Little Mountain Sound Studios

Little Mountain Sound Studios is a music recording facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, it was the most successful recording studio in Western Canada and was the home for many years to producers Bruce Fairbairn and Bob Rock. Little Mountain recorded albums by Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Metallica, Bryan Adams, Mötley Crüe, David Lee Roth, Loverboy and the Cult among many others. In the mid 1990s Little Mountain would become part of Vancouver Studios, the facility would eventually evolve into Greenhouse Studios and would record albums by Nickelback, k.d. lang, Default and Queensrÿche.

Little Mountain Sound Studios was started in 1972 as a 50/50 partnership between Western Broadcasting (CKNW radio) and Griffiths, Gibson Productions (GGP). Geoff Turner, an unnamed partner with GGP, designed, built and managed the studio. Turner was a long-time audio engineer and studio designer from England by way of New York City. CKNW required large recording spaces to record radio jingles, sometimes with a full orchestra. Turner designed a facility with two large recording studios, and several small recording and production spaces.

In 1974, Turner left Little Mountain to found and operate Pinewood Studios, an audio post-production facility named after the famous English recording stages. It is said that his departure was due to a personality conflict between him and the partners of GGP. Turner went on to design and build several other music recording studios, including Crosstown Studios, Profile Studios, and London Bridge Studios.

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