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Well- there's always Carnegie Hall. Also, perhaps some room in the Brill Building or some sutch. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Interesting recording history tidbit > OK, so maybe the claim about 799 7th Avenue is true -- the only studio > space in use from the acoustical into the digital eras? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Gray" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Interesting recording history tidbit > > >> EMI's Studios on Abbey Road were built in 1931. >> >> Mike Gray >> >> Tom Fine wrote: >>> Here's a piece of trivia for you on a Friday ... >>> >>> From the booklet for the 3-CD set "Early Ellington: The Complete >>> Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington, 1926-1931" (p.10): >>> >>> "All of the sessions were recorded at Brunswick's New York studio at 799 >>> Seventh Avenue. The studio, which first opened in 1924, had a remarkable >>> history: after Brunswick Records moved out at the end of 1931, it was >>> used as a transcription studio (1932-4), then by Decca Records >>> (1934-35), Columbia Records (1940-65) and finally A&R Studios (1966-84). >>> It holds the distinction of being the only studio location in America >>> and possibly the world to have been active from the acoustical to the >>> digital recording eras. Ellington recorded there on various occasions in >>> the 1920s, '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s." >>> >>> As for the claim about the technology span, was HMV's Abbey Road studio >>> built in the acoustic era? >>> >>> -- Tom Fine >> >