More Famous Recording Studios
b'I love the smell and feel of recording studios\\u2026if you\\u2019ve been inside a proper one, you\\u2019ll know what i mean\\u2026\\n\\nThe air is kept clean and dust-free to protect the equipment\\u2026the a/c is usually cranked up to offset the heat generated by the electronics\\u2026there\\u2019s a slight whiff of ozone created by all the electrical circuits\\u2026and it\\u2019s usually very, very quiet\\u2026loads of isolation and baffling and sound-proofing\\u2026\\n\\nTo me, a recording studio is the musical equivalent of an operating theatre; a place that\\u2019s dedicated to one thing and one thing only\\u2026and what goes on within the walls is deadly serious\\u2026\\n\\nOkay, I\\u2019m not saying that recording a song is the same as a heart transplant or something, but there is the same sort of vibe\\u2026\\n\\nThere used to be dozens and dozens of these places around the planet\\u2026people would travel thousands of kilometers to work there because they were thought to be magical in some way\\u2026\\n\\nBut that\\u2019s when you needed a full-equipped recording studio to make a record\\u2026today, you can do a pretty good job with a laptop in your bedroom\\u2026\\n\\nMany of the legendary studios are gone, a victim of the changing economics of the music industry\\u2026a few of these behemoth still exist\\u2026\\n\\nThis is another look at the world\\u2019s legendary recording studios, both past and present\\u2026\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nSongs in this Episode:\\n\\n\\nDavid Bowie - Life on Mars\\n\\nSex Pistols - Holiday in the Sun\\n\\nThe Verve - Bittersweet Symphony\\n\\nMumford & Sons - Believe\\n\\nThe Clash - The Magnificent Seven\\n\\nThe Black Keys - Tighten Up\\n\\nThe Tragically Hip - Poets\\n\\nBob Marley and the Wailers - No Woman, No Cry\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'