JournalAugust 2026
The Trident, Reissued
The restaurant closed in January. The 1898 building did not. On a Saturday in July, the author who wrote the book on the Record Plant sold out its second floor.
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MethodJune 2026
How the Record Plant-Plant Studios Archive Was Built
The story of a list, its tools, and the breakthroughs that made it trustworthy — firsthand sources, custom AI tools, and the etree provenance standard behind the Record Plant census.
HistoryMay 2026
Rick James & "Street Songs": Inside the Record Plant Sessions
Rick James drove to Sausalito in 1980 with a guitar, a bass, a drum machine, and a problem. He lived in a conference room at the Record Plant and made Street Songs. The room is still here.
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