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. The next year, they opened a studio in Los Angeles, which (after a move to Hollywood and the sale of the New York studio) became the main studio. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... d Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

The first album recorded at the Record Plant was Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968. Through the years, hundreds of albums were first cut there. During the 1970's, house engineers Shelley 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. Electric Ladyland is a rock album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968. ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a highly influential, though short-lived, English/American rock band famous for the guitar work of frontman Jimi Hendrix on songs such as Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Fire, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. // Hendrix arrived in...

In 1987, the New York studio was sold to Sir George Martin and closed soon afterwards. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland – 1967-68
• John Lennon: Imagine – 1971
• Aerosmith: Get Your Wings – 1973-74
• Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run – 1974-75
• The Outlaws: Outlaws - 1975
• Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic – 1975
• Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town – 1977-78
• Patti Smith Group: Easter – 1978
• David Bowie: Lodger – 1979
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy - 1980

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Producers and engineers associated with Record Plant New York

• Gary Kellgren (co-founder and engineer)
• Shelly Yakus (house engineer)
• Roy Cicala (house engineer)
• Ray Colcord (producer)
• Jack Douglas (producer)
• Jimmy Iovine (engineer and producer)
• Jay Messina (engineer)
• Frank Hubach (engineer)
• Jason Sapan (associate engineer)
• Richie Apuzzo (associate engineer)
• Rod O'Brien (associate engineer)
• Corky Stasiak (associate engineer)
• David Thoener (associate engineer)
• Tom Rabstenek (mastering engineer)
• Greg Calbi (mastering engineer)
• David Hewitt (remote recording engineer)
• Mitchell Plotkin (studio manager)

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Shelly Yakus is considered as one of the best engineers and mixers in the music industry. ... Roy Cicala (born Roy Joel Cicala in New Haven, CT) is an American producer, engineer, song-writer and musician. ... Ray Colcord is a film and TV composer living in Los Angeles, most famous for hit TV series such as The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, My Two Dads, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World. ... Jack Douglas is an influential American record producer. ... Jimmy Iovine was born on March 11, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. ... Tom Rabstenek was a major player in the recording industry in the 1970s. ...

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

• Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality - 1971
• Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - 1976
• Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project – 1983
• Queen: The Works – 1984

For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Master of Reality is the third album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). ... This article is about the band. ... Rumours is a rock and roll album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977. ... Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ... Star Fleet Project is a solo project by Brian May, most famous as the guitarist from Queen, which resulted on an album with the same name. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ... The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. ...

External links

• Record Plant Recording Studios Homepage