Legendary The Record Plant, Sausalito is Now 2200Studios

take the tour

Last week during a visit to REL Acoustics in Berkeley, CA, I was among the guests treated to a tour of 2200 Studios, the former legendary The Record Plant where Fleetwood Mac recorded "Rumours", Prince recorded his debut album and so much music history was written and played.

The new owners just recently opened the restored facility that also contains many of the musical instruments formerly housed at Fantasy Studios, including the piano Bill Evans played on his recordings for Fantasy Records. Here's a short walk through showing the two main studios. At the end, San Francisco rock band The Departures played live in the studio. Interestingly, while the recording was digital (though the 24 track and 2 track analog recorders are being refurbished and will be available for sessions), the engineer let the band know it could begin to play by saying "We're rolling".