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bought the studio from EMI. Al Stone, a recording engineer and producer who trained at The Town House, ran the studios for Sanctuary beginning in 2006, only to see Universal close it around April 2008 after a Sanctuary buy-out. Today, a luxury apartment complex is located at the address.
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entered the studio and recorded a few songs including the unreleased "To Fall in Love with You". Thought to be one of Dylan's greatest masterpieces, the song was not completed or considered suitable for official release. Dylan was in England for filming
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in Studio Two in 1978. SSL commemorated the partnership in 1995 by installing its 1000th console, an SL 4000 G+, in The Town House's Studio One.
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Studios Group. The Goldhawk Road facility had three recording rooms, numbered One, Two, and Four, with the Townhouse Three designation given to
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In 1992, Branson sold Virgin Records, including the Virgin Studios Group and The Town House, to
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with an Alison 64K computer mixdown system, which now resides at Shorefire Recording Studios,
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In July 1984, Town House opened Studio Three in Battersea, which was the former
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The Town House was originally managed by Barbara Jeffries as part of the
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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when it became the first studio in the UK to install an
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Town House Studio One originally was home to a 72-input
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The Town House (recording studio)
51°30′06″N 0°13′55″W / 51.501733°N 0.231823°W / 51.501733; -0.231823
recording studio
Goldhawk Road
Shepherd's Bush
Richard Branson
Virgin Records
Elton John
Queen
Phil Collins
Philip Bailey
Simple Minds
The Jam
Asia
Bryan Ferry
Coldplay
Muse
Duran Duran
Jamiroquai
Kylie Minogue
Oasis
XTC
Robbie Williams
Peter Gabriel
Joan Armatrading
Hugh Padgham
In the Air Tonight
Virgin
Ramport Studios
The Who

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