Record Plant Closing, Iconic Studio Spawned Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ And Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’
deadline.comThe Record Plant, the iconic Los Angeles recording studio that boasted that it spawned more hits and Grammy Award-winning music than at any other studio in the world, is closing its doors after 55 years.
Record Plant Recording Studios on North Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood opened in 1972, following the opening of a New York location, which closed in 1987.
Another outlet in Sausalito closed in 2008. The list of all-time best-sellers recorded at the L.A. location includes Eagles’ Hotel California, Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction, and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, among many others.
Los Angeles Magazine reports the studio was a victim of advances in recording technology. Studio engineer Gary Myerberg told the outlet, “There is no money in the recording music business.
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