Island Studios
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| Owner | SPZ Group |
| Affiliations | Companies within the building:
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| Website | www |
SARM Studios (formerly known as SARM West Studios) is a recording studio located in Notting Hill, London. The studios were established by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, and were originally known as Basing Street Studios. It has also been known in the past as Island Studios. SARM is an acronym of Sound and Recording Mobiles.
The studios were built inside a former church that had been deconsecrated. Blackwell recorded a number of artists there for Island Records, such as Iron Maiden,Bob Marley, Steve Winwood, Free, Bad Company, Robert Palmer, Jimmy Cliff, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, King Crimson, John Martyn, Mott the Hoople, Quintessence, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Sparks, Cat Stevens, Spooky Tooth, Traffic, If, Jethro Tull, the Average White Band, and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
The studios were also used by notable non-Island Records acts, such as Madonna, ABC, The Clash,Pet Shop Boys,KT Tunstall, Depeche Mode,The Eagles, Dire Straits, East 17, Take That,Boyzone, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rihanna, The Rolling Stones,Genesis, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Joan Armatrading, Nik Kershaw and the Lighthouse Family.
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