and were on the road to becoming one of the largest independent recording studios in Hollywood. By 1949 they had taken over the facilities at 7000 Santa Monica Blvd. Radio Recorders itself was founded around 1933 and the 1937 Broadcasting Yearbook lists it as being located at 932 N. One of the first stars on its label to record there was Jimmie Rodgers in July of 1930 accompanied by Louis Armstrong on trumpet. Though now officially RCA Victor, the company was still being referred to simply as "Victor" and record labels did not carry "RCA Victor" until much later, sometime in the late 1930s or early '40s. Variety Magazine advertised at the time that at a cost of $250,000 the complex went from Orange Drive to Sycamore Avenue between Santa Monica Blvd. According to a history on the web by Scotty Moore, the studio was built in 1929 by the Victor Talking Machine Company. It has a different name.but it's the old Radio Recorders, place where I started my recording career in 1957 with Sam Cooke, and place where Nat King Cole, BB's and other giant recordings were was the cat's meow in the 1950s and beyond."Įlvis Presley also recorded there in '57. Carol Kaye, the session guitarist I wrote about yesterday, posted tonight on Facebook: "Sure sorry to see this historical place on-fire. It's the former location of Radio Recorders, a legendary sound studio. Tonight's fire at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Orange Avenue wasn't just in another storefront.
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