Stebbing Studios
Stebbing Recording Centre | |
| Owner | Stebbing family |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1970 |
| Website | |
| http://www.stebbing.co.nz | |
Stebbing Studios is a recording studio in Auckland, New Zealand. Artists who have had their work recorded over the years, include: Ray Columbus & The Invaders, Bill & Boyd, Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes, The Human Instinct, and Waves.
Background[]
The studio was founded by Eldred Stebbing, who also founded Zodiac Records. He originally set up a recording studio in the basement of the family home in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay. He built the Stebbing Recording Centre in 1970, which is located in Jervois Rd, where it is still in operation today.[1] The studio is well known and is considered iconic.[2][3][4]
Eldred Stebbing died in 2009, aged 88.[5]
1970s[]
In 1970, they were the first to have eight track recording facilities.[6]
During 1974 - 1975, John Hanlon recorded at the studio.[7] In December 1974, Dragon recorded their Scented Gardens for the Blind album there.[8] Also during 1974 - 1975, Human Instinct recorded tracks for their album. Unfortunately the master tapes went missing, and weren't found until more than a couple of decades later.[9] Australian Jazz musician Don Burrows had his album The Tasman Connection recorded there, which was released on the label in 1976.[10]
1980s[]
By 1981, Stebbing Studios were one of four New Zealand recording studios with twenty four track recording facilities.[11]
1990s[]
In 1999, the studio entered into a CD production venture with Hargon International, but then bought them out. They invested $10 million in a new CD production plant that was to open that year.[12]
2000s[]
By the 2000s, as per their advertisement in the November 30 issue of Billboard, the main studio could accommodate up to sixty musicians.[13]
Recorded artists[]
Partial list[]
- Waves - Waves - 1975[14]
- Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes - Havoc! - 1979[15][16]
- Bill & Boyd - The very best of Bill & Boyd - 2003[17]
- Royal New Zealand Navy Band - He Waita Moana (Ocean Songs) - 2014[18]
Remastering, duplication etc[]
- The Yardmen - Bricks And Mortar - (2010) (duplication)[19]
- - Ray Woolf - The Sixties Collection - 2012 (remastering)[20]
References[]
- ^ New Zealand Herald, Tuesday Dec 8, 2009 Kiwi music pioneer Stebbing dies - By Scott Kara
- ^ Auckland City Harbour News, 19/04/2013 Waves of vinyl roll in from the 70s - Danielle Street
- ^ Concrete Playground The Bluffer’s Guide to Recording a Song, Stebbing Recording Centre
- ^ Waikato Times, 30/05/2013 Cambridge teen's song goes national - Johnathan Carson
- ^ New Zealand Herald, Tuesday Dec 8, 2009 Kiwi music pioneer Stebbing dies - By Scott Kara
- ^ National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 6. New Recording Technologies, the 1960s and 1970s
- ^ National Library of Australia The very best of John Hanlon (sound recording) / John Hanlon
- ^ National Library of New Zealand Scented gardens for the blind (sound recording) / Dragon
- ^ Wordworx Missing Leg Found
- ^ The Sun Herald, December 12, 1976 Page 134 Records, One the Birdsville Track By Gil Wahlquist
- ^ National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 6. New Recording Technologies, the 1960s and 1970s
- ^ New Zealand Herald, Friday Jun 30, 2000 NZ wants bigger CD slice By Keith Newman
- ^ Billboard, November 30, 2002 Page 44, New Zealand
- ^ New Zealand Herald, Apr 13, 2013 70s band Waves set to gain new generation of fans- By Scott Kara
- ^ WorldCat Gary Havoc & the Hurricanes
- ^ Discogs Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes – Havoc!
- ^ National Library of New Zealand 2003, 1961, English, Sound, Recorded music edition: The very best of Bill & Boyd (sound recording).
- ^ North Shore Times, 20/03/2014 Navy band breaks its 32-year silence - Simon Maude
- ^ The Southland Times, 21/08/2010 Simon says
- ^ New Zealand Herald, Saturday Aug 25, 2012 When Ray Woolf ran wild, By Scott Kara
- Recording studios in New Zealand
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