Olympic Studios

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Olympic Studios is a commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, in the south-western suburb of Barnes in London, England. The studio is best known for the many famous rock and pop music recordings made there in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The original Olympic Studios was established in central London in the early 1960s and it was used by a number of important British groups including The Yardbirds. The studio moved to its present location in Barnes ca. 1965.

The building that currently houses the studio was constructed in 1906 as a dance hall, and it remained a popular live entertainment venue until the mid-1960s, when it was purchased by Cliff Adams, who converted it into a recording studio.

Olympic opened in Barnes in 1966. The Rolling Stones were among its first clients, recording six consecutive LPs there between 1966 and 1972, starting with Between the Buttons. The Beatles used this studio to record their song "Baby You're a Rich Man". The Who used the studio to record the classic albums Who's Next, The Who by Numbers, and Who Are You. It was used extensively by Led Zeppelin, who recorded tracks there for all of their studio albums up to and including Physical Graffiti in 1975. Also in 1975 Queen used the studio for their groundbreaking album A Night at the Opera. The studio saw the production of many other landmark albums and singles by artists such as The Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Hawkwind and Procol Harum, including the latter's megahit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". It was the venue for the recording of the original album version of the rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar in 1970.

One of the prime attractions of Olympic was it being the 'home' of the freelance premier British engineer/producer Glyn Johns, and his brother Andy Johns. Staff included manager/engineer Keith Grant, Terry Brown, George Chkiantz.

Also notable was the Olympic/Helios mixing desks developed there: These desks were a creation of the maintenance staff custom-built for the studios as "Olympic" desks. Builders/designer included Dick Swettenham, who later took the idea and started to manufacture the consoles commercial as Helios desks around 1970. Olympic desks (and their Helios offspring) are revered today for their sonic qualities.

Notable artists who have used Olympic Studios include:

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