The Village Recorder
| Location | West Los Angeles, California |
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| Type | Recording studio |
| Opened | 1920s |
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The Village (a.k.a. Village Recorders, or The Village Recorder) is a recording studio located at 1616 Butler Avenue in West Los Angeles, California.
Since the 1960s, The Village has been the home to recordings by artists such as Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers, The Beach Boys, Mariah Carey, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, George Harrison, Guns N' Roses, Elton John, Tom Jones, B.B. King, John Lennon, Little Richard, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ringo Starr, and Weezer, among others (more comprehensive list below).
Built by the Freemasons in the 1920s, the building was originally a Masonic temple. It remained that way until the 1960s, during which the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used it as his Los Angeles center for Transcendental Meditation. The Building maintains much of the original Masonic characteristics including a large Auditorium/Masonic Meeting Hall and original stained glass windows. Once converted to a studio in the late 1960s the Village was the birthplace of classic records including Aja by Steely Dan, Joe's Garage by Frank Zappa, Planet Waves by Bob Dylan and many more.
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