Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio, also known as LMS (Lane Mobile Studio), is a mobile

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originally owned by

Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces i ...

History

Lane acquired the studio in 1972. It was one of the first ever mobile recording studios, and consisted of a 16-track studio housed in a 26'

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trailer, with a Helios mixing console,

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and Revox multitrack tape recorders, and Tannoy monitor speakers. The studio was built by audio engineer Ron Nevison."Their Time is Gonna Come", ''

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: Classic Rock Presents Led Zeppelin'', 2008, p. 27. After he left The Faces in 1973, Lane based the studio on his farm, Fishpool, in the hamlet of Hyssington, near Churchstoke, in

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. There he used the studio to record his first solo album ''

Anymore for Anymore ''Anymore for Anymore'' is the debut solo album by Ronnie Lane, one of the founding members of Small Faces and Faces. The recording sessions, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio, started in 1973 at his farm in Wales with his new band Slim Chance. ...

'' (1974). He also used the studio to record '' One for the Road'' (1976), and an image of the mobile recording studio is featured on the album cover. Sold in 1982, it has been used exclusively with private clients since then. The studio underwent a major overhaul in 2009, with the owners launching a

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label called LMS Vinyl.

Albums recorded with LMS

In addition to using the studio himself, Lane leased it to numerous other artists for their own recordings, including: * Eric Clapton: '' Rainbow Concert'' (1973) *

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'' (1974) *

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'' (1973) and '' The Who By Numbers'' (1975) *

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: '' Journey to the Centre of the Earth (live)'' (1974) and ''

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'' (1974) and '' Straight Shooter'' (1975) * Peter Frampton: '' Frampton'' (1974) * Billy Nicholls: '' Love Songs'' (1974) * Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers: ''

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: '' Drive On'' (1975) * Andy Fraser Band: '' In Your Eyes'' (1975) *

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'' (1975) *

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: '' Dame Edna Everage: Housewife Superstar'' (1976). *

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'' (1978) *

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Darkness Darkness ''Darkness Darkness'' is an album by the former vocalist from The Animals, Eric Burdon. It was recorded in May 1978 at Roundwood House, County Laois in Ireland, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. The album was released by Polydor in 1980. The ...

'' (1980) *

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'' (1980) *

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: '' Quite Like It'' (2012) It was also used to record a new one-ton bell in a bell foundry for AC/DC's song " Hells Bells" (1980).

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.ronnielane.com Recording studios in London Mobile recording studios