History
In The
Beginning
Dean Street Studios have witnessed decades of musical legends roaming their halls and could tell some incredible, if sometimes unrepeatable, stories.
The premises were originally used in the 1950’s as a film studio, but its musical history truly began when the studio became Zodiac Studios, and later Good Earth Studios, when legendary producer Tony Visconti bought it and changed the name.
Described as one of the most important producers in the history of rock, Tony Visconti recorded music legends such as David Bowie,T-Rex, Thin Lizzy, U2, and so many others. As well as that, artists, including Tina Turner, Wham!, The Smiths and Duran Duran, would also hire out the studios independently to record.
In 1989, Visconti sold the lease to music production company Joe & Co. who developed some of the premises into music recording and production suites, however they left Visconti’s original control room and studio unaltered.
During this time the likes of Robert Plant, Pink Floyd, Tim Finn, Brian Molko, Bruce Hornsby and Cliff Richard all worked here. With the late, great Dusty Springfield recording her last ever track in Studio 1 in 1995.
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Rising again in 2007, this time as Dean St. Studios, the studio is proud to say they are continuing to make history with more incredible artists, including Adele, Noel Gallagher, John Legend, Florence + the Machine, Plan B, Tom Odell, Take That and Jonas Blue.
However the history of the studios isn’t completely made up of musicians. In fact, some of the greatest actors have read here, including Sir John Gielgud, Sir Ben Kingsley, Robert Stephens, Harry Enfield, Julian Clary and Pete Postlethwaite. Plus, get ready for some magic, Stephen Fry also recorded the Harry Potter audio books within these walls!
We’re very proud of our history and it goes some way to explaining why Dean St. Studios is so special. Not only because we have such an incredible music catalogue of recordings, but because we feel that we are one of the last remaining studios who truly care about our clients and the industry we work in. And we can’t wait to continue making history.
Previously at
Dean St. Studios
Alexander Wolfe
Alexandra Burke
Alfie Boe
Amanda Ghost
Amy MacDonald
Ananya Birla
Audible
BBC
BBC Africa
Bear McCreary
Becky Hill
Better Man Movie
Beverley Knight
Billy Idol
Birdy
Blazer
Bonobo
Boy Better Know
Boy George
Broken Bells/Danger Mouse
Burna Boy
Cee Lo Green
Central Cee
Colette Cooper
Culture Club
Danny Rankin
Dave
Dave Stewart
David Morales
Def Jam Records
Def Leopard
Demob Happy
Dennis Novell
Desperate Journalist
Duran Duran
Ed Sheeran
Ella Henderson
Eric Serra
Example
Femi Kuti
FKA Twigs
Fleetwood Mac (Live Mix)
Florence + The Machine
Flux Pavilion
Fun Lovin’ Criminals
G-Eazy
Gabrielle Aplin
General Roots
George Ezra
Glenn Matlock
Hans Zimmer
Headie One
Hollie Cook
Hudson Taylor
Iain Archer
Idris Elba
Il Divo
Invisible Men
ITV News
Isabella Summers
James Arthur
Jacob Banks
Jax Jones
JME
JLS
John Legend
Jorja Smith
Kaiser Chiefs
Kelly Rowland
Kylie Minogue
Kidzbop
KSI
Ladbaby Christmas Single
London Grammar
Maisie Peters
Mandela The Musical
Marc Almond
Marcus Miller
Marisha Wallace
Method Music – Slowthai
Miguel
Mike Hedges
Miles Kane
Mrs Doubtfire The Musical
My Girl Musical
Nathan Dawe x Ella Henderson x Joel Corry x Punctual
Netflix
Neal X
Nick Wells
Nines
Notion magazine
Max Lauder
P Money
Paloma Faith
Pathe Joy
Paul Epworth
Paul Weller
Plan B
Potter Payper
Rebecca Ferguson
Reverend and the Makers
Rhys Lewis
Rita Ora
Roachford
Robert Plant
Roc Nation
Rucci
Sam Sparro
Say Now
SBTV
Soft Cell
Steve Levine
Stefflon Don
Steps
Strictly Come Dancing Tour
Suggs
Switch Disco
Take That
Tayo Popoola
Ten Years After
The Divine Comedy
‘The Great Gatsby’ OST (Warner Bros)
The Milk
The Vaccines
The Wanted
The Weeknd
Tom Odell
Tom Walker
Tony Visconti
Tracey Ullman
UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro
Will Young
WizKid
Wolf Alice
Yoad Nevo
Ziggy Marley