Britannia Row Studios Explained

Britannia Row Studios was a recording studio located in Islington, London N1 (1975–1995), and then Fulham, London SW6, England (1995–2015).

History

Construction and Animals

The original studio was built by the British rock band Pink Floyd in a three-story block at 35 Britannia Row, Islington, London N1,[1] after their 1975 album Wish You Were Here was released. Pink Floyd used the studio to record their album Animals and parts of The Wall,[2] including the school chorus on "Another Brick in the Wall".

Sales and relocations

Pink Floyd's drummer, Nick Mason, eventually assumed ownership of the studio. In the early 1990s, he sold the business to Kate Koumi, who had been managing it since the mid-1980s.[3] Koumi relocated the studio in 1995 to Wandsworth Bridge Road in Fulham, where it operated for the next 20 years. It closed in September 2015 and was converted into flats.[4] [5]

Mason retained the original building in Britannia Row, which was developed as serviced offices. In 2012 some of it, including the original studio spaces, was being used as a training facility for the London School of Sound. In 2016, Islington Council granted permission for an extension and conversion of the building into flats with limited office space.[6] [7] [8]

Britannia Row Productions

An audio equipment rental company, Britannia Row Productions, originally based at Britannia Row, was created to hire out Pink Floyd's tour equipment and keep the skills of its crew together.[9] Early events that it provided sound for included Queen's 1976 show in Hyde Park, with an audience of over 150,000. Pink Floyd sold Britannia Row Productions to its managers in 1985, and it is now based in Twickenham.[10]

Artists

The studio was used by artists including:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Britannia Row website. https://web.archive.org/web/20170411141241/http://www.britannia-row.co.uk/aboutus.php. 2017-04-11. April 11, 2017.
  2. Web site: Studio where Pink Floyd recorded 'The Wall' is to be turned into flats. Nme.com. 30 June 2016. 2 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Rent Pink Floyd's old recording studio on Britannia Row. 2017-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217184724/http://www.planetpropertyblog.co.uk/2012/04/04/wish-you-were-here-rent-pink-floyds-old-recording-studio/. 2020-02-17. dead.
  4. Philippa Stockley, From a £200k recording studio to two flats now worth almost £2 million, Evening Standard Homes & Property, 23 November 2016
  5. http://www.theresident.co.uk/homes-interiors/former-pink-floyd-boss-converts-industrial-britannia-row-studios/ Now you can live in Pink Floyd's former studios
  6. John Earls, Studio where Pink Floyd recorded ‘The Wall’ is to be turned into flats, NME, 30 June 2016
  7. Nick DeRiso, Pink Floyd’s Recording Studio Is Being Turned Into Condos, Ultimate Classic Rock, 29 June 2016
  8. https://democracy.islington.gov.uk/documents/s8602/35-53%20Britannia%20Row%20Committee%20Report.pdf Planning Committee Report
  9. Web site: Mike McInnis. Spare Bricks #6. Sparebricks.fika.org. 2000.
  10. http://www.britanniarow.com Official website
  11. https://www.britanniarow.com/peter-gabriel-berlin/ Official website
  12. Web site: Buskin. Richard. Classic Tracks: Sinéad O’Connor ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. Sound On Sound. February 2012. 11 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Doyle. Tom. Classic Tracks: Soul II Soul 'Back To Life'. Sound On Sound. September 2022. 11 July 2024.

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