Talk:Olympic Studios

Coordinates
Please note that the coordinates in this article need fixing as: it is incorrect (Above entry made 2009-01-29T16:03:01.)

Done. BrainMarble (talk) 02:06, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Italics
What's with all the italics? I've never seen this on a Wikipedia entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.6.216.209 (talk) 18:18, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Dates do not fit
It says Olympic opened in 1965 and the Stones recorded their first song there (which was in 63)94.194.102.190 (talk) 09:59, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Items for the Artist roster, 1966-2009 section, when they have citations

 * 808 State
 * Bryan Adams
 * Steve Adey
 * Air Traffic
 * Alexis Korner
 * Lily Allen
 * Arctic Monkeys
 * Richard Ashcroft
 * Joan Armatrading
 * Babyshambles
 * Bad Company
 * Badly Drawn Boy
 * Barclay James Harvest
 * Shirley Bassey
 * The Beatles
 * Madeline Bell
 * Tony Bennett
 * Elmer Bernstein
 * Björk
 * Blind Faith
 * David Bowie
 * Boxer
 * Boy George
 * Boyzone
 * Turin Brakes
 * Savoy Brown
 * Jack Bruce
 * Buckacre
 * The Buzzcocks
 * David Byrne
 * Melanie C
 * John Cale
 * Cast
 * Eric Clapton
 * Joe Cocker
 * Perry Como
 * Elvis Costello
 * The Courteeners
 * The Cranberries
 * Cream
 * The Cult
 * The Cure
 * Terence Trent D'Arby
 * Jesse Davis
 * Sammy Davis Jr
 * Howie Day
 * Chris De Burgh
 * Deep Purple
 * Depeche Mode
 * Des'ree
 * Diesel Park West
 * DJ Shadow
 * Donovan
 * Duran Duran
 * Eagles
 * The Easybeats
 * Editors
 * The Electric Blues Company
 * Sophie Ellis-Bextor
 * Brian Eno
 * Europe
 * Fairport Convention
 * Andy Fairweather-Low
 * Marianne Faithfull
 * Bryan Ferry
 * Fine Young Cannibals
 * Climie Fisher
 * Ella Fitzgerald
 * Pink Floyd
 * Peter Frampton
 * Funkadelic
 * Peter Gabriel
 * Goldfrapp
 * Delta Goodrem
 * Graham Bond Organisation
 * Hawkwind
 * The Jimi Hendrix Experience
 * The Hives
 * Nellee Hooper
 * Howlin' Wolf
 * Humble Pie
 * Please include Humble Pie in the main list of artists that recorded at Olympic our biggest album was recorded there in 1972 by Alan O'Duffy it was called Smokin' thank you Duncan Tipson Duncan Tipson (talk) 08:12, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, you already added it yourself. I moved it to the correct place and added a citation, so it can stay. ✅ Richard-of-Earth (talk) 09:26, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Peter Loader (talk) 10:57, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Ignition
 * INXS
 * Aleksandra Ivanovska
 * The Jam
 * James
 * Jesus Jones
 * Kaiser Chiefs
 * Kasabian
 * Keane
 * The Killers
 * BB King
 * King Crimson
 * Led Zeppelin
 * Josiah Leming
 * Level 42
 * Alison Limerick
 * Love
 * Kirsty MacColl
 * Amy Macdonald
 * Madonna
 * Manic Street Preachers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.135.252 (talk) 23:29, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Mansun
 * George Martin
 * Massive Attack
 * Paul McCartney
 * McFly
 * Mika
 * Michael Ball
 * Steve Miller Band
 * Kylie Minogue
 * Matt Monro
 * The Moody Blues
 * Morcheeba
 * Van Morrison
 * Morrissey
 * Mott the Hoople
 * The Move
 * The Nice
 * Michael Nyman
 * Oasis
 * The Operators
 * Beth Orton
 * Paper Aeroplanes
 * Pet Shop Boys
 * The Pigeon Detectives
 * Placebo
 * Robert Plant
 * Iggy Pop
 * PP Arnold
 * The Pretenders
 * The Pretty Things
 * Alan Price
 * Primal Scream
 * Prince
 * Procol Harum ✅ Peter Loader (talk) 11:19, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Toše Proeski
 * Pulp
 * Queen
 * The Stranglers
 * Chris Rea
 * Corinne Bailey Rae
 * The Rivitive
 * The Rolling Stones ✅ Peter Loader (talk) 11:19, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Roxy Music
 * Asobi Seksu
 * Sham 69
 * Shed Seven
 * Simple Minds
 * Small Faces
 * Snow Patrol
 * Soft Machine
 * Spandau Ballet
 * Britney Spears
 * The Spice Girls
 * Spiritualized
 * Spooky Tooth
 * Dusty Springfield
 * Squeeze
 * Snow Patrol
 * Gwen Stefani
 * Cat Stevens
 * Stiff Little Fingers
 * Barbra Streisand
 * Suede
 * Supertramp
 * David Sylvian
 * Connie Talbot
 * Tears for Fears
 * Bobby Tench
 * Ten Years After
 * The The
 * Thin Lizzy
 * The Tourists
 * T'Pau
 * Traffic
 * Transvision Vamp
 * The Troggs
 * The Verve
 * U2
 * The Used
 * Scott Walker
 * Roger Waters
 * Paul Weller
 * Bobby Whitlock
 * The Who
 * Wishbone Ash
 * The Yardbirds
 * Paul Young
 * The Zombies
 * Zucchero
 * The Zutons


 * Discogs has several label pages for the various incarnations of Olympic Studios. I presume there was the original location in W1 Carlton Street (number of separate rooms unknown?), then move to Barnes [117 Church Road, SW13] (3 rooms?), then adding Chelsea [46A Old Church St., SW3 5BY] (1 room?) after a takeover, then just the Barnes location again, before closing (I go to the great cinema there regularly, but do they still record anything there now)...? Here are the links, anyway:
 * http://www.discogs.com/label/264298-Olympic-Sound-Studios
 * http://www.discogs.com/label/264021-Olympic-Studios
 * http://www.discogs.com/label/595344-Olympic-Studio-1
 * http://www.discogs.com/label/475214-Olympic-Studio-2
 * http://www.discogs.com/label/475213-Olympic-Studio-3
 * http://www.discogs.com/label/716597-Olympic-Studios-Chelsea
 * + this forum talk: http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/53cb46b14322464036a38abf
 * Great site Discogs for citations, as it uses info taken directly from the releases in question, with verification from many users, hence totally appropriate for WP usage. Hope this helps the quest for cites for the above artists. Thanks. Jimthing (talk) 02:06, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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= Olympic Studios is not a Building =

From the opening sentence this article is totally wrong and misleading, possibly seeking to use the fame of one of Britain's greatest recording studios to attract people to cinema complex. The term studios refers to a whole enterprise involving several rooms, equipment, and people with skills. It is not the building! Olympic studios went through many phases, and moved buildings, and is notable for it's engineers, developments, and the bands that used the facilities. I suggest splitting this article into two - 'Olympic Studios' and 'Olympic Cinema'. The latter may be considered notable because of the history of the building it occupies. Lindosland (talk) 13:48, 1 September 2019 (UTC) lindosland


 * I did a first pass at a major restructuring of the page to move the cinema complex part to the end of the article. I did not remove any content so the advertisy parts are still there. Robert.Harker (talk) 21:06, 1 September 2019 (UTC)