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{{Short description|Recording studio in London, England}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = RAK Studios
| image = File:RAK Recording Studios 2463868 84e895ea.jpg
| image_caption =
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Music industry|Music]]
| genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies -->
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1976}} in [[St John's Wood]], London, UK
| founder = [[Mickie Most]]
| hq_location = 42-48 Charlbert Street
| location_city = [[London]]
| location_country = England
| homepage = {{URL|rakstudios.co.uk}}
}}
'''RAK Studios''' is a [[recording studio]] complex, with residential facilities, used by [[Rak Records]], and located near [[Regent's Park]] in central [[London]], England. It was founded in 1976 by English record producer [[Mickie Most]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kuttner |first=Julia |date=13 October 2013 |title=The man who inspired Simon Cowell to be Most successful |url=http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/436330/The-man-who-inspired-Simon-Cowell-to-be-Most-sucessful |access-date=2016-10-23 |publisher=[[Daily Express]]}}</ref>
==History==
The RAK complex resides within a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] building that was once a school and church hall before being owned by [[Associated Television|ATV]] and used for television program rehearsals before becoming RAK Studios in 1976.<ref name="Massey1">{{cite book |last1=Massey |first1=Howard |title=The Great British Recording Studios |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland, US |isbn=978-1-4584-2197-5 |pages=285–289}}</ref>
RAK has four recording rooms. Studios 1 and 2 house [[Automated Processes, Inc.|API]] [[mixing console]]s; Studio 3 has a vintage [[Neve Electronics|Neve]] VRP Legend console<ref name="RAK">{{cite web |title=RAK Studios - Video features recorded at RAK |url=http://www.recordproduction.com/recording-studio-features/RAK-studios.htm |access-date=2016-10-23 |publisher=RecordProduction}}</ref> (previously at [[Abbey Road Studios]]' Studio 2); and Studio 4 is a 9.1.4 Atmos Room with Genelec system, which also operates a comfortable stereo mix and production room.
==Notable songs recorded at RAK Studios==
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*"[[In a Big Country]]" – [[Big Country]]
*"[[Bigmouth Strikes Again]]" – [[The Smiths]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buskin |first=Richard |date=January 2005 |title=Classic Tracks: The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref>
*"[[Down in the Tube Station at Midnight]]" – [[The Jam]]
*"[[Every 1's a Winner (song)|Every 1's a Winner]]" – [[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hot Chocolate – Every 1's A Winner |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/432593-Hot-Chocolate-Every-1s-A-Winner/image/SW1hZ2U6NDQwNTU2MTk= |website=Discogs}}</ref>
*"[[Fairytale of New York]]" – [[The Pogues]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2012-12-06 |title=Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/06/fairytale-new-york-pogues-christmas-anthem |access-date=2023-04-09 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Kevin EG |date=2012-12-07 |title=25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Fairytale of New York' |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-fairytale-of-new-york-778774 |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*"[[Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)|Hold Me Now]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"[[Kids in America]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Living Next Door to Alice]]" – [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]]
*"[[Pretty in Pink (song)|Pretty in Pink]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=2020-09-21 |title=Pretty in Pink: the Psychedelic Furs on how they made a pop classic |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/21/pretty-in-pink-psychedelic-furs-pop-classic |access-date=2023-04-09 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*"[[Shattered Dreams]]" – [[Johnny Hates Jazz]]
*"[[Some Girls]]" – [[Racey]]
*"Iron Deer Dream" – [[Fixers]]
*"[[Vienna (Ultravox song)|Vienna]]" – [[Ultravox]]
*"[[When Love Breaks Down]]" – [[Prefab Sprout]]
*"Histórias e Bicicletas" – [[Oficina G3]]
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==RAK Mobile==
The RAK Mobile recording studio was a [[remote recording]] truck originally built in 1973 by former BBC engineer Doug Hopkins as the Trans European Audio Mobile, or TEAM. When approached by Mickie Most to rent the TEAM mobile for some long-term projects in France the following year, Hopkins suggested that it may make more sense for Most to buy the truck instead. Most purchased the mobile recording studio and re-branded it the RAK Records Mobile two years prior to establishing RAK Studios.<ref name="Massey2">{{cite book |last1=Massey |first1=Howard |title=The Great British Recording Studios |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland, US |isbn=978-1-4584-2197-5 |pages=325–326}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rakstudios.co.uk/ RAK Studios — official site]
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[[Category:Recording studios in London]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Mobile recording studios]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Regent's Park]]
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