Pathway Studios
Coordinates: 51°32′56″N 0°05′28″W / 51.549°N 0.091°W
Pathway was a North London studio located at 2a Grosvenor Avenue, Newington Green, founded by producers Peter Ker and Mike Finesilver and later run by Mike until the mid 1990s. Among the well-known artists who made their early recordings with producer Nick Lowe at Pathway Studios are The Damned, Madness, Elvis Costello, The Police, Squeeze, Haircut One Hundred, The Count Bishops with Mike Spenser, The Cannibals and John Foxx. At the studio, Dire Straits recorded the demo and single versions of "Sultans of Swing", and the folk singer Ewan MacColl recorded his last album. The 8-track studio, a former garage, was famous for its great atmosphere, cold temperatures, distinctive smell and excellent recordings.
Peter Ker and Mike Finesilver won a court case for a co songwriting credit on Arthur Brown's Fire.
Pathway can be regarded as the 'delivery room' at the birth of British punk - it was here that The Damned recorded their debut single 'New Rose' in September 1976, again produced by Lowe. Sham 69 also recorded their first single 'I Don't Wanna' in 1977, produced by John Cale. In addition, it also featured extensively in the Madness drama-documentary Take It or Leave It.
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