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{{Short description|Recording studio in Hollywood, California, US}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Sound Recorders Studio, a different Hollywood studio that was active from 1965 to 1974.}}
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[[File:Sunsetsoundrecorders.JPG|thumb|right|Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, circa 2014]]
'''Sunset Sound Recorders''' is a recording studio in [[Hollywood, California]], United States, located at 6650 [[Sunset Boulevard]].

==Background==
The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was created by [[Walt Disney]]'s Director of Recording, [[Tutti Camarata]], from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings. At the encouragement of Disney himself, Camarata began the project in 1958, starting with a former automotive repair garage whose sloping floor would tend to reduce unwanted sonic standing wave reflections. Soon, the audio for many of Disney's films was being recorded at the studio, including ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', and ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bieger |first1=Hannes |title=Studio File: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/sunset-sound-los-angeles |website=Sound On Sound |publisher=SOS Publications Group |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

Over 200 [[Music recording sales certification|Gold record]]s have been recorded at Sunset Sound,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunset Sound |url=https://www.sunsetsound.com/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Sunset Sound |language=en-US}}</ref> including hit albums for [[Elton John]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Van Halen]], [[Toto (band)|Toto]], parts of [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'', [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'', [[Neil Young]]'s ''[[After the Gold Rush]]'', [[the Beach Boys]]' ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', [[Linda Ronstadt|Linda Ronstadt's]] ''[[Don't Cry Now]]'', parts of [[Guns N' Roses]]' ''[[Chinese Democracy]] and'' [[Janis Joplin]]'s posthumously-released ''[[Pearl (Janis Joplin album)|Pearl]].'' In addition, [[the Doors]] recorded their first two albums, ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]'' and ''[[Strange Days (Doors album)|Strange Days]]'', at the studio.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hO-KQ4o_B2MC |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |last2=Clark |first2=William |date=2003 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 |location=San Francisco, California, United States |page=49}}</ref> [[Idina Menzel]] recorded her vocal track for the song "[[Let It Go]]" for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animation]]'s 2013 film ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' at the studio.<ref name="Tingen">{{cite web|last=Tingen |first=Paul |title=Inside Track: Disney's Frozen |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr14/articles/inside-track-0414.htm |work=Sound on Sound |publisher=SOS Publications Group |access-date=May 3, 2014 |date=April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503184540/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr14/articles/inside-track-0414.htm |archive-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Appleford |first=Steve |date=2023-06-07 |title=34 best recording studios (for every budget) in Southern California |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/list/best-recording-studios-in-los-angeles-la-southern-california-cost |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1981, Sunset Sound Recorders owner Camarata purchased [[The Sound Factory]], another Los Angeles recording studio founded by [[Moonglow Records]] and later purchased and developed by [[David Hassinger]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gelt |first=Jessica |date=2024-02-20 |title=Commentary: Sunset Sound is one of the last great L.A. recording studios. To lose it would be a disaster. |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-02-20/the-last-gasps-of-the-great-los-angeles-recording-studios |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> 

With many homeless people camped nearby, the studio expressed their frustration with the situation in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flay |first=Sophie |date=2024-02-13 |title=Will the homeless crisis drive a legendary Hollywood recording studio out of business? |url=https://abc7.com/sunset-sound-hollywood-recording-studio-burglary/14417254/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=ABC7 Los Angeles |language=en}}</ref> The city program, Inside Safe, had the unhoused residents accept services and housing in mid-2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2024-06-02 |title=Sunset Sound Cleared Of Homeless Encampment; Some Had Lived Outside Recording Studio For Years |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/sunset-sound-hollywood-homeless-encampment-removed-1235957203/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Deadline}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.sunsetsound.com/}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU3nz77pwRE 2019 video tour of Sunset Sound by engineer Warren Huart]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090226224317/http://www.sunsetsound.com/ Archive of 2009 Sunset Sound and Sound Factory website]

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[[Category:Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles]]