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who had been operating a tape copying service called Sound and Recording Mobiles, purchased the facility with financial backing from businessman David Sinclair and named it using an acronym of their business name, opening SARM in July 1973. Ainsworth left the business in 1975, replaced by ex-Trident
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In 1978, Sarm Studios suffered extensive water damage and underwent a major renovation, including a control room redesign and the largest Trident TSM console built to date, with Allison automation system. At the same time, the 3M and MCI multitrack tape machines were replaced by a pair of
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In 1982, Horn and Sinclair bought Island Records' Basing Street Studios in West London, renaming Sarm's original East London location Sarm East and their new West London acquisition Sarm West. Horn and Sinclair also established offices at Sarm West's Basing Street location for the
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On July 12, 2022, it was announced that Sarm Music Village Inc. was acquired by Three Six Zero for an estimated $ 5.3m USD. Three Six Zero CEO Mark Gillespie also founded the label Three Six Zero Recording, now headquartered at Sarm Studios.
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In May 2011, two new studios and music business offices were added. The redesign also included living accommodation, to facilitate a return to the studios' 1970s policy of long-term bookings. The studios became part of
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In the mid 1970s, Sarm was one of the first 24-track recording studios in England; it later became the first with 48-track facilities. Sarm's outboard equipment included an
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Sarm closed the Sarm West Studios on Basing Street in 2013, and the former church building that housed the studios was converted into luxury
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became a frequent client at Sarm Studios, and he and Jill Sinclair married in 1980. In 1982, Sinclair and Horn founded
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Sarm Studios was founded at 9-13 Osborn Street in Aldgate, in the building formerly occupied by
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Sarm East closed in 2001. In 1981, Sarm opened Sarm West Coast, a residential studio in
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on Basing Street, rebranding it Sarm West and the original Sarm Studio as Sarm East.
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In November 1984, Studio 1 at Sarm West was the venue for the recording of "
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in 2018. In late 2017, Sarm West Coast in Bel Air was destroyed in the
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In 2013, SPZ Group opened the Sarm Music Village 6-studio complex in
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A80s (to be replaced later by Studer A800 Mk IIIs) with
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before closing the Sarm West Studios on Basing Street.
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In 1987, the studio's cathedral organ was recorded for
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Sarm East Studios

Notting Hill
51°30′59″N 0°04′12″W / 51.5163°N 0.0700°W / 51.5163; -0.0700
ZTT Records
Stiff Records
Perfect Songs
sarmstudios.com
recording studio
London
Jill Sinclair
Trevor Horn
Basing Street Studios
Island Records
recording engineers
Mike Stone
Jill
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Prophet's Song
Somebody to Love
News of the World
We Are the Champions
Eventide H910 Harmonizer
Lexicon
UREI 1176
Studer
Dolby A
Solid State Logic
4000E

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