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Record Plant Studios (also known as just "The Record Plant") is a famous recording studio, first opening in New York City at 321 West 44th Street map, in 1968. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound The City of New York The next year, they opened a studio in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In 1972, the studio also opened up in Sausalito, California. Sausalito (from Spanish: sauzalito "small willow grove" from sauce "willow" + collective derivative -al meaning "place Originally all 3 locations were run under the same company. In the 1980s, the New York and Sausalito studios ended up under different management and the Los Angeles studio became the main studio. The Los Angeles and Sausalito studios are currently owned and managed separately, and the New York studio has closed down. The Los Angeles studio is known as "The Record Plant", and the Sausalito studio is known as "The Plant. "

The first album recorded at the Record Plant in New York was Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968. Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Through the years, hundreds of albums were first cut there. During the 1970s, house engineers Shelly Yakus and Roy Cicala gave many local bands their start by donating session time and materials to upcoming artists, engineering and producing their demo tapes. Shelly Yakus is considered as one of the best engineers and mixers in the music industry

A long list of Award winning American music has been written and recorded in the Sausalito studio, more than any other singular structure in Sausalito and/or Marin County. The Plant Studios has hosted musical artists in virtually all musical genres: Rock-and-roll, reggae, country music, jazz, punk, blues, folk, soul, zydeco, hip-hop and rockabilly. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living Zydeco ( French "les haricots" English "snap beans" is a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from The jure during Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s

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Management Changes

The Sausalito studio was possessed by the government in the 1980s and was purchased from the government by Bob Skye in 1986. The Sausalito studio has been managed separately from the Los Angeles studio since then. The Sausalito studio changed its name to "The Plant Studios. "

In 1987, the New York studio was sold to Sir George Martin and closed soon afterwards. Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer.

Selected list of albums recorded at Record Plant New York (by year)

Note: The Who initially recorded their album Who's Next at the Record Plant, but the recordings weren't useful for release. "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see Soft Machine was an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S The Soft Machine, as reissue also titled "Volume One" is the debut album by the British Psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, one of the central John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Imagine is John Lennon 's second solo Album and is considered the most popular of his solo works Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Get Your Wings is the second studio album by American Hard rock band Aerosmith, released March 1 1974. Born to Run is the third album by the American rock Singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. The Artful Dodger is a character in the Charles Dickens Novel Oliver Twist. The Artful Dodger is a character in the Charles Dickens Novel Oliver Twist. The Outlaws are a Southern rock band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1972 by guitarists/vocalists Hughie Thomasson and Henry Paul Outlaws is the first studio Album by American Southern rock band The Outlaws, released in 1975 Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Toys in the Attic is the third album by American Hard rock band Aerosmith. Moxy is a Canadian Hard rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1974 from previous members of the rock group Leigh Ashford Ridin' High is the third album by the Canadian Hard rock band Moxy, released in 1977 The Artful Dodger is a character in the Charles Dickens Novel Oliver Twist. Darkness on the Edge of Town is the fourth album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music) Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Easter is an album by the Patti Smith Group, released in March 1978 on Arista Records (see 1978 in music) David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Lodger is an album by British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1979 John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Double Fantasy is the comeback album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released in 1980 initially on the newly-formed Geffen Records, and then The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Who's Next is the fifth album by the English rock band The Who. Ultimately The Who recorded Who's Next at the Olympic Studios in London. Olympic Studios is a commercial Recording studio located at 117 Church Road in the south-western suburb of Barnes in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Producers and engineers associated with Record Plant New York

Selected list of albums recorded at Record Plant Los Angeles (by year)

Well-known albums recorded at The Record Plant Studios Sausalito

Some notable albums recorded and/or mixed at The Plant Studios include:

Bay Area musicians recorded at The Record Plant Studios Sausalito

The Plant Studios has been the choice for many of the San Francisco Bay Area's recording artists, both locally grown and transplanted, world-renowned and not, including:

Artists from around the world

Some of the more famous names who have made the pilgrimage to this historic studio to record and/or mixed albums at The Plant Studios Sausalito are:

Charitable causes

The Plant Studios is known for supporting numerous charitable causes, especially music-related endeavors, like:

External links

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