Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio inHollywood, California, United States, located at 6650Sunset Boulevard.
The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was created byWalt Disney's Director of Recording,Tutti Camarata, from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings. At the encouragement of Disney himself, Camarata began the project in 1958, starting with a former automotive repair garage whose sloping floor would tend to reduce unwanted sonic standing wave reflections. Soon, the audio for many of Disney's films was being recorded at the studio, includingBedknobs and Broomsticks,Mary Poppins, and101 Dalmatians[1]
Over 200Gold records have been recorded at Sunset Sound,[2] including hit albums forElton John,Led Zeppelin,Van Halen,Toto, parts ofPrince'sPurple Rain,the Rolling Stones'Exile on Main St.,Neil Young'sAfter the Gold Rush,the Beach Boys'Pet Sounds,Linda Ronstadt'sDon't Cry Now, parts ofGuns N' Roses'Chinese Democracy andJanis Joplin's posthumously-releasedPearl. In addition,the Doors recorded their first two albums,The Doors andStrange Days, at the studio.[3]Idina Menzel recorded her vocal track for the song "Let It Go" forDisney Animation's 2013 filmFrozen at the studio.[4][5]
In 1981, Sunset Sound Recorders owner Camarata purchasedThe Sound Factory, another Los Angeles recording studio founded byMoonglow Records and later purchased and developed byDavid Hassinger.[6]
With many homeless people camped nearby, the studio expressed their frustration with the situation in 2024.[7] The city program, Inside Safe, had the unhoused residents accept services and housing in mid-2024.[8]
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