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Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

. Although the historic recording studio was located at 1841 Broadway (at the corner of 60th Street), in

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, Atlantic Recording Studios was initially located at 234 West 56th Street from November 1947 until mid-1956. When the Shorty Rogers and His Giants disc of 33.33 rpm called '' Martians Come Back!'' was issued in August 1956, the address of Atlantic Recording Studios had relocated to 157 W 57th Street. The studio was the first to record in

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due to the efforts of

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...

. The new Atlantic Studios includes a network of label-operated studios spanning New York, Atlanta, and California.

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would do recording at the offices. At night the desks would be pushed against the walls and singing groups would gather around one or two microphones in the inner office and he would be in the outer office recording singing groups with a small mixer and a tape recorder. In 1958, Dowd convinced

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Jerry Wexler Gerald Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integra ...

) to sell the second Ampex 8-track tape recorder ever manufactured to Atlantic Studios, putting Atlantic ahead of other studios for many years. In 1959, Atlantic Records and Atlantic Studios moved to 1841 Broadway. The studios were in the co-joined building at 11 West 60th Street. When Atlantic Records moved to 75 Rockefeller Center in the mid-1970s, Atlantic Studios expanded to occupy the entire second floor of both buildings. In the early 1980s, the studios expanded to the third floor. The studio complex eventually consisted of two studios, a mix room, two disk mastering rooms, two editing and tape copy rooms, two digital transfer rooms, a quality control room for

-manufactured products ( 45s, LPs, Cassettes, 8-Tracks and CDs), tape library (tape vault offsite) and several offices and lounges. Gene Paul at Atlantic Records

Studio A – approximately 50' × 30' × 15', control room 20' × 15', and a later a Hidley redesign 24' × 24'. The control room had two generations of MCI consoles (the "black" console and then a 528), later the Hidley control room had a custom Neve. Monitors were by Altec, UREI and Hidley. Tommy Dowd early on installed variable acoustic sound traps that affected both the low frequency absorption and the reverberation time in the studio. Studio B – approximately 30' × 15' × 15', control room 15' × 15'. Consoles were MCI 528 and then Neve, and monitoring was by Altec and then UREI. Mix Room – approximately 15' × 12', later a new repositioned mix room and vocal booth 20' × 18'. Consoles were a built-in-house 16-channel passive summing mixer, then original Studio A MCI "black" console, then a third MCI 528 purchased from Criteria Studios, with a Solid State Logic console in the new mix room. Monitoring was facilitated with Altec monitors. Mastering Rooms – Neumann and Scully Disk Cutting systems, and Altec monitoring. Tape Recorders – Ampex, Scully, MCI, Studer, and

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. Microphones – Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser, Electro-Voice, Sony, Shure, and RCA. Outboard Equipment – Dolby, Teletronix, Pultec, Lang, Spectra-Sonic, Eventide, Allison Research, Audio & Design, Ltd and

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. Reverberation – An echo chamber was built in the basement of 1841 Broadway, but it was rarely used in later years; reverberation was primarily provided by EMT analog and digital reverberation units. The studios closed in 1990 and Atlantic Records' in-house digital and analog production rooms and the tape library were re-located to West 54th Street. Atlantic Records relocated to 1633 Broadway New York, New York, in 2015, and opened a new in-house studio, Atlantic Studios NYC, which has hosted numerous artists and sessions, including the Grammy Award-winning ''Hamilton'' and ''Dear Evan Hansen'' Original Broadway Cast Recordings, Sturgill Simpson, Kaleo, Ed Sheeran, Wiz Khalifa, Cardi B, Brent Cobb, Janelle Monáe, Jason Mraz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lauryn Hill, Christina Perri, Charlie Puth, Sara Bareilles, Anne Marie, Shooter Jennings, Rob Thomas, Kelly Clarkson, SWMRS, Christine & The Queens, Melanie Martinez, MisterWives, Wallows, Royal Blood, Santigold, Halestorm, Anderson East, Jon Batiste, ARIZONA, The Roots, Roberta Flack, and many more. Atlantic Records studio network also includes Atlantic Studios West in Hollywood, California; Atlantic Studios NOHO in North Hollywood; Atlantic Studios ATL in Atlanta, Georgia; and a studio in Burbank, California.

Founders of Atlantic Records

* Ahmet Ertegün * Nesuhi Ertegün * Herb Abramson (co-developer of the studios.)

Producers

* Arif Mardin *

* İlhan Mimaroğlu * Joel Dorn

Producers – recording/mixing engineers

(co-developer of the studios) * Jimmy Douglass * Gene Paul (son of

Les Paul Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz guitarist, jazz, country guitarist, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid body ...

) *Lew Hahn *Bobby Warner * Adrian Barber *Phil Iehle *Bruce Tergesen

Recording/mixing engineers

*Tom Heid *Randy Mason *Bruce Tergesen * Michael O'Reilly *Bill Dooley *Dan Nash *Stephen Benben *Brian Eddolls – Synclavier Programmer

Mastering engineers

*George Piros *Dennis King *Rob Grennell *George Peckham

Technical engineers

*Clair Krepps –

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; established his own studio, Mayfair Recording Studios, in 1965. *Joel Kerr *Tom Cahill *Sami Ucikan *Ray DeLeon

Management

*Paul Sloman *Dave Teig *Frank Tabino

Selected discography

Tracks

Chronological list, with album, artist, and recording dates : *"Splish Splash" –

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed Pop music, pop, Swing music, swing, Folk music, folk, rock and roll, and country music. Darin started ...

(10 April 1958) *"Mr. Soul" – ''Buffalo Springfield Again'',

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(9 January 1967) *"Pretty Girl Why" – ''Last Time Around'',

(26 February 1967, never released) *"Kind Woman" – ''Last Time Around'',

(February–March 1968) *"Bring It On Home" – Led Zeppelin II,

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(1969) *"Don't Knock My Love" –

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(1970) *"Neighbours" – '' Tattoo You'',

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(date unknown) also recorded at Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris

Albums

Chronological list with artist, and recording dates : *'' Pithecanthropus Erectus'' – Charlie Mingus (30 January 1956) *'' The Clown'' (February and March 1957) *'' Blues & Roots'' – Charlie Mingus (4 February 1959) *'' Giant Steps'' –

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(1 April, 4 May and 2 December 1959) *'' Coltrane's Sound'' –

(24 and 26 October 1960) *''Dream Weaver'' – Charles Lloyd (29 and 30 March, 18 September, 29 October 1966) Discographie de Keith Jarrett *'' Lady Soul'' –

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(1967) *''Life Between the Exit Signs'' –

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(4 May 1967) *'' Disraeli Gears'' –

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(11–15 May 1967) *'' Wheels of Fire'' –

(between July 1967 and April 1968) *''Restoration Ruin'' –

(12 May 1968) *'' Motor-Cycle'' – Lotti Golden (March 1969) *''

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'' *'' Loaded'' –

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(between April and August 1970) *''Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go'' – Marion Williams (25 February 1971) *''Words'' – Donal Leace (13 April 1971) *''Donal Leace'' – Donal Leace (13 April 1971) *''El Juicio (The Judgement)'' –

(8, 9, 15 and 16 July 1971) *''The Mourning of a Star'' –

(8, 9 and 16 July 1971) *''Birth'' –

(15 and 16 July 1971) *''The Divine Miss M'' – Bette Midler (15 and 16 July 1971) *''Shotgun Willie'' –

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...

(date unknown) also recorded at Quadrafonic Studios, Nashville and Sam Phillips Studios, Memphis *''Changes One'' – Charlie Mingus (27, 28 and 30 December 1974) *''

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(between January and February 1975) also recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami FL *'' Live from the Atlantic Studios'', ''

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'' –

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(7 December 1977) *''Fear of Music'' –

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(date unknown) also recorded at Hit Factory, RPM Sound, The Record Plant, New York *''Chaka'' – Chaka Khan (1978) *''Spy'' –

Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Billboard Hot 100, top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation (song), Anticipatio ...

(from December 1978 to April 1979) *''The Honeydrippers: Volume One'' –

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(March 1984) *''Love Is for Suckers'' – Twisted Sister (date unknown) *'' Danzig'' – Danzig (1987–1988) also recorded at Chung King Metal Studios, New-York *'' Winger'' – Winger (1988)

Artists

Alphabetical list of main artists : *

* The Allman Brothers * Average White Band * Ray Barretto *

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* Laurie Beechman * Laura Branigan *

Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a popular music, pop music ...

* Dave Brigati * Eddie Brigati * Roy Buchanan *

* Solomon Burke *

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* Felix Cavaliere *

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* Ornette Coleman *

* The Cookies * Gene Cornish *

* Danzig *

* Dino Danelli * The Drifters * Emerson, Lake and Palmer * Bryan Ferry *

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, Folk music, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm ...

* Foreigner * Fotomaker * Genesis * Jon Hall * Hall and Oates *

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* I Love My Wife (Original Cast Album) * The Isley Brothers (with Jimi Hendrix) * The J. Geils Band *

* Garland Jeffreys * Chaka Khan * Ben E. King * Hubert Laws *

* Charles Lloyd *

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* Manhattan Transfer *

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* Les McCann * Bette Midler * Charlie Mingus *

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* Mike Posner * Andy Pratt *

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* Rush * Sam and Dave * Shinedown *

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* Sister Sledge *

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* Kate Taylor *

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* Twisted Sister *

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* Winger *

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Mastering

*'' Led Zeppelin II'' –

(1969) *''Hejira'' –

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(date unknown) *''Diana'' –

(1980) *''Koo Koo'' –

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(1981) *''Soup For One'' – soundtrack of the film "Soup For One" (date unknown) *''Inside Story'' –

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(by Barry Diament, date unknown)

References

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