Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in

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, United States located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard.

Background

The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was created by

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's Director of Recording, Tutti Camarata, from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings. At the encouragement of Disney himself, Camarata began the project in 1958, starting with a former automotive repair garage whose sloping floor would tend to reduce unwanted sonic standing wave reflections. Soon, the audio for many of Disney's early films was being recorded at the studio, including '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', '' Mary Poppins'', and ''

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'' Over 200 Gold records have been recorded at Sunset Sound, including parts of

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's '' Purple Rain'', parts of

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' '' Exile on Main St.'', the Beach Boys' '' Pet Sounds'', Linda Ronstadt's '' Don't Cry Now'', parts of Guns N' Roses' '' Chinese Democracy'', Janis Joplin's posthumously-released ''

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'', and hit albums for

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and

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. In addition,

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recorded their first two albums, ''

'' and '' Strange Days'', at the studio. In 1981, Sunset Sound Recorders owner Camarata purchased The Sound Factory, another Los Angeles recording studio founded by Moonglow Records and later purchased and developed by

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. The two studios now operate as Sunset Sound and The Sound Factory, respectively.

References

External links

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2019 video tour of Sunset Sound by engineer Warren Huart

Archive of 2009 Sunset Sound and Sound Factory website
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