Olympic Studios

The first home of Olympic Sound Studios was in Central London in the late 1950s. It was owned by Angus McKenzie,{{cite web |url =https://radiofax.org/radiooddities.html#overdeviation |title=Radiofax, Radio Oddities, Discovering all independent FM stations were overdeviating – photos of Angus McKenzie with his guide dog, Simon. |access-date=30 December 2023}}{{cite web |url =https://radiofax.org/im/Angus%20McKenzie%20G3OSS%201933-2005.pdf |title=Angus McKenzie MBE, G3OSS, 1933 – 2005 – articles by Angus McKenzie and compilation of obituaries. |access-date=30 December 2023}} who had purchased Larry Lyons's Olympia Studio in Fulham. McKenzie then took on a lease for a derelict synagogue situated at Carlton Street, in London's West End.{{cite web|url=http://www.philsbook.com/olympic.html|title=Philsbook, Olympic Studios|publisher=philsbook.com|access-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024141208/http://www.philsbook.com/olympic.html|archive-date=24 October 2013|url-status=dead}}

In conjunction with Richard "Dick" Swettenham, McKenzie opened Olympic's Studio One, with a valve-based recording console from the Olympia Studio. Swettenham designed the first professional transistorised desk in the world, which was installed into Studio One during 1960, along with the first four-track tape recorder in England. The studio first came to prominence in 1958, when its senior sound engineer John Timperley recorded music which was listed in the music magazine Melody Maker{{'}}s top ten ratings. John Timperley's assistant was Roger Savage, who quickly gained a reputation as a good sound balancer. In 1962, Terry Allen joined the company as an electronic engineer, assisting Dick Swettenham with his new transistorised sound desk. Allen became studio manager, and Timperley left the studios in late 1962, when Keith Grant was given the position of senior sound engineer. Another employee was Michael Ross-Trevor, who later joined CBS Records at the start of a long career in classical music recording. Across both the studio's original locations, several other young staff began their careers at Olympic Studios, among them Gus Dudgeon, who began as a tape operator and was later associated with Elton John, using Olympic Studios for sessions with him as his producer.

Studio One was used by many influential groups, such as the Yardbirds, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave Mason, Alexis Korner, the Seekers and Graham Bond.{{cite web|url=http://grahambond.org/discography.html|title=Graham Bond discography| publisher=grahambond.com|access-date=21 October 2013}} The Rolling Stones{{cite web|url=http://www.scenta.co.uk/music/cit/828718/the-very-best-of-british-recording-studios.htm|title=The very best of British recording studios|publisher=scenta.co.uk|access-date=3 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822015513/http://www.engineeringuk.com/|archive-date=22 August 2012}} recorded their first single "Come On" at the studio, and Dusty Springfield hits and the Troggs' single "Wild Thing" were also recorded at Olympic during the 1960s. Olympic was a preferred recording studio with A&R staff who worked for record companies including Decca, EMI, Pye and Philips. The studios also hosted London Weekend Television music recordings.{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/legendary-olympic-recording-studio-to-burn-out-1220725.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103220244/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/legendary-olympic-recording-studio-to-burn-out-1220725.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=3 January 2009|title=Olympic Studios|author=Nick Coleman| date=1 February 2009| work=The Independent|access-date=13 April 2009}}

In 1966, after the lease on the Carlton Street premises was not renewed, McKenzie sold his share of the business to Cliff Adams and John Shakespeare, who moved the studios to Barnes, under the guidance of Keith Grant. Grant oversaw the development of the new studios, bringing in his father, Robertson Grant, as an architect.

Situated at 117 Church Road, the Barnes building was constructed in 1906 and known as Byfeld Hall, a theatre for the Barnes Repertory Company. In its first decade, it was a venue associated with the bioscope, an early form of cinema combined with music hall and instrumentation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24639862|title=Olympic Studios Reborn|publisher=BBC News|access-date=26 October 2008}} Between the 1930s and the post-Second World War era, it was once more a cinema. In the 1950s, the building became television production studios. Actors who played there included John Gielgud and Claude Rains.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympiccinema.co.uk/?page=8|title=Olympic Cinema – History| publisher=Olympic Cinema|access-date=17 October 2013}}

As Grant added to and completed the studio, engineer Eddie Kramer recounted that in 1967 "Olympic Studios was at the cutting edge of technology. We were very innovative and of course we had [I think] the best console in England and possibly the world at the time".{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/interview-engineer-eddie-kramer-recording-beatles-all-you-need-love|title=Engineer Eddie Kramer talks about the Beatles' All You Need Is Love|publisher=guitarworld|access-date=21 October 2013}} "We were ahead in terms of design."{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov05/articles/classictracks.htm|title=Classic tracks : Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Kramer|publisher=soundonsound.com|access-date=8 January 2014}}

The Rolling Stones were among the first clients of the new Olympic Studios in Barnes, consecutively recording six of their albums there between 1966 and 1973, and becoming such regular visitors that Mick Jagger even contributed to the design of parts of the studio himself. The Stones continued recording, mixing and overdubbing at the studio from 1989 to 1992.

Having been happy with their recording of "Baby, You're A Rich Man" earlier that year, in the summer of 1967 it was at Olympic in Barnes that the Beatles conceived the first parts and ideas of "All You Need Is Love", which a fortnight later debuted as part of Our World, the first ever global satellite broadcast to millions worldwide.{{cite web|author=The Beatles Bible|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/all-you-need-is-love|title=All You Need is Love|date=14 March 2008 |publisher=thebeatlesbible|access-date=22 October 2021}}{{cite web|author=The Beatles Bible|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1967/06/25/the-beatles-on-our-world-all-you-need-is-love/|title=The Beatles on Our World: All You Need Is Love|date=25 June 1967|publisher=thebeatlesbible|access-date=22 October 2021}}

With both bands regularly sharing the studio in the summer of 1967, Lennon and McCartney joined the Rolling Stones recording of "We Love You".{{cite web|author=The Beatles Bible|title=The Beatles Bible – Lennon and McCartney sing on the Rolling Stones' We Love You|date=19 July 1967|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1967/07/19/lennon-and-mccartney-sing-on-the-rolling-stones-we-love-you|publisher=thebeatlesbible.com|access-date=20 November 2021}}

Having moved to the UK in the mid-1960s, Jimi Hendrix also spent a significant proportion of his entire recording career at Olympic, recording large parts of his albums Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold as Love (1967), and Electric Ladyland (1968) at the studio.

For his seminal recording of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", Hendrix was joined by two other musicians regularly to be found at Olympic; Dave Mason of Traffic and Brian Jones, the original founder of the Rolling Stones.{{cite web|author=Frank Beacham|title=On this day in 1968 – 53 years ago – Jimi Hendrix recorded his version of the Bob Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower" at Olympic Studios in London|url=https://www.beachamjournal.com/journal/2021/01/on-this-day-in-1968-53-years-ago-jimi-hendrix-recorded-his-version-of-the-bob-dylan-song-all-along-the-watchtower.html|publisher=The Beach AM Journal|access-date=21 November 2021}} Hendrix returned to Olympic for sessions in 1969,{{cite web|author=Jimi Hendrix's Official Website|title=February 22, 1969 Olympic Studios London, England|url=https://www.jimihendrix.com/encyclopedia-item/february-22-1969-olympic-studios-london-england|publisher=jimihendrix.com|access-date=19 November 2021}} and, having recently returned from the U.S., for the last time in the first few months of 1970.{{cite web|author=Jimi Hendrix's Official Website|title=March 17, 1970 Hendrix returned to Olympic Studios, the recording facility where his first two albums Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love were recorded to record with Love|url=https://www.jimihendrix.com/encyclopedia-item/march-17-1970-hendrix-returned-to-olympic-studios-the-recording-facility-where-his-first-tow-albums-are-you-experienced-and-axis-bold-as-love-were-recorded-to-record-with-love|publisher=jimihendrix.com|access-date=19 November 2021}}

In mid-1969, the Beatles were back again at Olympic, this time recording the first parts of "Something" and "You Never Give Me Your Money", as well as ideas for their planned Get Back album.{{cite web|author=Tittenhurst Lennon|title=The Beatles: Timeline 1969|url=http://tittenhurstlennon.blogspot.com/2009/07/timeline-1969.html|publisher=tittenhurstlennon.com|access-date=19 November 2021}} With the band entering their final year and amid periodic disagreements, McCartney on occasion stayed behind on his own to record with other musicians to be found at the studio.{{cite web|author=The Paul McCartney Project|title="My Dark Hour" session (May 09, 1969)|url=https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/session/my-dark-hour-session//|publisher=thepaulmccartneyproject.com|access-date= 19 November 2021}}

By now, Olympic had also already started being extensively used by Led Zeppelin, who recorded at the studio for all their 1969 debut Led Zeppelin, through to all their studio albums inclusive of Physical Graffiti in 1975, and extending to their single, "Kashmir", of the same year.

In 1969, Ella Fitzgerald arrived to record at the studio,{{cite web|title=Ella Fitzgerald – Ella|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3263121-Ella-Fitzgerald-Ella|publisher=Discogs|access-date=19 November 2021}} and in 1971 B. B. King arrived to record his In London LP with some of the rock musicians regularly to be found at Olympic.

The Who came to Olympic for their albums Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), and Who Are You (1978). Queen recorded part of their landmark album A Night at the Opera (1975), shortly after David Bowie had completed his album Diamond Dogs. Olympic also saw the production of numerous other landmark albums and singles, by the Small Faces, Traffic, Hawkwind, Deep Purple, Soft Machine, Blind Faith, the Seekers and the Moody Blues. Procol Harum recorded all tracks for their eponymous first album Procol Harum (1967) at Olympic, including the single "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

In 1969, Grant commissioned his father to re-design Studio Two, as the now unexpectedly popular studio was causing problems with sound transmission to Studio One. Studio One for example might be recording classical music by Elgar, while Studio Two would be hosting sessions with the Rolling Stones. Robertson Grant successfully innovated a completely floating space weighing seventeen tons, supported by rubber pads. The décor and furnishing of the new Studio Two was designed by Jagger. Later on, Grant added probably the first instant acoustic change, using rough sawn wooden slats which could cover or reveal sound-absorbing panels behind them and change the acoustic sound. This made the room suitable for the recording of both rock and orchestral music, at the pull of a cord.

By the turn of the 1970s, many orchestral works and film scores, such as the original album version of the rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar, were also being recorded at Olympic. The studio produced film music for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968), The Italian Job (1969), the movie version of Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (recorded in Studio Two in 1975) and Life of Brian (1979), amongst others.

Olympic Studios' sound mixing desks were a creation of the maintenance staff and built specially for the studios. They became known as Olympic desks and were developed by Dick Swettenham, Keith Grant, and later Jim McBride in conjunction with Jim Dowler. Swettenham later started to manufacture the consoles commercially as Helios desks. The first desk of this type was commissioned by Grant as Helios One for Studio Two. Olympic desks and their Helios spin-offs are still highly regarded and sought-after for their sonic qualities today.{{cite web|url=https://reverb.com/uk/item/17883085-vintage-helios-console|title=Reverb Auction|publisher=reverb.com|access-date=23 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.realmusicforum.com/history/a-sad-day-for-music/20090326182/|title=Olympic Studios closes: A sad day for music|publisher=realmusicforum.com|access-date=3 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808073558/http://www.realmusicforum.com/history/a-sad-day-for-music/20090326182/|archive-date=8 August 2012}}

For many years, copyright problems with the use of the word "Olympic" prevented the history of the studio from being more widely promoted, which became an important factor in its arch-rival Abbey Road Studios attracting greater recognition, due to promotion by EMI.{{cite web|url=http://www.realmusicforum.com/history/a-sad-day-for-music/20090326182/|title=Olympic Studios|publisher=realmusicforum|access-date=24 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808073558/http://www.realmusicforum.com/history/a-sad-day-for-music/20090326182/|archive-date=8 August 2012}}

In 1987, Virgin Music bought the studios and the property was refitted to a different practical and acoustic specification, further to consulting with Sam Toyoshima, a Japanese studio builder, who declared the studio "unfit to record music in". Barbara Jefferies, then studio manager for Virgin Music at Olympic Studios,{{cite web|url=http://www.smoothside.com/about.html|title=The Smoothside Organisation|author=Second Wave|publisher=smoothside.com|access-date=3 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304023149/http://www.smoothside.com/about.html|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}} instructed that the master tapes of the studio's vast library of recording sessions be discarded.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisbooksmusic.com/2008/12/15/|title=Some Stuffs: London's legendary Olympic Recording Studio to close|date=15 December 2008|publisher=thisisbooksmusic.com|access-date=3 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712014716/http://www.thisisbooksmusic.com/2008/12/15/|archive-date=12 July 2012}} The disposal of these tapes was unsecured. They were put into skips outside the building, remaining there for days. Some were recovered by people unassociated with the studio, and ended up as highly sought-after bootlegs.{{cite web|url=http://hotrats.ho.funpic.de/bootlegs/boots.php?lp=j_haze|title=Jimi Hendrix bootlegs, found by a construction worker|publisher=hotrats.ho.funpic.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021201444/http://hotrats.ho.funpic.de/bootlegs/boots.php?lp=j_haze|archive-date=2013-10-21|access-date=21 October 2013}} The revamped studio continued to attract many leading artists during the period of the 1990s and 2000s, such as Adele and Björk.

In December 2008, the Virgin EMI group announced that the longstanding studio facilities would be closed, which occurred the following February.{{cite web|url= http://prosoundnewseurope.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1036|author=Pro Sound News|title=Olympic Studios| date=12 December 2008|publisher=Pro Sound News Europe.com| access-date=13 April 2009}}{{cite web|url= http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036448&c=1|author=Music Week|title=Olympic Studios|date=12 December 2008|publisher=Music Week.com|access-date=13 April 2009}}

File:Olympic Studios, Barnes, SW13 (18634601225).jpg

The London Evening Standard newspaper reported that a buyer for the building as a studio could not be found and it seemed likely that Olympic Studios would lose its musical and cinematic history due to a development of flats and shops.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/site-of-historic-olympic-studios-saved-for-the-community-8760516.html|title=Olympic Studios saved for the community|date=14 August 2013|work=Evening Standard|location=London|access-date= 21 October 2013}} After four years of closure, Olympic Studios re-opened on 14 October 2013 as a cinema with two screens, a café with dining room and a recording studio.{{cite web | url=http://www.olympiccinema.co.uk/ | title=The Olympic Studios | publisher=The Olympic Studios | access-date=9 September 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016131546/http://www.olympiccinema.co.uk/ | archive-date=16 October 2013 | url-status=dead }} The conversion of part of the original building to a small recording studio was undertaken by architect Robertson Grant and the acoustics completed by original studio designer Keith Grant and Russel Pettinger.{{cite web|url=http://www.zani.co.uk/reviews.aspx?id=107|title=Zani-Save Olympic Studios|author=Andy Scott|date=October 2009|publisher=zani.co.uk|access-date=3 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131154656/http://www.zani.co.uk/reviews.aspx?id=107|archive-date=31 January 2011}} The new studio facility operates alongside the building's historical role as a cinema using Flare Audio cinema sound. The cinema also uses a Flare sound system.{{cite web|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/10703786.print/|title=New Cinema has Dolby First |date=28 September 2013 |publisher=Your Local Guardian |access-date=17 October 2013}}

Olympic Studios is known for the quality of the recordings produced in its studios, and as a training ground for many successful producers, technicians and engineers, such as:

• George Chkiantz, who is credited with inventing the technique of phasing, on the Small Faces' song "Itchycoo Park".{{cite web|url=http://www.makingtime.co.uk/rfr/london7.htm#.UmUpCuDbyQI|title=Small Faces London|publisher=Room for Ravers|access-date=20 October 2013}}
• Glyn Johns and his brother Andy Johns, best known for their association with the Rolling Stones.
• Gus Dudgeon, who started as a tea boy and became producer for Elton John.
• Roger Savage, who recorded the first Rolling Stones hit "Come On", before moving to Australia, where he became a highly successful engineer, then moving into post-production sound recording with his own company, Soundfirm, which has studios in Melbourne, Sydney, and Beijing.{{cite web|title=Roger Savage|url=http://www.milesago.com/industry/savage-roger.htm|publisher=Milesago|access-date=11 July 2013}}{{cite web|title=Spondfirm: Sound Post Production|url=http://www.soundfirm.com/|publisher=Soundfirm|access-date=11 July 2013}}
• Eddie Kramer, Olympic staff engineer who recorded Jimi Hendrix, and is still involved with the post-production of his work.{{cite web|url=http://www.fender.com/news/eddie-kramer-discusses-jimi-hendrixs-final-recordings/|title= Eddie Kramer discusses Jimi Hendrix recordings|publisher=fender.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Chris Kimsey, best known for his work with the Rolling Stones as producer, and now back at Olympic Studios.{{cite web|url=http://www.chriskimsey.com/|title=Chris Kimsey's website|publisher=chriskimsey.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Jimmy Miller, producer of albums and singles by Family, Traffic, Blind Faith and the Rolling Stones.{{cite web|url=http://eddiekramerarchives.com/collection_stones.html|title=Eddie Kramer archives|publisher=eddiekramer.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Dick Swettenham, best known for his Olympic console design.{{cite web|url=http://soundofthehound.com/tag/dick-swettenham/| title=Dick Swettenham| date=July 2011|publisher=Sound of the Hound|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Roger Mayer, best known for his guitar pedals.{{cite web|url=http://www.roger-mayer.co.uk/history.htm|title=Guitar Effects pedals by Roger Mayer|publisher=rogermayer.co.uk|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• David Treahearn, Assistant Engineer, now Songwriter, Mixer & Producer with DNR and half of electro duo the Slips.{{cite web|url=http://www.webmii.com/Result.aspx/David/Treahearn|title=David Trehearn|publisher=webmii.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Toby Alington, who now has Richmond Studios Productions as his organisation.{{cite web|url=http://www.audiomedia.com/events/0008/-pro-sound-awards-toby-alington-qualifies-in-two-categories/403|title=Toby Alington pro sound award nomination|publisher=audiomedia.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Gerry O'Riordan, best known for his recording and editing skills.{{cite web|url=http://www.spatial-audio.co.uk|title=Gerry O'Riordan|publisher=spatialaudio.co.uk|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• David Hamilton-Smith, best known for his association with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.{{cite web|url=http://www.rupertcheek.eu/RupertCheek/writer/OlympicStudios.htm|title=Olympic Studios|publisher=rupertcheek.eu|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170920/http://www.rupertcheek.eu/RupertCheek/writer/OlympicStudios.htm|url-status=dead}}
• Terry and Phill Brown, producers of the Who's song "Substitute", and Bob Marley's song "I Shot the Sheriff".{{cite web|url=http://www.terrybrown.net/bio.html|title=Terry Brown bio|publisher=terrybrown.com|access-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208074018/http://terrybrown.net/bio.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar06/articles/classictracks.htm| title=Phil Brown, "I Shot The Sheriff"|publisher=soundonsound.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Paul PDub Walton, best known for work with Björk.{{cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/voltaic|title=Voltaic, Bjork|date=27 April 2009 |publisher=nonesuch.com|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Doug Bennett, best known for his work with the Stranglers.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjJpGhYC1GsC&q=doug+bennett+olympic+studios&pg=PA402|title=The Mojo Collection, The Ultimate Music Companion|publisher=mojo books|access-date=21 October 2013|isbn=9781841959733|year=2007}}
• Phil Chapman, film and theatre audio producer.
• Laurence Burrage, producer for XTC.{{cite web|url=http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_TheSomnambulist.html|title=XTC=The Somnambulist|publisher=chalkhills.org|access-date=21 October 2013}}
• Alan O'Duffy, best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart.{{cite web|url=http://liverpool.sae.edu/en-gb/news/9088/Guest_Lecture_with_Alan_O'Duffy|title=Guest lecture with Alan O'Duffy|publisher=SAE Institute|access-date=21 October 2013}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4ECNNvdvTYC&q=alan+o%27+duffy+olympic+studios&pg=PT172|title=Oh What A Circus, by Tim Rice|publisher=Hodder|access-date=21 October 2013|isbn=9781444762174|date=2012-10-01}}

{{Div col|colwidth=16em}}

• 808 State{{cite web|url=http://www.808state.com/image808/studio/olympic95_2.htm |title=808state at Olympic studios 1995 |publisher=808state.com |access-date=4 December 2012}}
• Roger Alborough
• Adele
• Lily Allen
• MIKA{{cite web |url=http://www.mikasounds.com// |title=MIKA Blog|publisher=Mika |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=25 March 2023 |archive-date=21 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221115457/http://www.mikasounds.com// |url-status=dead }}
• Arctic Monkeys{{cite web|author=Paul Tingen |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep06/articles/jimabbiss.htm |title=Jim Abbiss |publisher=Soundonsound.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Babyshambles{{cite web |url=http://www.o2academyleicester.co.uk/event/53818/babyshambles-tickets/ArtistsDetails |title=Babyshambles Bio Information |publisher=O2 Academy Leicester |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015161658/http://www.o2academyleicester.co.uk/event/53818/babyshambles-tickets/ArtistsDetails |url-status=dead }}
• Corinne Bailey Rae{{cite web|url=http://www.fishpond.co.uk/Music/Corinne-Bailey-Rae-2-Discs-Corinne-Bailey-Rae/0094638457022|title= "Corinne Bailey Rae" – self titled 2 disc cd|publisher=fishpond |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=16 October 2013}}
• Shirley Bassey
• The Beatles{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/interview-engineer-eddie-kramer-recording-beatles-all-you-need-love |title=Interview: Engineer Eddie Kramer on Recording The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" |publisher=Guitar World |date=25 June 2013 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• B. B. King{{cite web|author=Louise Jury |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/site-of-historic-olympic-studios-saved-for-the-community-8760516.html |title=Site of historic Olympic Studios saved for the community |work=Evening Standard|location=London |date=14 August 2013 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Tony Bennett{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Bennett/Bennett80.php |title=Tony Bennett – 1980–1989 |publisher=Jazzdiscography.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Elmer Bernstein{{cite web|url=http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=5785 |title=Elmer Bernstein'S Film Music Collection – Screen Archives Entertainment |publisher=Screenarchives.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Björk{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/voltaic-live-at-olympic-studios-mw0002028047 |title=Voltaic: Live at Olympic Studios – Bjรถrk | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• David Bowie{{cite web|url=http://soundofthehound.com/tag/olympic-studios |title=olympic studios |date=July 2011 |publisher=Sound of the Hound |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Buzzcocks
• Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club
• David Byrne
• John Cale
• Lee Towers
• Nick Cave
• Ray Charles{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Bennett/Bennett80.php|title=Tony Bennett and Ray Charles|publisher=jazzdiscography.com |access-date=18 October 2013}}
• Eric Clapton{{cite web|url=http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107859272981/ |title=Eric Clapton – Don't Know Why [Olympic Studios Version][#][*] Lyrics |publisher=SongMeanings |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Joe Cocker{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1556599/celebrated-british-record-producer-andy-johns-dead-at-61 |title=Celebrated Producer Andy Johns Dead at 61 |magazine=Billboard |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Elvis Costello
• The Cult
• The Cure{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-cure/2004/olympic-studios-london-england-3bd7e0ec.html |title=The Cure Concert Setlist at Olympic Studios, London on June 7, 2004 |publisher=setlist.fm |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Sammy Davis Jr.{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/sammy-davis-jnr-recording-at-olympic-studios-barnes-london-news-photo/109366457 |title=Sammy Davis Jnr Recording at Olympic Studios Barnes London… News Photo | Getty Images UK | 109366457 |publisher=Gettyimages.co.uk |date=4 September 1969 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Deep Purple{{cite web|url=http://www.classicrockreview.com/2011/02/1971-deep-purple-fireball/ |title=Fireball by Deep Purple album review |publisher=Classic Rock Review |date=2 February 2011 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Depeche Mode{{cite web |url=http://www.tuug.utu.fi/~jaakko/dm/dmtekstit/inthemode.txt |title=Exclusive Depeche Mode : In The Mode |author=William Shaw |publisher=Tuug.utu.fi |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318053026/http://www.tuug.utu.fi/~jaakko/dm/dmtekstit/inthemode.txt |archive-date=18 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Donovan{{cite web|url=http://www.sabotage.demon.co.uk/donovan/session.htm |title=Donovan |publisher=Sabotage.demon.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Dr. Feelgood
• Duran Duran{{cite web|url=https://thedurandiaries.wordpress.com/tag/olympic-studios/ |title=Olympic Studios | The Duran Diaries |publisher=Thedurandiaries.wordpress.com |date=12 January 1990 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Eagles{{cite web|url=http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-eagles-take-it-easy-olympic-sound-studios-multi-track-tape-selling-on-ebay.71118/ |title=The Eagles "Take It Easy" Olympic Sound Studios multi-track tape selling on eBay?* | Steve Hoffman Music Forums |publisher=Forums.stevehoffman.tv |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Electric Blues Company
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor{{cite web |url=http://sophie-online.net/press/1998_index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1205728708&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& |title=The Press Archive @ Sophie-Online.net • Your resource for Sophie Ellis-Bextor articles |publisher=Sophie-online.net |access-date=15 October 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Eric Flynn
• Editors
• Brian Eno
• Faces{{cite web|url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/rw/Wood1.htm |title=Ronnie Wood – 1957 – 1975 |publisher=Nzentgraf.de |access-date=2015-10-26}}
• Fairport Convention{{cite web|url=http://mainlynorfolk.info/fairport/records/whatwedidonourholidays.html |title=Fairport Convention: What We Did on Our Holidays |publisher=Mainlynorfolk.info |access-date=2015-10-26}}
• Marianne Faithfull{{cite web|author=Dave Thompson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/as-tears-go-by-mt0027058366 |title=As Tears Go By – Marianne Faithfull | Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Family
• Bryan Ferry
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Focus{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hamburger-concerto-mw0000463106 |title=Hamburger Concerto |publisher=allmusic.com |access-date=28 May 2024}}
• Peter Frampton
• Robert Fripp
• Funkadelic
• Peter Gabriel
• Goldfrapp{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=911&year=05 |title=Goldfrapp.free.fr |publisher=Goldfrapp.free.fr |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Delta Goodrem
• Hawkwind
• Hole
• The Jam{{cite web|url=http://www.porcelaingod.co.uk/Porcelain%20God%2015%20-%20Studio%20Sessions%20pages.pdf |title=Studio Sessions : 15.1 Recording Information |publisher=Porcelaingod.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience{{cite web|url=https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photo/default.aspx?photographID=4948 |title=Jimi Hendrix at Olympic Studios, London, 1967 | Eddie Kramer |publisher=Morrisonhotelgallery.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Hives{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/state-of-the-hives-address-57907777.html |title=State of the Hives Address |agency=PR Newswire|access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Edmund Hockridge
• Howlin' Wolf{{cite web|url=http://www.wirz.de/music/howlwfrm.htm |title=Howlin' Wolf discography |publisher=Wirz.de |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Humble Pie{{cite book|last1=Twelker|first1=Uli|last2=Schmitt|first2=Roland|title=The Small Faces & Other Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d6aAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT80|access-date=30 June 2015|date=1 December 2010|publisher=Bobcat Books|isbn=978-0-85712-451-7|page=80}}
• INXS
• Jethro Tull{{cite web|url=http://jethrotull.proboards.com/thread/1751/aqualung-john-burns-engineer |title=Aqualung Q&A with John Burns |publisher=jethrotull.proboards.com |date=13 July 2011 |access-date=11 October 2013}}
• Johnny Hallyday
• Judas Priest{{cite web|url=http://www.thexquorum.com/mad/ROCKAROLLA.html|title=Rocka Rolla |publisher=thexquorum.com |date=1 October 2001 |access-date=25 February 2014}}
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Berwick Kaler
• Kasabian
• Keane
• The Killers
• The KLF
• Alexis Korner{{cite web|url=http://alexis-korner.net/richandfamous.html|title= Alexis Korner , rich and famous|publisher=alexis-korner.net|access-date=15 October 2013}}
• King Crimson
• Jason Kouchak
• Led Zeppelin{{cite web |url=http://www.philsbook.com/olympic.html |title=Olympic Studios |publisher=Philsbook.com |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024141208/http://www.philsbook.com/olympic.html |archive-date=24 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• Love{{cite web|url=http://love.torbenskott.dk/albums/blue_thumb_acetate.asp |title=Blue Thumb Acetate |publisher=Love.torbenskott.dk |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Kirsty Maccoll
• Kissing the Pink (KTP)
• George Martin{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/05/09/mixing-get-back-album-inserts-2/ |title=9 May 1969: Mixing: Get Back album inserts |publisher=The Beatles Bible |date=9 May 1969 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Massive Attack{{cite web|url=http://www.red-lines.co.uk/reading/puttingdownroots.htm |title=Bristol, England |publisher=Red Lines |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Paul McCartney{{cite web|url=http://allmyrecords.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/paul-mccartney-wings-red-rose-speedway.html |title=allmyrecords: Paul McCartney & Wings – Red Rose Speedway 1973 |publisher=Allmyrecords.blogspot.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Steve Miller Band{{cite web |url=http://www.stevemillerband.com/multimedia.html |title=Steve Miller Band Video Archive and Multimedia |publisher=Stevemillerband.com |date=5 October 1943 |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928211209/http://stevemillerband.com/multimedia.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• The Mission
• The Moody Blues
• Van Morrison
• Morrissey
• Mott the Hoople{{cite web|url=http://mottthehoople.com/main/?page_id=346 |title=MTH Albums |publisher=Mott The Hoople |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Move{{cite web|url=http://www.ftmusic.com/move/shazam/tracklisting.html |title=Move Remaster Series – Shazam – Tracklisting |publisher=Ftmusic.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Michael Nyman
• Motörhead
• The O Band
• Oasis{{cite web |url=http://www.oasisinet.com/DiscogRelease.aspx?type=1&id=8 |title=Release Information |publisher=Oasisinet.com |date=31 May 2005 |access-date=15 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212810/http://www.oasisinet.com/DiscogRelease.aspx?type=1&id=8 |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}
• Andy Panayi
• Pendulum{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwCaeKdmSA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/fLwCaeKdmSA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live| title=The Story of Pendulum's 'Propane Nightmares' – The Making of a Festival Anthem |date=24 November 2021 |via=YouTube |access-date=24 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}
• Pink Floyd{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni56001445/|title=Pink Floyd|publisher=IMDb|access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Placebo
• Robert Plant
• Iggy Pop{{cite web |url=http://www.easyaction.co.uk/artists/product/5-the-stooges-heavy-liquid-cd-boxset |title=The Stooges – Heavy Liquid – CD Boxset – Easy Action Records: Rare Rock 'n' Roll Releases |publisher=Easyaction.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326021507/http://www.easyaction.co.uk/artists/product/5-the-stooges-heavy-liquid-cd-boxset |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Billy Preston
• The Pretenders
• The Pretty Things
• Alan Price{{cite web|url=https://www.environmenttrust.co.uk/blog/visit-olympic-studios-16th-july-2014#.WOOtZY61vx4| title=Visit to Olympic Studios 16th July 2014 | publisher=environmenttrust.co.uk | author=Blake, Cathy | access-date=2017-04-04}}
• Primal Scream
• Prince
• Procol Harum
• Pulp
• Suzi Quatro
• Queen{{cite web|url=http://www.queenconcerts.com/london.html |title=Queen places in London |publisher=Queen Concerts |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Quincy Jones{{cite web| url=http://www.themanzine.com/2011/03/truth-is-very-important-life-according.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401044759/http://www.themanzine.com/2011/03/truth-is-very-important-life-according.html| url-status=usurped| archive-date=1 April 2011|title=Quincy Jones – truth is very important|publisher=the manzine.com|access-date=23 October 2013}}
• The Rolling Stones
• Roxy Music{{cite web|url=http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/albums_24.php |title=Roxy Music – Albums – on |publisher=Vivaroxymusic.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• The Seekers
• Sham 69{{cite web |url=http://www.goodfidelity.com/artistas.php?idvideo=MbpmVLEWicw# |title=SHAM 69 – Outside the warehouse |publisher=GoodFidelity |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326011930/http://www.goodfidelity.com/artistas.php?idvideo=MbpmVLEWicw |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Showaddywaddy
• Slade{{cite book|last1=Powell|first1=Don|author-link1=Don Powell|last2=Falkenberg|first2=Lise Lyng|author-link2=Lise Lyng Falkenberg|title=Look Wot I Dun: Don Powell of Slade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jj_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|access-date=24 August 2016|date=11 October 2013|publisher=Music Sales Group|isbn=978-1-78323-000-6|page=100}}
• Small Faces{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/GigseenTV/posts/375036859236590 |title=Gigseen TV – 9 August 1967 – The Small Faces entered the... |via=Facebook |date=9 August 1967 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Spandau Ballet{{cite web|author=metrowebukmetro |url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/08/21/spandau-star-on-loss-of-studios-356947/ |title=Spandau star on loss of studios | Metro News |publisher=Metro.co.uk |date=21 August 2009 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Spice Girls{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/spice-girls-emma/Memory/e675b90b-a327-42bc-abc2-a00b00ccb48c |title=Spice Girls/Emma | Page 1 | They All Guest Starred on Absolutely Fabulous |publisher=Friends Reunited |access-date=15 October 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Soft Machine
• Squeeze
• Cat Stevens{{cite web|url=http://www.dassi.eu/musiccollection/record1451.html |title=Cat Stevens / Mona Bone Jakon |publisher=Dassi.eu |date=26 August 2013 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Stiff Little Fingers
• The Stranglers{{cite web|url=http://downinthesewer.com/tag/olympic-studios/ |title=Olympic Studios |publisher=Down in the Sewer |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Barbra Streisand{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ruh0ewBVo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/78Ruh0ewBVo |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Barbra Streisand – HD STEREO – Memory – CC for lyrics |via=YouTube |date=11 January 2009 |access-date=15 October 2013}}{{cbignore}}
• Suede{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-to-build-a-ship-in-a-day-1599983.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220523/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-to-build-a-ship-in-a-day-1599983.html |archive-date=23 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How to build a ship in a day – Arts & Entertainment |work=The Independent |date=8 September 1995 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Supertramp
• Ten Years After
• Thin Lizzy{{cite web|url=http://www.thinlizzyguide.com/discography_info/information/info_album/fighting.htm |title=Thin Lizzy Fighting (information) Thin Lizzy Guide made by Peter Nielsen |publisher=Thinlizzyguide.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Traffic
• Pete Townshend
• The Used
• U2{{cite web |title=U2 To Buy Olympic Studios |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/u2-to-buy-olympic-studios |website=Clash Music |access-date=9 August 2018 |date=29 January 2009}}
• The Verve{{cite web |url=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Verve-Biography/AC86C54087AAC7F54825689E00034FC1 |title=The Verve Biography |publisher=Sing365.com |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901042312/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Verve-Biography/AC86C54087AAC7F54825689E00034FC1 |archive-date=1 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• Scott Walker{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOOs7dT9VlwC&q=scott+4+olympic+studios&pg=PA15 |title=The Impossible Dream: The Story of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers – Anthony Reynolds – Google Books |date= August 2009|access-date=15 October 2013|isbn=9781906002251 |last1=Reynolds |first1=Anthony |publisher=Jawbone Press }}
• Paul Weller
• Westlife
• Wishbone Ash{{cite web |url=http://www.wishboneash.co.uk/history/2.aspx |title=Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash – Official Site: History :: 1970s |publisher=Wishboneash.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116031444/http://www.wishboneash.co.uk/history/2.aspx |archive-date=16 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• The Who
• Roger Waters
• Stevie Wonder{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXSaGI4-SZ8C&q=stevie+wonder+olympic+studios&pg=PA78|title=Stevie Wonder, Olympic, 1973, Rhythms of Wonder by Sharon Davis, P78|date= September 2006|publisher=Robson Books|access-date=18 October 2013|isbn=9781861059659}}
• The Yardbirds{{cite web |url=http://jimmypage-onthisday.tumblr.com/post/32225050780/25-sep-1967-image |title=On This Day, ON THIS DAY… 25 SEP 1967 'TEN LITTLE INDIANS' WAS |publisher=Jimmypage-onthisday.tumblr.com |date=25 September 1967 |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326015251/http://jimmypage-onthisday.tumblr.com/post/32225050780/25-sep-1967-image |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• The Zombies{{cite web|url=http://slackershack.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/best-ever-psychedelic-album-covers-the-zombies-odessey-and-oracle/ |title=Best ever psychedelic album covers – The Zombies 'Odessey and Oracle' | Slacker Shack |publisher=Slackershack.wordpress.com |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=15 October 2013}}
• Matt Zimmerman

{{cite web

| title = First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast

| work = first-night-records.co.uk

| publisher = First Night Records

| location = London, United Kingdom

| url = http://first-night-records.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=87

| access-date = 20 June 2012

}}

• The Zutons{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-zutons/22061 |title=The Zutons announce second album details | News |work=NME |date=26 January 2006 |access-date=15 October 2013}}{{div col end}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.olympiccinema.co.uk|Olympic Cinema}} – official site
• {{discogs label}}

Complete articles

• {{cite web|url=http://www.realmusicforum.com/history/a-sad-day-for-music/20090326182/|title=Olympic Studios closes: A sad day for music|date=26 March 2008|publisher=realmusicforum.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808073558/http://www.realmusicforum.com/history/a-sad-day-for-music/20090326182/|archive-date=8 August 2012}}
• {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/legendary-olympic-recording-studio-to-burn-out-1220725.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103220244/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/legendary-olympic-recording-studio-to-burn-out-1220725.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2009|title=Olympic Studios|author=Nick Coleman|date=1 February 2009| work=The Independent|access-date=13 April 2009}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.mpg.org.uk/news_stories/107|title=Olympic Studios|author=Keith Grant|date=23 December 2008|publisher=Music Producers Guild (UK)|access-date=13 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902182516/http://www.mpg.org.uk/login|archive-date=2 September 2012}}
• {{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036448&c=1|author=Music Week|title=Olympic Studios|date=12 December 2008|work=Music Week |access-date=13 April 2009}}
• {{cite web|url=http://prosoundnewseurope.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1036|author=Pro Sound News|title=Olympic Studios|date=12 December 2008|publisher=Pro Sound News Europe.com|access-date=13 April 2009}}
• [https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/international/keith-grant-1941-2012 Recording]
• [https://procolharum.com/awsop_grant.htm Obituary for the 'AWSoP' engineer, Keith Grant]

{{Coord|51.4752|-0.2407|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:GB|display=title}}

{{LB Richmond}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Barnes, London

Category:Cinemas in London

Category:Recording studios in London

Category:Music in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames