THE VILLAGE RECORDER

Overview
The Village Recorder, occupies the 1922 Masonic Temple at 1616 Butler Avenue in West Los Angeles. Composer Geordie Hormel converted the 22,000-square-foot building into a 24-track studio in 1968, preserving its high rooms, stained glass and maze of corridors, lounges and former lodge spaces. The building’s history is inseparable from its rooms: Studio D was built with Fleetwood Mac for the Tusk sessions in 1978, while the old Masonic lodge hall survives as the Moroccan Room, a 42-by-33-foot space still used for full-band and orchestral work. In 1995, Jeff Greenberg began rebuilding the studio with Al Schmitt; he later bought it in 2007. The Village Recorder remains a multi-room studio centred on its vintage Neve 8048 in Studio A and Neve 88R consoles in Studios B and D, pairing analogue tape with modern Pro Tools systems.

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