A History of 2200 Bridgeway, Sausalito
History - The Record Plant and Plant Studios
From a wartime shipyard office to the studio where Dreams was written, where the government once ran the mixing board, and where the last surviving Record Plant still stands.
Chapters
- 01Chapter 1The Building and the FoundersHow two engineers with a vision drove across the Golden Gate and changed American recording.
- 02Chapter 2Opening Night — October 28, 1972The Halloween masquerade that became rock-and-roll legend.
- 03Chapter 3The Golden EraSly Stone, Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac, and the KSAN broadcasts that invented live studio radio.
- 04Chapter 4Club FedFederal agents, a piano, and the only government-run recording studio in American history.
- 05Chapter 5The Frager EraMetallica, Santana, and the man who kept the lights on for two decades.
- 06Chapter 6The Fallow YearsThe doors close, and Mick Fleetwood makes a pilgrimage to a shuttered room.
- 07Chapter 7The RevivalThe circle closes, and the last Record Plant comes back to life.
- 08Chapter 8The ArtistsRecord Plant Artists, A Selected Timeline
New chapters added as research continues.
Featured Artist Profiles
Deep dives into the artists and moments that shaped the studio.
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Sly Stone's Record Plant
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She Wrote It in Ten Minutes
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The King of Punk Funk and the Room He Lived In
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Metallica at the Plant
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Carlos Santana and the Studio He Calls Home
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Gary Kellgren: The Man Who Invented the Room
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