Trident Recording Studios, London
If Abbey Road was the buttoned-up schoolmaster of recording studios, Trident Studios was the cool art teacher who let you play electric guitar during lunch.
Founded in 1967 by brothers Barry and Norman Sheffield, Trident offered a laid-back vibe that was a breath of fresh air compared to the lab-coated formality of EMI Studios. While Abbey Road鈥檚 engineers were busy running stress tests on cables and sipping tea, Trident was already rolling tape鈥攚ith shiny new tech, no less. It was the first UK studio to embrace Dolby and rock an 8-track recorder, which was a big deal when most studios were still living in 4-track mono-land.
The Beatles, never ones to wait for a lab report, jumped ship from Abbey Road in 1968 to record Hey Jude at Trident. The logic? Why wait for months of equipment trials when Trident let you hit 鈥渞ecord鈥� the second something was plugged in? The gamble paid off鈥擧ey Jude became one of their most iconic tracks. Soon after, each Beatle returned to Trident solo, clearly fans of the no-fuss freedom.
Thanks to their stamp of approval, Trident quickly became the place to be for the rock 鈥榥鈥� roll elite. It helped launch the careers of artists like David Bowie, Queen (yes, Bohemian Rhapsody was born here), and Elton John. And the guest list didn鈥檛 stop there鈥擫ou Reed, Carly Simon, Genesis, Supertramp, and even Black Sabbath all swung by to make magic behind the mic.
Today, the studio lives on as Trident Audio Post, still making soundwaves鈥攁lbeit with fewer bell-bottoms and more post-production finesse.
Founded in 1967 by brothers Barry and Norman Sheffield, Trident offered a laid-back vibe that was a breath of fresh air compared to the lab-coated formality of EMI Studios. While Abbey Road鈥檚 engineers were busy running stress tests on cables and sipping tea, Trident was already rolling tape鈥攚ith shiny new tech, no less. It was the first UK studio to embrace Dolby and rock an 8-track recorder, which was a big deal when most studios were still living in 4-track mono-land.
The Beatles, never ones to wait for a lab report, jumped ship from Abbey Road in 1968 to record Hey Jude at Trident. The logic? Why wait for months of equipment trials when Trident let you hit 鈥渞ecord鈥� the second something was plugged in? The gamble paid off鈥擧ey Jude became one of their most iconic tracks. Soon after, each Beatle returned to Trident solo, clearly fans of the no-fuss freedom.
Thanks to their stamp of approval, Trident quickly became the place to be for the rock 鈥榥鈥� roll elite. It helped launch the careers of artists like David Bowie, Queen (yes, Bohemian Rhapsody was born here), and Elton John. And the guest list didn鈥檛 stop there鈥擫ou Reed, Carly Simon, Genesis, Supertramp, and even Black Sabbath all swung by to make magic behind the mic.
Today, the studio lives on as Trident Audio Post, still making soundwaves鈥攁lbeit with fewer bell-bottoms and more post-production finesse.
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