london bridge studio
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~ eric lilavois, jonathan plum, and geoff ott. london bridge studio owners
london bridge studio is a seattle recording studio. founded in 1985 by brothers rick parashar and raj parashar, the studio is notable for recordings by bands such as soundgarden, alice in chains, mother love bone, temple of the dog and pearl jam. london bridge was purchased by producers geoff ott and jonathan plum in 2005. distinguish london bridge studios, england and london bridge studios, los angeles. this profile also incorporates the variations: london bridges london bridge studios london bridge studios, seattle, wa
the two entrepreneurs now face the bigger challenge of making london bridge profitable again .
mookie blaylock - london bridge studios, seattle, 10. 8 - 13. 1990 (audio )
jonathan plum, left, and geoff ott are the new owners of london bridge studio, where major grunge bands recorded their albums .
geoff ott makes adjustments during a recent recording session at london bridge studio in north seattle. ott and jonathan plum pooled their resources to purchase the recording studio .
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during london bridge' s heyday, plum says he regularly pulled 16 - hour days, seven days a week .
the painters put their brushes down, and thus began london bridge’s second life. almost a decade later, lilavois—the studio’s first new client—would become its third owner .
as the current owners of london bridge, we pride ourselves upon tirelessly working to preserve the deep history rooted at london bridge, while simultaneously updating and upgrading our world class facility to make this historic studio available to our diverse and talented community of artists and musicians for generations to come .
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... tour with eric was great and enjoyed talking about some of the past artists who had recorded here. highly recommend a visit to london bridge studio !
the bridge is one of london' s most comfortable and best writing studios. it is based in the miloco hq building in london se1, and consists of a large comfortable control room and two booths .
before joining forces to buy london bridge, each operated businesses producing and recording local artists in makeshift studios using inexpensive recording software called pro tools .
by leveraging london bridge' s superb acoustics, the two hope to charge bands between $ 600 and $ 800 per day for their services .
in 2005, and, with the weight of their purchase heavy on their minds, jonathan plum and geoff ott painted the walls of their newly acquired studio, london bridge .
shortly afterwards, john beveridge returned to run the studio again - this time as london bridge studios. this was the company that looked after the greenwood between 1992 and 1998. the studio now operated as a drive - in using ob scanners for facilities. various programmes were made including several question times. tony tyrer has written to me about his experience at london bridge :
“a lot of london artists, people like skepta, stormzy, emeli sande, the london community gospel choir, all wanted to be involved. ”
we recently learned about the lawsuit between previous london bridge studio owner rajan parashar and a & m; records and wish to clarify we are in no way associated with the situation or with the former ownership of the studio .
when you want something done right you go to london bridge. geoff ott is one of the most incredible engineers on the planet. i refuse to record anywhere else .
i am watching the footage of the grenfell tower fire in london. heartbreaking .
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studio manager carson lehman greets me in the lobby, which doubles as a kind of lounge. lehman has worked for london bridge for just over a year, following six years in los angeles at kingside sound lab .
ns on every level. putting together a recording project between two cities is no fun, but london bridge is making it very easy. i can' t recommend them enough .
i came for the temple of the dog reunion but visiting london bridge was the highlight of my trip. i hope to come back one day as an artist. thanks geoff !
clients using the red room london (the ssl mixing and writing room next door) can choose to also hire the bridge as an additional writing space. this makes the studio ideal for larger writing groups or writing camps .
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studio a pcr. the door in the corner led through to the studio .
we want to join the digital revolution, not resist it ,
says plum, who joined london bridge as an intern cleaning toilets in 1992. he stayed with the studio until 1997, honing his skills as an engineer .
if you' re a grunge die - hard, you must tour london bridge studio. it' s as simple as that. the guys still have the yamaha c7 grand piano andrew wood used on the amazing
chloe dancer /
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of course, the theatre is now a popular venue for rock bands performing in london .
geoff ott and jonathan plum, who purchased london bridge from rick and rajan parashar in september 2005, along with their partner, eric lilavois, have released the following statement to blabbermouth. net :
listen out for the' artists for grenfell' charity single' bridge over troubled... - capital
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the performers constitute the northwest sinfonia, which recorded the academy award - winning
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soundtrack. and the london bridge recording studio is the one that vaulted the music of seattle' s grunge sound: pearl jam, soundgarden, alice in chains .
the track - a recording of simon and garfunkel' s bridge over troubled water - is due for release tomorrow .
upon realizing this, both jonathan and geoff instantly migrated to london bridge, and at a young age under rick parashar, were able to work on many seminal records by alice in chains, candlebox, blind melon and so many others. a little over a decade later, they found themselves owners of the studio and shortly thereafter, eric walked through the doors as their very first client. after a few years, eric became their partner and co - protector of london bridge’s legacy .
the two plan to apply that same model to london bridge, recording bands on richer - sounding 2 - inch tape and then transferring the raw product onto their macs, where it can be mixed and mastered at will .
i was brought out to seattle from nyc for an artist in residence gig - - and i decided i would try to complete a broadway side project i was working on back home. the folks at london bridge have complet
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london bridge' s competitors acknowledge the studio has what it takes to make a comeback .
it' s got wonderful acoustics and probably got the best [ recording ] board in all of seattle ,
says robert lang, owner of shoreline' s robert lang studios .
simon cowell' s all - star cast of artists have been photographed arriving at a london recording studio to work on the grenfell tower fire charity single .
simon cowell' s all - star cast of artists arrive at a london studio to record their charity single for the victims of the grenfell tower fire .
the current owners of london bridge studio have released a statement denying involvement in the lawsuit between a & m; records and the studio' s co - founder over ownership of the master recording tapes to the debut album from temple of the dog, the famed early' 90s outfit that included members of pearl jam and soundgarden .
by then, london bridge studios had already seen plenty of history pass within its walls—pearl jam’s ten, soundgarden’s louder than love, and alice in chains’ facelift were all recorded there—but “history” would not pay the bills on a 5, 000 square foot studio space just north of seattle .
the bbc moved into this theatre, situated in the grounds of guy' s hospital near london bridge station, in 1979. the first programme was made here on 23rd september. however, there are several mysteries surrounding the greenwood :
lumiere london studios were founded by fashion photographer carlos lumiere along with his husband stephan trockle in 2007. it started as a photographic studio in london bridge, and over time it expanded into a space used by third parties for filming and corporate events. carlos choose to take on an ever larger venue in southwark to continue to impress clients with his unique eye for light, creative decor and interior design. as their client base grows, as does the studio with the recent inclusion of' the gallery' which will be on the second floor of lumiere london .
all three of us heard album after album, mother love bone, soundgarden, alice in chains, asking ourselves, where did all this come from? after scouring the liner notes, it was clear, it wasn’t just coming out of seattle, it was coming out of london bridge studio .
the original yamaha c7 grand piano used on mother love bones “chloe dancer” is still at the studio and well maintained, and the walls are filled with memorabilia from not just the “heyday, ” but also from the many artists that have come through london bridge since, including macklemore and ryan lewis .
the mixing console used to record albums like pearl jam ‘s ten and soundgarden ‘s louder than love is reportedly in desperate need of repairs, so its owners at seattle’s london bridge studio have launched a crowd - funding campaign to raise money to fix it up and keep it accessible to local musicians .
now the studio is a hybrid of old and new, keeping true to the space and the studios original legendary neve 8048 console, studer 2inch tape machine, but also adding a lengthy list of outboard gear, microphones, and and an ssl aws console to move london bridge into the modern era .
finally, we visit the control room, and london bridge’s crown jewel: the neve 8048 console. “this was built in 1974 by rupert neve. in terms of actual consoles it’s one of maybe three or four in the world, ” says lehman .
together with fellow producer geoff ott, 31, the two hope to restore london bridge' s former luster and avoid the fate of other landmark studios, such as los angeles' cello and new york' s hit factory, that have closed this year .
london bridge is one of about 70 recording studios in seattle. often overlooked, the studios generate some 8, 700 jobs and contribute more than $ 1 billion to the local economy each year, according to a 2004 study conducted by the city' s office of economic development .
the tragic fire in west london last week has sadly taken the lives of a number of people and an even larger number of families have lost everything they own in a disaster that has seen people from all over london come together in support of everyone affected .
p - cso studio, never used as a studio so often taken over as a temporary edit suite or for storage .
“we came to the consensus that the neve was simply too important to the seattle music community to replace it, ” london bridge co - owner eric lilavois said in a statement. “rather than raise our studio rates and make the studio inaccessible to the local and global music community, we’re inviting those interested in preserving this rich history to take part in the restoration and help ensure this board’s accessibility for another 40 years. ”
back in 2013, dave grohl took a stand for a piece of seattle’s analog recording history, and he wound up taking a bow for sound city, the documentary he directed celebrating the studio where nirvana recorded nevermind. but another of the northwestern capital’s music - making hubs needs assistance, and there’s no single heroic benefactor on hand to help. london bridge studio is looking for fans to assist in restoring its rare mixing board .
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the two studios are on the top floor - the emi - marconi one (a) on the right. it had a lighting bridge across the middle. there were two' stages' - the theatrical kind - one at each end of the studio, about 24ft square, with two sets of drapes around each - one dark, one light to ring the changes. follow spots lit the artists from the bridge in the centre of the studio .
but don' t tell that to jonathan plum. the 34 - year old producer has mortgaged his condo and his parents' bellevue home to acquire london bridge. the legendary recording studio catapulted the seattle grunge sound to the world in the early' 90s but has sat idle, partly due to the move away from big budget, reel - to - reel recording .
from the outside, london bridge could definitely pass as a carpet warehouse. it sits, unmarked, at the back of a run - of - the - mill office park. through a glass front door i see a logo marked with the letters “lbs”, and decide this is either the studio, or some kind of totally unrelated not - for - profit foundation .
another london bridge co - owner, jonathan plum, said that there are only a few neve consoles like this one left in the united states. “we’re asking our community for support, ” ott added. “the importance of the neve and its historical significance can provide opportunities for generations of artists to come. ”
even today, most london tv studios have numbers whilst most film stages have letters. however, in the regions it was the norm for the main tv studio in a centre to be called' a' .
speaking to a tabloid around the announcement, simon cowell said, “we started 24 hours ago and already we’re getting calls coming in, mainly from brits. a lot of london artists, people like skepta, stormzy, emile sande, the london community gospel choir all wanted to be involved. ”
geoff tuner, who also designed vancouver, bc’s little mountain studios, laid out the blueprints for london bridge in 1985. with few exceptions, the ground floor has changed very little on a structural level since it was first built. but next to the vocal booth is an overdub booth that plum and ott have modified—slightly .
studio a looking in the other direction. the scene dock door opens onto the corridor and the studio equipment store is on the opposite side .
studio 2' s control rooms were constructed within the warehouse building that joined the studio. windows of course were installed as in those days a clear view of the studio floor from the control rooms was considered essential .
the thirteenth studio album from pink floyd, a momentary lapse of reason, was mainly recorded on guitarist david gilmour’s houseboat, the astoria. the boat, docked on london’s thames, also served as recording headquarters for 1994’s the division bell .
“within the industry, they are stoked about having a neve in that state totally restored, ” says lehman. “for us, this is london bridge—it’s as much a part of our workflow as it is a historic thing, as it is an asset that will bring people to the studio to work on it. jonathan [ plum ] came up on this board since he was 19; it’s been here more than half his life. ”
previous owner and co - founder, rick parashar, had been riding high in 1991, working behind the board for pearl jam’s ten in what was then his private studio. by the mid 2000s, business was sporadic and parashar sought to get out altogether. he chose not to renew on his 10 - year lease. london bridge was to be gutted and turned into a carpet warehouse; all that history buried under mountains of shag and saxony .
a lighting bridge suspended from the grid with arcs and electrician during 1933. i don' t remember nationwide being lit quite like this. the film was britannia of billingsgate. no, me neither .
simon first revealed his shock at the whole situation on twitter, saying' i am watching the footage of the grenfell tower fire in london. heartbreaking.' ...
studio bb, soon after it originally opened and before the tv experiments began .
note how narrow the studio was. only 30 feet from wall to wall .
baird' spotlight' studio. later, dimmer room (news and ou )
studio p - the presentation studio - in the early 1950s. the young lady in the foreground is sylvia peters - a very popular continuity announcer in those days .
in the arts centre years the workshop and scene dock area became' studio 3' - a small studio theatre - and the rest of the space formed the arts centre foyer and coffee bar. in fact, in 2006 studio 3 actually became a television studio when it was adapted to be used for c4' s weekend show t4 .
v - the one show - in the area on the ground floor of the peel wing originally designed to be used as a bbc shop. bbc london was based here for a while .
london bridge in an excellent studio! i have worked on several projects over the past two years and i have especially enjoyed working with shohei ogami. i would recommend him without reservation as an audio engineer for any session. shohei is awesome! !! i appreciate the artistry, the attention to detail and the integrity with which he does his job. geoff ott is an amazing engineer, and as an owner he is friendly and welcoming. both studio a & b are always clean and well maintained. the yamaha piano is gorgeous. whether recording with musicians, editing tape or recording as a singer or bringing in voice over talent lbs is my 1st choice of any studio anywhere .
what is particularly interesting is that throughout all these minutes the two existing studios are referred to as studios 1 and 2, not a and b. the proposed new studio is referred to as' the theatre studio', never as studio 3 or indeed c .
john mccafferty has confirmed that studio 1 closed in december 1991. however, studio 2 continued in use for a few years for simple single - camera inserts and interviews etc. studio 1 was mothballed for a couple of years but was then turned into a conference room .
baird (studio b) control room. later, maintenance room (news and ou )
'... in 1900 it literally became the people' s palace because by act of parliament it was given to the people of london, with its park, in trust for all time .
the team behind warner bros. studio tour london - the making of harry potter wanted to preserve and showcase these iconic props, costumes and sets so that harry potter fans could experience the magic of filmmaking first - hand. many of the original cast and crew returned to reassemble the sets and record their memories from filming, and on 31st march 2012, the studio tour opened its doors .
in 1967, studio h was converted into a sound only recording studio. it was known as the television music studio (tms) and became busy recording everything from theme tunes to backing tracks for variety shows. previously the dubbing theatre at riverside had been used for this work .
in fact i am informed that the manchester studio they used was the converted church the bbc later occupied and used as its tv studio - the one top of the pops first began in .
pearl jam loves it here and so do i. a place for a band to come together and create, what more could you ask for. the walls are lined with platnum records, photos, and signatures. the employees couldn' t be nicer or more talented. if you are a band and want to record in a place where the walls are saturated in creativity and success, don' t hesitate to fork up your money to london bridge .
in 2012 the bbc confirmed that as part of their' making programmes cheaply' - i' m so sorry,' delivering quality first' policy they would be closing white city one in march 2013 and most of the other buildings in the media village over the following months. they would retain ownership but planned to sell the various leases. the one show thus needed a new studio. they were told they had to move (along with a great many others) to new broadcasting house in central london. the new studio is on the ground floor and was previously used by bbc london. they in turn moved to a new studio elsewhere in the building. the new bh studio has large windows looking onto the central courtyard as it was originally intended that this would be used as a bbc shop but never has been .
studio d with its link 110 cameras. the late show set can be seen in the background .
the supergroup' artists for grenfell' was created at very short notice and features a tonne of artists who have all banded together to raise money for the london community foundation, which is supporting the families affected by the tragedy .
in 2006 an interesting development took place. there was then an r3! not the chancellor' s pub but an actual tv studio. the workshop area next to the foyer that had been turned into a small studio theatre in 1994 became available to be used occasionally by riverside tv. the studio was 43 x 38ft wall to wall. early in 2006, channel 4' s t4 and popworld programmes relocated to riverside. initially r1 was too busy for t4 presentation links so studio 3 was turned into a tv studio. a considerable amount of money was spent on sound - proofing the studio due to its roadside location and a new tv floor was laid. the studio had retractable audience seating for 156. it could be controlled from studio 1' s gallery or via an ob scanner parked outside. it was still mostly booked as a studio theatre or rehearsal room but it was also used for recording richard hammond' s links for the bbc' s total wipeout in 2010, 2011 and 2012 when studio 1 was busy .
two remotely controlled cameras are just visible, looked after by an engineer on the studio floor in case of problems. chris informs me that the studio would switch from 405 to 625 lines for bbc2 transmissions and that the studio monitors had coloured lights to remind them not to go on air using the wrong standard .
in 1993 william burdett - coutts took over as artistic director. the centre closed for six months in 1994 for major refurbishment, including a new entrance and foyer area. riverside studios had developed severe financial problems and amongst many changes the new director decided to market studio 1 as a tv studio once again. studio 2 became the primary theatre space. he hoped the larger studio would prove more attractive to television companies .
the studio remained in use for' down the line' interviews for some years, closing in 1986 .
chris jones - ex - golders green studio engineer - has written to me with his recollections ...
studio e has very little information about it from this period. however, keith rodgerson has informed me that there was a show actually named after the studio. he reckons that a children' s programme in the late' 50s in a pre - blue pete r mould was called studio e and was presented by vera mckechnie. the opening title shot involved her travelling up in the old cage lift and walking into the studio .
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the studio give’s historic tours via our website urltoken and we are always open to hearing music from upcoming artists .
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below is the same view in 2008. you can see how the bbc had removed the first four rows of seats and extended the stage forward. the exits either side were hidden behind the downstage side pieces of the set. every show had to hide these exits in a similar way. the foh lighting bars are still much as the bbc and london bridge left them - although some of the trusses have been renewed. the theatre' s stock of lights is not quite as extensive now as it was in the tv days !
the collective have recorded a reworked version of simon and garfunkel' s classic hit' bridge over troubled water' and the single was officially released on wednesday, 21 june at 8am. the track is produced by trevor horn, graham stack and britain' s got talent winner tokio meyers .
studio 2 was equipped with 5 sony hxc - 100 hd cameras but of course all the cameras and other kit from studio 1 were available to supplement as and when necessary. the studio was about three - quarters the size of studio 1 and was ideal for panel shows, stand - up shows, quizzes etc. it could seat around 250 and still have plenty of useful floor space left. riverside had to turn away a lot of work in the last few years of the old building and the demand obviously increased hugely with the closure of bbc tv centre. studio 2 closed as a fully equipped tv studio in 1968 and reopened for business in september 2013. it closed again in august 2014, having operated as a tv studio for only a year but almost repaying its investment .
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studio d - shortly before opening as a tv studio in 1950. obviously there wasn' t much call for subtle lighting in those days! clive gulliver informs me that these lighting units were known as' hewitt banks.'
as producers we have worked on many records and many genres over the years. aside from our shared love of music and deep rooted desire to help bring artists ideas to life, there is another major thread that connects us and ultimately brought us together, london bridge studio. we’ve all seen the studio from different perspectives over the years. in the early 90’s jonathan was an 18 year old budding guitar player and studio engineer, inspired by the seattle grunge movement and curious about the natural and powerful sounds he heard via a band called — temple of the dog. geoff was doing much of the same, dissecting sounds and space and enchanted by mother love bone. eric had just been given a tape of pearl jam’s ten, a tape that was soon worn thin as he played the track “release” on repeat, an album and a band that would lead him to so many other musical influences .
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studio b in 1981. its dilapidated state was apparent even then - when it was being used for props storage .
the bbc added g' s production galleries above the main entrance in the centre and on top of that at fourth floor level was a rather ugly bridge linking the two blocks. the gaumont - british logo on the face of the north block was still visible during the long years of bbc occupation .
from this plan it seems that studio 1 will be about 75 x 70 metric feet within firelanes and studio 2 about 75 x 50 metric feet within firelanes. studio 1 will thus be about 7 feet longer and 5 feet wider than the old r1. there will be a cinema and some parking in the basement - mostly for residents of the flats .
it' s interesting to compare it with the cutaway shown at the top of this section and the studio plan from 1949. you can see how the arches in studio a had been bricked in again to form space for production offices .
the greenwood is now operated by king' s college london, who use it for its original intended purpose as a lecture theatre - mostly for the medical faculty. it is also occasionally booked as a performance space for student, amateur and community productions and events .
in 1988 everything changed again and the existing lime grove crews were reabsorbed into the bbc' s news department around the time breakfast time, newsnight, newsround (which was never at lg) and watchdog moved into tc2. that studio was suitably equipped for current affairs after its stint as the main sports studio (all those lines and comms in and out of the studio were perfect for current affairs). at the same time tc5 was refurbished to become the new sports studio .
studio p closed in 1961 when pres a opened at tv centre and the area was converted to a film transfer area .
the last edition of sm - tv, when ant and dec returned for a final show, came from studio 2 .
this photo was taken during the demolition of the site in january 2015. it shows the original structure of the building rather nicely. we are looking at studio 2 on the left and studio 1 on the right. the dividing wall has been demolished so the space is as it was in the days of the engineering works. the red box truss that suported the roof in the middle of studio 1 can be seen. this was where a wall once stood before it became a film studio .
studio 1 continued to have its facilities upgraded. in 2006 it was fitted with a new studio floor and it received improvements to the air conditioning, replacement vision / audio router, digital sound throughout and 6 - channel evs hard disk video server .
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“by the time i left la, i was really kind of burnt out on studio life, ” he later tells me .
the sound gallery of studio d in 1964. through the window the distinctive pattern of the tardis walls can clearly be seen !
studio g in 1950. the viewpoint is from the top of the plan above (not the same set of course) .
the control room windows of r1 from the studio floor. they could still be seen in later years but were boarded up .
in april 2013 it was announced that studio 2 would be returned to use as a fully equipped tv studio. the old bbc galleries which for decades had been mostly used for storage or meeting rooms were refurbished and equipped with all the latest hd kit .
the picture below gives a sense of a typical comedy or drama studio set from 1949 - certainly as good as you would see on any professional theatre stage at the time. it is in fact from a musical comedy and is also drawn on the studio plans shown above in this section. this set was in studio b, although there was another set in studio a for the other act of the show. the orchestra was also in a. there had to be an interval during the transmission when the performers, crew and production team moved down the corridor to the other studio. large scale productions involving both studios were not uncommon .
some tv production also continued from time to time in studio 2. a conscious effort had been made to market that studio to television companies. obviously, without fully equipped galleries, cameras and permanently installed tv lighting it was difficult to attract much regular work .
the hippodrome was built in 1913 by bertie crewe and became a successful touring theatre, rather than a music hall as all london' s other tv theatres were. its capacity was about 1, 500. for a number of years it was famous amongst other things for its annual pantomime .
to the left can be seen the dock door to studio a. the suspended ceiling has long gone revealing the original light fittings .
the strand lighting console in studio 2. i originally thought this was a type c but david bertenshaw used to work for strand and informs me that it was a different type of console, linked to the thyratron dimmers in this studio. (studio 1 did have a type c .) it was in a corner of the vision control room or production gallery as we would now call it .
i have been told an interesting little anecdote about this programme by peter neill, a sound assistant who worked regularly at the studio .
the last edition of the one show came from this studio on december 20th 2013. the show moved to new bh over christmas .
the new open university production centre in the perry building, walton hall, milton keynes began making programmes on 29th september 1981. they used purpose - built studios designed and operated by bbc staff. the new centre had two tv studios - studio 1 was 3, 600 sq ft and studio 2 was 1, 098 sq ft. studio 1 was equipped with the four link 110 cameras taken from ally pally and the control rooms were sensibly on the ground floor (designers of mediacity please note !). studio 2 operated on a' drive - in' basis - using the ou' s outside broadcast truck and cameras for facilities. studio 1 had a saturated lighting grid with 45 motorised hoists and dual - source kahoutek luminaires on sprung pantographs and studio 2 a simpler system with tracking pantographs .
the baird studio (b) used a single camera mounted in the' bay window' arrangement seen above. the performance stages in that studio were placed across the studio and in the corners diagonally opposite the camera position. the camera could be panned from one stage to another but not on shot - this was a relatively slow and complex procedure due to the size of the camera and all its associated equipment .
the black object taking up floorspace in studio b was the electrical switch panel. was there really nowhere else that could have been located ?
the first of snarky puppy' s live, in - studio dvd / albums, tell your friends was filmed and recorded in one night at the cozy swamp - set dockside studio in maurice, louisiana, and is the band' s debut release on ropeadope records. it marks the first recorded appearance of grammy award - winner shaun martin on organ and moog, and a live 30 - person studio audience .
' studio a is said to be relatively sound and a few items are displayed in it. the control room for a is, however, revealing signs of decay. this gets progressively worse the further down the building you go. the ceiling of studio b has fallen in - revealing the roof space. the baird' spotlight' studio has signs of rain and pigeon damage and plaster has fallen off the walls in several of the rooms and spaces. some small rooms off studio b are apparently very bad - with rotten wood and rain dripping in .
the background to this rather surprising' purchase' of a studio is that apparently bill cotton was trying to persuade michael parkinson to do a nightly weekday chat show, rather than just his saturday show. there was no available studio at tv centre (due to asbestos removal) and bill realised that the greenwood fitted the bill perfectly, being in central london and close to the west end where guests could be found relatively easily. however, it turned out that mr parkinson was not too keen on doing that many shows and in the end agreed to just one more - on wednesdays .
once r1 became a fully - fledged tv studio once again, regular shows included cd - uk and the trendy bbc2 cooking show full on food. both these programmes sometimes featured the old brick wall that was a unique characteristic of this studio. it took light very well and provided an attractive and cost - free backing to a set. quite when the acoustic padding was removed from the studio walls is a bit of a mystery but is likely to have been during the early arts centre days - probably in order to help give the studio a bit more life to the actors' voices. (incidentally, the new studio 1 has a similar brick wall, which is an excellent idea! )
'... about 1992, after i' d left thames to go freelance, i floor managed a few series of the andrew newton experience (hypnotism shows almost identical to paul mckenna' s) at london bridge studios. they were for sky, but produced by thames in its dying days. john fisher was the exec prod. we probably did quite a few things there, since i think thames had some sort of ownership arrangement with them. scanner provided by thames ob fleet, augmented by old anglia vehicles. (thames and lwt joined up with anglia to service a new channel four racing contract, so there was a mix of equipment .)'
we have a windowless studio / storage room to rent. it is possible to use it as an office or workspace, but it' s more suitable for storage. main space is shared by 2 fashion businesses (accessories brand and pattern cutting / sampling studio). - access
new bh became operational in march 2013, when bbc news and the weather department moved here from tv centre, and the world service from bush house. the egton wing or peel wing opened in 2006 and contains tv studios for the bbc' s arabic and persian television services. the bbc london tv studio was also temporarily based in the peel wing before moving into another part of nbh. the one show moved here from white city in january 2014 .
the range of programming that came from these two little studios at ap is astonishing. most was of very high quality with some of the best actors, musicians and dancers in the country. one of the high spots of 1948 was the paris lido show - a spectacular involving the cast and crew of one of france' s premier cabaret shows, brought all the way to london and crammed into studio a. according to the daily mail ...
this very poor image is a blueprint of the proposed layout of the theatre studio control room. unfortunately, it has almost completely faded away .
a critically acclaimed production of sondheim' s musical company was recorded here as an ob for the bbc in the late eighties in studio 1 .
studio e had its marconis replaced with cps emitron mk3s in 1959 and in 1964 these were replaced with 625 - line emi 203s. studio g had its photicon cameras replaced with cps emitron mk3s in 1956 and then emi 203s in 1964. h probably had its original cameras replaced in the late 50s but in 1964 it became the bbc' s experimental colour studio and was equipped with marconi bd848 colour cameras - more on this below .
this new bh studio was equipped with 3 emi vidicon cameras - one of which was remote controlled and the other 2 were standard emis with fixed lenses. (it was colourised in 1970 .) the studio was intended for interviews and news broadcasts but it also had another rather surprising use .
despite the shortcomings of the technology, these cameras could produce surprisingly good pictures and the latest version of them was in fact used by intertel, a company making programmes in colour for the us market, from 1964. i have seen surprisingly good pictures from them that were used to record sunday night at the london palladium .
from the moment snarky puppy played its first overseas show to a sold - out london crowd, they felt at home in europe. recorded and filmed live with a studio audience over 4 nights in the netherlands, we like it here captures the band at its most explorative point in its career, in both composition and improvisation. the film also contains over an hour of interviews, behind the scenes tour footage in europe, and alternate solo takes from the recording sessions .
one show involved my illuminating a tumbler of water on a glass shelf which was fixed to a white scenery flat. this was apparently a celebrated art installation called' an oak tree' and had been on display in a london gallery. believe it or not there was a security guard there to make sure nobody stole it .
james arthur, james blunt, jessie j, jessie ware, john newman, reverend and the makers’ jon mcclure, jorja smith, sterephonics frontman kelly jones, labrinth, leona lewis, liam payne, london community gospel choir, louis tomlinson, louisa johnson, matt goss, matt terry and mr eazi also make an appearance .
in september, as parashar' s 10 - year lease was about to expire, he decided to sell the studio, its recording equipment and rights to the brand name. ott and plum cobbled together money from friends and family to buy the studio from their former boss for an undisclosed price .
ken banwell informs me that portland place was also the home of a later tv studio around 1960. it was used as a news studio and was in the church hall where the record library was built later. it was used for interviews and was equipped with 2 peto scott vidicon cameras. in 1963 this closed and was replaced with a brand new studio (only 30ft x 20ft) in the basement of the newly built extension to broadcasting house .
a cutaway drawing showing the new studios, as shown on the riverside website in the summer of 2014. there are some slight differences to the lobby layout from the original plans. studio 1 will be only for use as a tv studio but the other two will share use between theatre and tv .
in 2014 a facilities company began discussions with the owners of the greenwood to see if it could be shared with the university and used as a tv studio once again. the acute shortage of studio space in london meant that this could have been a very interesting proposition. the idea was that a production would build a standing set upstage, whilst lectures would happen as normal downstage of the house tabs. it would then be used as a studio at weekends or on days when there were no lectures. the long university vacations could also be made available for tv use. facilities would be provided either by an ob scanner or a flyaway kit in the control room. in fact a non - tx pilot, don' t ask me ask britain, was recorded here in july 2014.
london bridge studio is a seattle recording studio that has hosted and recorded many influential artists , producers and engineers since 1985 . founded by brothers rick parashar and raj parashar and now currently owned by producers geoff ott , jonathan plum , and eric lilavois . the space was designed by notable studio designer geoff turner ( little mountain studios , pinewood studios ) and features 5,000 square feet ( 460 m ² ) of tall ceilings , hardwood floors , brick walls and live acoustics . layout of the studio includes live rooms , a control room , overdub suites , and a lounge with full kitchen . 
london bridge studio is a seattle recording studio that has hosted and recorded many influential artists, producers and engineers since 1985. founded by brothers rick parashar and raj parashar and now currently owned by producers geoff ott, jonathan plum, and eric lilavois. the space was designed by notable studio designer geoff turner (little mountain studios, pinewood studios) and features 5,000 square feet (460 m ²) of tall ceilings, hardwood floors, brick walls and live acoustics. layout of the studio includes live rooms, a control room, overdub suites, and a lounge with full kitchen.
london bridge studio is a seattle recording studio that has hosted and recorded many influential artists, producers and engineers since 1985. founded by brothers rick parashar and raj parashar and now currently owned by producers geoff ott, jonathan plum, and eric lilavois. the space was designed by notable studio designer geoff turner (little mountain studios, pinewood studios) and features 5,000 square feet (460 m ²) of tall ceilings, hardwood floors, brick walls and live acoustics. layout of the studio includes live rooms, a control room, overdub suites, and a lounge with full kitchen.