Re: Muscle Shoals recording studios for sale on eBay

[John Noll]

Fill X wrote:
> this isn't the original room though, is it?
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> P h i l i p
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> ______________________________
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> "I'm too ****ing busy and vice-versa"
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> - Dorothy Parker
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Never been there, but it doesn't look to me like the original studio at
3614 Jackson Highway. Looks like a nice setup anyway.

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John Noll
Retromedia Sound Studios
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Phone: 732-842-3853 Fax: 732-842-5631

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[Guitarboy]

In article >, Fill X
> wrote:

> this isn't the original room though, is it?
>
>
> P h i l i p
>
> ______________________________
>
> "I'm too ****ing busy and vice-versa"
>
> - Dorothy Parker
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they have a sitar and 2 fishing piers, i'll buy it. notice its pure
analog in there except for the dat decks. wow.

[Bryson]

It says built in '78. I'd swaer I'd heard of M.S. before then.

Timmy


Fill X wrote:
> this isn't the original room though, is it?
>
>
> P h i l i p
>
> ______________________________
>
> "I'm too ****ing busy and vice-versa"
>
> - Dorothy Parker
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>
>
>

[Roger W. Norman]

No, that's the new Muscle Shoals. The old one was a cinderblock rectangle
with some **** on the walls. Worked great but then again so did Sun with
Sam running things and that only had normal acoustic tile you'd put in your
dropped ceiling in the basement.

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Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio

301-585-4681




"Bryson" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> It says built in '78. I'd swaer I'd heard of M.S. before then.
>
> Timmy
>
>
> Fill X wrote:
> > this isn't the original room though, is it?
> >
> >
> > P h i l i p
> >
> > ______________________________
> >
> > "I'm too ****ing busy and vice-versa"
> >
> > - Dorothy Parker
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> >
> >
> >
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[David Morton]

In article >, (Roger
W. Norman) wrote:

> No, that's the new Muscle Shoals. The old one was a cinderblock
> rectangle
> with some **** on the walls.

This one: http://www.fame2.com ?

[EggHd]

The Record Plant in LA moved from their original location. The "new" location
is still the record plant.


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"I know enough to know I don't know enough"

[another viewer]

In article >,
(EggHd) wrote:

> The Record Plant in LA moved from their original location. The "new" location
> is still the record plant.

well, i guess it is, sorta, kinda...

3rd St with C. Stone, et al was the real thing imo.
it wasn't quite the same after the move, even before Chris sold it.

jm
www.digisrvs.com

[Rick Powell]

(David Morton) wrote in message >...
> In article >, (Roger
> W. Norman) wrote:
>
> > No, that's the new Muscle Shoals. The old one was a cinderblock
> > rectangle
> > with some **** on the walls.
>
> This one: http://www.fame2.com ?

Muscle Shoals studios:

Fame - opened 1959, still in operation. Tons of hits.

Muscle Shoals Sound (1) - opened 1969 by ex-Fame studio musicians
Beckett, Hood, Hawkins & Johnson with Jerry Wexler's help. Also
referred to as 3614 Jackson Hwy. studio - unused for many years,
someone is trying to make a go of it now IIRC. More tons of hits.

MSS (2) - the "new" studio now apparently for sale, opened 1978 by the
studio musicians when they outgrew MSS (1). Bought in 1985 by Malaco
Records, who are the present owners and operators. Less hits than the
other 2 (the late 70's Bob Seger stuff like "Old Time R&R" and
"Against the Wind" and some Delbert McClinton stuff was done here, as
well as Malaco regulars like Johnnie Taylor), but a very nice 2-studio
setup.

RP

[Mike]

(David Morton) wrote in message >...
> In article >, (Roger
> W. Norman) wrote:
>
> > No, that's the new Muscle Shoals. The old one was a cinderblock
> > rectangle
> > with some **** on the walls.
>
> This one: http://www.fame2.com ?


Equipment list says they have 12 tracks of Adat and CD-r media costs 5 dollars. Huh?

Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com

[Guitarboy]

In article >, Mike
> wrote:

> (David Morton) wrote in message
> >...
> > In article >, (Roger
> > W. Norman) wrote:
> >
> > > No, that's the new Muscle Shoals. The old one was a cinderblock
> > > rectangle
> > > with some **** on the walls.
> >
> > This one: http://www.fame2.com ?
>
>
> Equipment list says they have 12 tracks of Adat and CD-r media costs 5
> dollars. Huh?
>
> Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com
Check out the pics with the console with the rotory faders. wow now
thats analog

[Greg O. Pace]

The **** on the walls at MSS were panels of both acoustic tile and
Burlap/insulation spaced along the exposed concrete wall. Burlap over
insulation covered the entire ceiling. Burlap-covered booths, red and
blue. Burlap/insulation baffles, orange, yellow. A leaky, funky place.

Sun was more than just 12X12 acoustic tile. It was the sawtooth shape of
the ceiling that gave the room its sound...something Sam carried over to
the 'new' studios on Madison Ave. in 1960 (along with wall baffles that
could be opened and closed to change the room acoustics). The little
room at Sun on Union Ave. really compresses the sound as the volume goes
up.

GOP

In article >, says...
> No, that's the new Muscle Shoals. The old one was a cinderblock rectangle
> with some **** on the walls. Worked great but then again so did Sun with
> Sam running things and that only had normal acoustic tile you'd put in your
> dropped ceiling in the basement.
>
>

[Bob Olhsson]

In article >, Roger W. Norman
> wrote:

>Worked great but then again so did Sun with
>Sam running things and that only had normal acoustic tile you'd put in your
>dropped ceiling in the basement.

I was surprised to find that Sun is actually quite a bit more
sophisticated than that.

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