Ridge Farm Studio
Company type | Recording studio |
---|---|
Industry | Music industry |
Founded | 1975 |
Defunct | 2003 |
Headquarters | , England |
Key people | Frank Andrews and Billy Andrews |
Ridge Farm Studio was one of the earliest residential recording studios in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] The studio operated for over twenty-five years and had artists, musicians, and producers from all over the world record and produce music there.
The studio was established in 1975 by Frank Andrews, a lighting technician who had toured across the UK with bands such as Queen, ABBA, and the Rolling Stones. Andrews returned home from tour to discover his parents had moved to a different place, which is where Ridge Farm Studio was born. He started the studio with his brother, Billy, as a quiet place for bands to rehearse.
Ridge Farm Studio did well enough that Andrews was eventually able to buy the property from his parents. It remained a popular location well into the 1990s, after the surge of Britpop. However, bookings eventually dwindled. Joe Jackson was the last person to record there in 2002.[1]
It was located in the village of
With a client list that ranged from The Smiths, Bad Company,[2] Queen, Peter Gabriel, Ozzy Osbourne,[2] Pearl Jam, Oasis, Supergrass, The Three Tenors, Mew,[3] and more, Ridge Farm Studio closed in early 2003. It is now used as a facility for weddings, banquets and meetings.
Client list of artists, musicians and producers by year
- 1975 Bad Company, Queen,[2] Back Street Crawler
- 1976 Automatic Fine Tuning
- 1977 Gallagher & Lyle, Mick Taylor, Camel
- 1978 Roxy Music, Bad Company, Steve Hillage, Magazine, Gong
- 1979 Steve Hillage, The Slits, The Pop Group, Penetration
- 1980 Steve Lipson
- 1981 Ozzy Osbourne,[2] Lindisfarne, Uriah Heep
- 1982 Bad Company, Mick Ralphs, Y&T, John Cooper Clarke, Chris Kimsey
- 1983 Peter Gabriel, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Schenker Group, Paul Brady
- 1984 Dexys Midnight Runners, A Flock of Seagulls, Captain Sensible, Limahl, Bruce Foxton, Naked Eyes, Tony Mansfield
- 1985 The Smiths, Little Richard, a-ha, Clannad, The Escape Club, Hipsway, Gary Langan
- 1986 Steve Lipson, Paul Samwell-Smith
- 1987 Wet Wet Wet, Grayson Hugh, Curiosity Killed the Cat, All About Eve, The Bolshoi, Miguel Bosé, Tony Mansfield
- 1988 Status Quo, That Petrol Emotion, Peter Collins, Gary Langan, Hurrah!
- 1989 Prefab Sprout, Energy Orchard, Giant, Thomas Dolby, Gary Katz
- 1990 , 21 Japonesas
- 1991 Pearl Jam, Seal, Beverley Craven, Tin Machine, The Levellers, Ian McCulloch, Trevor Horn, Tim Palmer, Paul Samwell-Smith, Warne Livesey, Andy Richards
- 1992 Sade, Sam Brown, Love and Rockets, Thunder, The Saw Doctors, The Almighty, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Paul Samwell-Smith, Pat Moran, Andy Wallace
- 1994 Gun, Skin, Julian Cope, Dodgy, The Almighty, Kiri Te Kanawa, The Three Tenors, Paul Samwell-Smith, Chris Sheldon, Mark Wallis, William Sheller, Mark Opitz, FFF
- 1995 The Bluetones, Wet Wet Wet, Paradise Lost, English National Opera, Kiki Dee, Black Sabbath
- 1996
- 1997 Oasis, Goldie, Portishead, Kula Shaker, Beth Orton, Ana Torroja, Mark Wallis, Steve Harris, Youth, Gary Langan, Tony Mansfield
- 1998 Sam Williams
- 1999
- 2000 James, Muse, Ed Harcourt, Superstar, Big Sur, Brian Eno, Gary Langan, Mark Wallis, David Bottrill, Lars Winnerbäck
- 2001 Beth Orton, My Vitriol, David Knopfler, Echt, Brainstorm,[6] Tony Mansfield, John Timperley, Chris Kimsey, Michael Brauer
- 2002 Status Quo, Joe Jackson, Bonnie Tyler, Shaun Escoffery, Rich Costey, Jamie Cullum, Mew.
References
- ^ "The Legend of Ridge Farm Studio". All About Horsham Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d "KNAC.COM Features - On Yer Bike with Studio Wizard Max Norman". KNAC.COM. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "Frengers - Recording". YouTube. Mew. 2018.
- ^ "Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock'N'Roll: Too Young To Die". Collecting-Tull.com. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "The Making of "Hold Your Fire"". 2112.net. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "Microphone Records - New "Brainstorm" album "Online" out now!". MicRec.lv. Retrieved 13 September 2008.