Chipping Norton Recording Studios
 26/30 New Street, formerly home of the Chipping Norton Recording Studios.[1] | |
| Company type | Recording studio |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music industry |
| Founded | 1971 |
Area served | Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England |
Key people | Richard and Mike Vernon |
Chipping Norton Recording Studios was a residential recording studio in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, which operated from 1971 until October 1999.[2]
The studios, originally set up to be the in-house studio for the record company Blue Horizon Records, operated out of the former British Schools building, 26-30 New Street, a Grade II listed building.[3] Further properties were added in adjacent buildings and the studio eventually provided 15 bedrooms with on-site catering for visiting musicians.
Songs that were recorded at the studio include "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty,[4] "In The Army Now" by Status Quo,[4] "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo,[4] "I Should Have Known Better" by Jim Diamond,[4] "Promise Me" by Beverley Craven,[4] "Creep" by Radiohead,[4] "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers,[4] "Perfect" by Fairground Attraction,[4] "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew,[4] "Eighteen With A Bullet" by Pete Wingfield,[4] "Hocus Pocus" by Focus and "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" by the Bay City Rollers.[4]
Dexys Midnight Runners,[4] Duran Duran,[4] Marianne Faithfull,[4] Wet Wet Wet,[4] Jeff Beck,[4] XTC,[4] Barbara Dickson,[4] Alison Moyet,[4] The Supernaturals,[4] The Long Ryders,[4] Mark Owen,[4] Freddie King,[4] Level 42,[4] Therapy?,[4] Richard & Linda Thompson, Judas Priest and Chris Rea,[4] among many others, also recorded there.[4]
On 15 June 2017, BBC Music Day, broadcast throughout the UK, awarded the building with a blue plaque for its part in the musical heritage of England.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "David Bowie, Sandy Denny and John Peel honoured by BBC Local Radio with 47 Blue Plaques for BBC Music Day". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Chipping Norton Recording Studios 1971-1999". Chipping Norton Town Council. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ "Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Chipping Norton Recording Studios". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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