The Town House (or Townhouse Studios) was a recording and mastering studio complex in West London, built by Richard Branson and Ian Cooper in late 1978 as part of the Virgin Studios Group (along with The Manor).
The Goldhawk building included 3 recording studios (studio 1, studio 2 and studio 4, the latter was built later) and 2 cutting rooms (equipped with Neumann VMS 80 Lathes, SX74 cutter heads and SAL74 Drive Amplifiers). In 1985 Townhouse added a VMS 82 for Direct Metal Mastering (DMM).
History:
July 1984: Opening of the recording studio Townhouse 3, located in Battersea.
1992: Acquired by EMI, after Branson sold Virgin Records.
2002: Taken over by the Sanctuary Group.
2006: Put up for sale and re-launched by Al Stone and Sanctuary
June 2007: Bought by Universal after a Sanctuary buy-out.
April 2008: Final closure.
Known cutting engineers:
Ian Cooper (1978 – 1993)
Tony Cousins (1978 – 1993)
Gordon Vicary (1981 – 1998)
Kevin Metcalfe (1983 – 1998)
Jack Adams (1992 – 1993)
Geoff Pesche aka Peachy (1992 – 2006)
Frank Arkwright (1993 – 2004)
Tim Debney (2002 – 2006)
Nick Watson (2002 – 2006)
Doug Shearer (2004 – 2008)
Tim Burrell
Name variations as found on this profile:
- The Town House
· Sanctuary Town House (2002 to 2008)
· The Town House Studios
· The Townhouse
· The Townhouse Cutting
· The TownHouse Digital Mastering Studios
· The Townhouse Studios
- The Townhouse, London
· Town House
· Town House Studio
· Townhouse
· Townhouse II
· Townhouse Studio
· Townhouse Studios
· Townhouse Studios, Terminal 24
