Musicland Studios

Musicland Studios was a recording studio located in Munich, Germany. It was established by Italian record producer, songwriter and performer Giorgio Moroder in the late 1960s.^[1] The studio was situated in the basement of the Arabella High-Rise Building.^[2] The facility closed down at the beginning of the 1990s, as the nearby U4 subway was affecting the recording quality. It was also home to a Helios console that was favored by many recording engineers of that era.

The Musicland Studios was used extensively throughout the 1970s and the 1980s by many artists, including Led Zeppelin,^[1] Queen,^[1] The Rolling Stones,^[1] the Electric Light Orchestra,^[1] The Three Degrees, Marc Bolan & T.Rex,^[1] Donna Summer,^[1] Deep Purple,^[1] Rainbow, Amanda Lear, Freddie Mercury,^[1] Sweet and Elton John. Most of them recorded under the supervision of Musicland's engineer and producer Reinhold Mack.

References

1. Billboard 6 Jun 1998 p.65. Retrieved 28 August 2011
2. Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight But Loose' Files p.40. Retrieved 28 August 2011

Coordinates: 48°9′0.39″N 11°37′10.21″E / 48.1501083°N 11.6195028°E