Walls of sound: the world's greatest recording studios
16 Jan 2007
What is it that gives certain studios an aura, while others are cold and sterile? Today, technology allows whole albums to be recorded in a bedroom - yet the great studios, such as London's Abbey…
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The Big Idea Editor
What is it that gives certain studios an aura, while others are cold and sterile? Today, technology allows whole albums to be recorded in a bedroom - yet the great studios, such as London's Abbey Road, still have high prices and long waiting lists. The Telegraph looks at the mystique that surrounds the world's best.
Image: The White Stripes recorded Elephant at Toe Rag in East London. Photo © Patrick Keeler