914 Sound Studios
914 Sound Recording Studios, Inc. was a recording studio in
History
914 Sound Studios was created by
914 Sound Studios, which opened at a converted gas station in October 1970, was a subsidiary of A & R Recording. Arthur owned one-half, while the other half was split between A & R co-founder Phil Ramone, A & R executive Art Ward and engineer Don Frey.
Bruce Springsteen began recording at 914 Sound Studios once he signed his first record deal, with Columbia Records in 1972.[5] Manager and producer Mike Appel chose it in order to economize in using the $25,000 advance they had been given; he saw it as "a top-notch facility" that allowed "high quality at reasonable rates" due to its out-of-the-way location.[5] Recordings made at the studio during 1972 would make their way onto Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.[6] and would also be used as demos for Appel's publishing company, Laurel Canyon Music Publishing.[7] Some of these demos would later appear as radio-only releases ("The Fever") or on his late 1990s Tracks box set, or on innumerable bootleg recordings. All of Springsteen's second album, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, was recorded at 914 Sound in 1973.[8] Still short on money, some members of Springsteen's E Street Band slept in a tent in back of the studio rather than rent a hotel room or commute to the Jersey Shore.[9] The membership of the band even changed temporarily due to the studio; Louis Lahav, the studio's resident sound engineer, provided the link whereby his wife, violinist and vocalist Suki Lahav, joined the band for six months.[10]
The first song for Springsteen's next album, the classic "
The partners sold the studio in 1978, while the corporation (914 Sound Recording Studios, Inc.) formally dissolved in 1982.
References
- ^ "914 Sound Recording Studios". New York Secretary of State. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- area code 845. Nearby Westchester Countyis still served by the area code.
- ^ David Simons, Studio Stories, Backbeat Books, 2004, pp185-186
- ^ a b Classic Tracks: Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ISBN 0-671-86898-5. pp. 77–78.
- ^ Mick Patrick. "Brooks Arthur: The Early Years". Spectropop. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ "Brucebase, On The Tracks: THE DEMO SESSIONS (APR 1972 - FEB 1973)". Brucebase. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ "Brucebase, On The Tracks: THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E STREET SHUFFLE". Brucebase. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ISBN 0-8118-5348-9. p. 25.
- ^ a b Santelli, Greetings From E Street, pp. 34–35.
- ^ Jon Pareles (2005-11-15). "'Born to Run' Reborn 30 Years Later". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ Appel, Down Thunder Road, pp. 125–126.
- ^ "Dusty Springfield The 1970s". Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Ramones Miscellaneous Audio & Video". Archived from the original on 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-01-05.