture 1984 Sausalito
Jefferson Starship Freedom at Point Zero 1979 los Angeles
Jefferson Starship Modern Times 1981 los Angeles
Joe Walsh So what 1974 los Angeles
John Fogerty Centerfield 1985 Sausalito
John Lennon Imagine 1971 New York City
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Double fantasy 1980 New York City
Jonathan Edwards Have a good time for me 1973 New York City
Judas Priest turbo 1985-1986 los Angeles
Kanye West Late registration 2005 los Angeles
Kanye West Graduation 2007 los Angeles
KBC tape KBC tape 1986 Sausalito
Kiss Destroyer 1976 New York City
Kiss Love gun 1977 New York City
Kiss Dynasty 1979 New York City
Kiss Unmasked 1980 New York City
Kiss Killers 1982 los Angeles
Kiss Creatures of the Night 1982 los Angeles
Lady Gaga The Fame 2008 los Angeles
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster 2009 los Angeles
Mariah Carey Emotions 1991 Sausalito Recordings also in the Tarpan Studio, San Rafael
Mariah Carey Music box 1993 Sausalito
Marilyn Manson Portrait of an American Family 1994 los Angeles
Marty Balin Balin 1981 Sausalito
Maze Joy and Pain 1980 Sausalito
Metallica Load 1996 Sausalito
Metallica ReLoad 1997 Sausalito
Moody blues Octave 1978 los Angeles
Mountain Flowers Of Evil 1971 los Angeles
Mother Love Bone Apple 1990 Sausalito
Moxy Ridin 'high 1977 New York City
Mushroomhead XX 2001 los Angeles
New Riders of the Purple Sage The Adventures of Panama Red 1972 Sausalito
New York Dolls New York Dolls 1973 New York City
Nine inch nails The Downward Spiral 1994 los Angeles
The Outlaws Outlaws 1975 New York City
Ozark Mountain Daredevils Ozark Mountain Daredevils 1980 los Angeles
Papa Wheelie Live lycanthropy 2002 Sausalito
Paris Paris 1975-1976 los Angeles recorded in Studio C and in the Pit in Sausalito
Patti Smith Group Radio Ethiopia 1976 New York City
Patti Smith Group Easter 1978 New York City
Pharoah Sanders Thembi 1971 Sausalito
Prince For you 1978 Sausalito
Quarterflash Quarterflash 1981 los Angeles
Queen The Works 1983-1984 los Angeles
REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon 1979 los Angeles
Return to Forever Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy 1973 New York City
Return to Forever No mystery 1975 New York City
Rick James Fire It Up 1979 Sausalito
Rick James Garden of Love 1980 Sausalito
Rick James Street songs 1981 Sausalito Recordings also at Motown / Hitsville, Hollywood
Robbie Williams Escapology 2002 los Angeles
Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 1979 los Angeles
Rod Stewart Body Wishes 1983 los Angeles
Rod Stewart Tonight I'm Yours 1981 los Angeles
Rod Stewart Out of order 1988 los Angeles
Rough Cutt Rough Cutt 1984 los Angeles
Sly & the Family Stone There's a riot goin 'on 1971 New York City
Sly & the Family Stone Fresh 1972-1973 Sausalito
Stephen Stills Stills Alone 1991 los Angeles
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life 1976 Sausalito
Suicidal tendencies Join the army 1987 los Angeles
Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1977 los Angeles
Survivor Survivor 1980 los Angeles
Survivor Vital Signs 1984 los Angeles
Tears for Fears Raoul and the Kings of Spain 1994 los Angeles
The Allman Brothers Band Brothers and Sisters 1973 New York City
The Allman Brothers Band Win, Lose or Draw 1975 los Angeles
The fray The fray 2009 Sausalito
The Isley Brothers 3 + 3 1973 los Angeles
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland 1968 New York City one of the first recording sessions
The Offspring Days Go By 2012 los Angeles
The Soft Machine The Soft Machine (album) 1968 New York City one of the first recording sessions
The tubes The tubes 1975 los Angeles
The Wailers Talkin 'blues 1973 Sausalito
Three Dog Night Hard laboratory 1974 New York City
Todd Rundgren Nearly human 1989 Sausalito
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Long after dark 1982 los Angeles
Tom Waits Nighthawks at the Diner 1975 los Angeles
Tower of Power In the slot 1975 Sausalito
Twisted Sister Come out and play 1985 los Angeles
Vanessa Carlton harmonium 2004 los Angeles
Yngwie J. Malmsteen Rising Force 1984 los Angeles

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun09/articles/classictracks_0609.htm