Gold Star Studios

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Gold Star Studios was a famed Los Angeles recording studio renowned for its distinctive acoustics and role in producing numerous influential pop and rock records in the mid-20th century.

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Gold Star Studios canonical 12
Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf recording studio
associatedWith Los Angeles pop scene
Phil Spector
The Wrecking Crew
Wall of Sound
country United States
dissolvedOrDemolished 1984
era 1950s
1960s
1970s
foundedBy David S. Gold
Stan Ross
hasFacility custom-built echo chambers
multiple recording rooms
heritageStatus considered a legendary studio by music historians
inception 1950
early 1950s
influencedGenre R&B
pop music
rock music
knownFor Wall of Sound recordings
linked to: Wall of Sound

distinctive echo chamber sound
innovative recording techniques
location Los Angeles
neighborhood Hollywood
notableEngineer Larry Levine
partOf history of American popular music
reasonForDemolition fire damage
recordedArtist Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
Buffalo Springfield
Darlene Love
Eddie Cochran
Ike & Tina Turner
Iron Butterfly
Leon Russell
Ricky Nelson
Sonny & Cher
linked to: Sonny and Cher

The Association
The Beach Boys
The Crystals
The Monkees
The Ramones
linked to: Ramones

The Righteous Brothers
The Ronettes
recordedWork Be My Baby
Da Doo Ron Ron
Good Vibrations (vocal and overdub sessions)
linked to: Good Vibrations

Heroes and Villains (sessions)
linked to: Heroes and Villains

He’s a Rebel
River Deep – Mountain High
Then He Kissed Me
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans version)
linked to: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
soundCharacterizedAs dense and reverberant
state California
streetAddress 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard

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End of the Century recordedAt Gold Star Studios
"Be My Baby" recordedAt Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles
linked to: Gold Star Studios
River Deep – Mountain High recordedAt Gold Star Studios
Pet Sounds recordedAt Gold Star Studios
Good Vibrations recordedAt Gold Star Studios
The Wrecking Crew operatedIn Gold Star Studios
Be My Baby recordedAt Gold Star Studios
Da Doo Ron Ron recordedIn Gold Star Studios
Then He Kissed Me recordedAt Gold Star Studios
Wall of Sound associatedWith Gold Star Studios
Tedesco and Pitman recordingLocation Gold Star Studios
subject linked to: "Tedesco and Pitman"
Larry Levine workLocation Gold Star Studios
Larry Levine employer Gold Star Studios