Lansdowne Studio

In the summer of 1965 following a small number of recording sessions at the City Of London Studio, The Who booked into Lansdowne Studios.

Shel Talmy had recently agreed to produce the band at IBC studios, but in an effort to best replicate their live sound on tape, Who Manager Kit Lambert felt they needed to rehearse their material further before the Talmy sessions began. So they booked some time at Lansdowne, where they ran through a number of R&B covers, but concentrated most effort on their newest original track, 'My Generation'.


















For almost 40 years Lansdowne served as a major-league studio, with over 300 Gold, Silver and Platinum albums being recorded there. In October 2006 it was forced to close, the Manager placing the blame on record companies for always trying to get cut-price rates and not wanting to pay a decent fee for studio time.

As with so many of these big old buildings, it has been converted into flats. Fledging pop star Remi Nicole is a resident, recently doing the rounds of the interview circuit with the claim that she discovered Freddie Mercury had written Bohemian Rhapsody in her toilet.

Lansdowne Studios was in Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill Gate, London. The nearest tube station is Notting Hill.