The Music Centre (2) (acetates).
Despite the Kingsway studio being enormously profitable, Princess Margaret Rose. It was the first purpose built recording studio in the UK (built from scratch, not in a converted building), constructed to such a size that it would be able to handle work from rock bands up to the largest orchestras for film scores.
Toward the end of 1972, CTS Studios management were informed that a property development company had acquired the Bayswater building with the intention of repurposing it. A search was immediatly begun for suitable new premises. The solution came in the form of a fortuitous merger between CTS and De Lane Lea Music.
In 1973, the two companies concluded a complicated series of negotiations and CTS was purchased by De Lane Lea and relocated to Wembley. In 1982, the name of the facility was officially changed to A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night".
Records cut here are identifiable by an etched "The Music Centre" or "MC" in whatever variation in the runouts.
Please use Lacquer Cut At when crediting the studio.
(For "De Lane Lea" or "DLL" in whatever variation etchings, please use CTS Studios.
If runout etchings (between Autumn 1971 and April 1982) include '420W', please use:
Lacquer Cut At: The Music Centre, Wembley
Pressed By: PRS Ltd.
Timeline
July 1965-Autumn 1971: De Lane Lea Studios
Autumn 1971-1981 (or probably April 1982): The Music Centre, Wembley
(Probably after April) 1982-February 1987: CTS Studios
Name variations found on releases include:
- C.T.S. The Music Centre, Wembley, Middlessex
- CTS, The Music Centre, Wembley, Middlessex
- CTS, The Music Centre, Wembley, London
- Music Centre, Wembley
- Music Centre, Wembley, England
- Music Centre, UK
- The Music Centre
- The Music Centre, London
- The Music Centre (Wembley)
- The Music Centre, Wembley, England
- The Music Centre, Wembley, London
- Music Centre Recording Studio
- The Music Centre Studio, London
- Music Centre Studio, Wembley, London
- Music Centre Studios, Wembley
- Music Center
- The Music Center
- The Music Center, Webley
- Music Center, London
- Music Center UK
- Music Center Studio, London
- Music Center Studios, Wembley, London
- Music Center Sound Studio, Wembley , England
- Music Center, Wimbley, London
- Wembley Music Center
- Wembley Studios
Known engineers:
- Terry Johnson (2)
- Dick Plant
- Dick Lewzey
- John Richards
- David Hunt (3)
- John Acock
- Rafe McKenna
- Anthony Duggan
- Kenny Denton (ed in 1971)
- David Strickland
- Keith Dickens
- Paul Hume
- Richard Goldblatt
- Bob Zimbler
- Pete Wandless
- Mike Pela
- George Sloan
- Kevin Metcalfe (mastering, 1975-1979)
- Bob Jones (6) (mastering)
Maintenance engineer:
- Dave Siddle
