Ryan Adams announced in an Instagram video that he will be hiding “golden ticket”-style vinyl recordings in box sets of his new album “Prisoner”, available for purchase February 17th. According to his website, “12 randomly selected box sets will contain a one-of-a-kind solo acoustic 7″ of one of Prisoner’s 12 tracks recorded direct-to-vinyl in the vintage Voice-O-Graph booth at Electric Lady Studios. Only one single of each song exists and only one run of the Prisoner: End of World Edition [box set] will ever be pressed.”

Read more about this and see the video here.

This Tidal film is a rare look into J. Cole’s studio process while he was recording his LP entitled ‘4 Your Eyez Only’ in Studio A. Released December 9th, this was Cole’s fourth consecutive album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Watch the documentary via Rolling Stone here.

We won’t try to say it better than The New York Times, so please check out this article on Lady Gaga’s inspiration and journey to “Joanne”,  her latest album recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios.

For the full article, click here

On a Tuesday night at Electric Lady, Metallica announced their 11th studio album Hardwired … to Self-Destruct.

To hear what the band had to say about making the record, click here

Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady, ‘Ash & Ice,’ by The Kills is out today on Domino Records. The album was co-produced by John O’Mahony, engineered by Phil Joly, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst. Check it out here.

Photo Credit: Mark Squires

The Kills announce new album “Ash & Ice,” and also share new video “Doing it to Death.” Produced by Jamie Hince, co-produced by John O’Mahony in Electric Lady’s Studio A, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst in Electric Lady’s Studio C. See video below:

More information about the album and tour dates @ pitchfork.com

“Sounds like a studio album but with the unbridled energy of a concert” – Rolling Stone

Read the full review here.

Photo Credit: Philip Montgomery/The NY Times/Redux

“Patti Smith releases Horses Live at Electric Lady Studios – the debut recording from Electric Lady Records, an ongoing series of curated and limited edition vinyl releases.” Read more @ Uncut

Grammy-winning, resident client and friend, Tom Elmhirst, recently sat down with Billboard at Electric Lady Studios to discuss the power of vinyl and his all-time favorite records. Read the full article here. 

Photo Credit: Eric Ryan Anderson

‘”I saw them and signed them and flew them to New York and put them in Electric Lady Studios [in 1976].” – Gene Simmons.’ Read more @ Rolling Stone Magazine 

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“Recreations of classic albums are curious things, but Patti Smith’s live performance last year of Horses, was by all accounts a spitting, powerful affair and marks the launch of the famed studios’ Electric Lady Records vinyl imprint.” – Read more @ Pitchfork

“Cry of Love,” (Track Records) was released 45 years ago, March 1971: a posthumous release composed mostly of songs he recorded in 1970 with Eddie Kramer at his new studio, Electric Lady, as sketches for what was to be his follow up to “Electric Ladyland.”

“The Cry of Love gathers the final essential recordings of one of rock’s true giants and reflects his legend at the same time it faithfully expands it” – Ultimate Classic Rock. Read full article here.

February 12, 1976: Rolling Stone reviews Patti Smith’s “Horses,” 40 years ago today.

Last night industry insiders and Def Jam staff came together under our roof to give a first listen to West’s highly anticipated album, “The Life of Pablo.” Check out these headbangers @ Tidal.

HBO’s “Vinyl,” created and produced by legends Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, and starring Bobby Cannavale and Olivia Wilde, shoots and records original music at Electric Lady Studios. Newsweek says:

“Scorsese set the tone in Vinyl’s quest for authenticity. Location manager Kip Myers used many historic buildings, shooting at the Brill Building (a renowned home to music industry), the Chelsea Hotel and Electric Lady Studios, which guitar shaman Jimi Hendrix built. Vinyl also recorded its original music there.”

Catch the premiere of Vinyl on HBO February 14 at 9pm EST.

David Bowie’s first ever no. 1 single in the US, “Fame”, was written and recorded at Electric Lady in 1975. Today, Bowie’s Blackstar has become his first ever no. 1 album (US) on the Billboard 200 chart and was mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady in 2015. Congratulations, David, and thank you for bringing your genius to our door for both achievements.

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Cage The Elephant’s, “Tell Me I’m Pretty,” available today! Mixed by Tom Elmhirst in Studio C and produced by friend, Dan Auerbach. Check it out on iTunes.

Lucius announces new album “Good Grief,” recorded in part at Electric Lady Studios with producer Shawn Everett. Now available for preorder on iTunes.

Adele’s historic “25” sells 3.8 million copies in its first week, destroying the previous record for first week album sales and representing 41% of total albums sold in the U.S. last week.  Nine songs, including the hit single “Hello” were mixed by Tom Elmhirst in Electric Lady’s Studio “C”.

On November 23, Jose Cuervo celebrated the launch of their new tequila, “Reserva de la Familia’s The Rolling Stones Tour Pick Collector’s Edition” in our Studio A. The limited edition bottle honors the pivotal role Jose Cuervo played in fueling The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1972 North American tour, which was dubbed the ‘Tequila Sunrise Tour’. Legendary photographer Bob Gruen took the stage to reminisce and offer an inside look at what it was like to be on one of the most publicized tour’s of all time. To read more about the night head on over to The Examiner.

Truly brilliant and breathtaking to hear our beloved friend Patti Smith speak the words from each page while recording the audiobook version of her new book “M Train.”

Photo: Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

Banks new single, “Better,”is out now! Mixed by John O’Mahony at Electric Lady Studios.

Check out the video here:

We love when friends come to visit. Our pal Keith dropped by the studio for an interview with Noisey to discuss growing up on guitar. Check it out below:

Soul crooner, Leon Bridges stopped by for an interview with The Last Magazine.

Check out the full feature @ The Last Magazine 

Photo: Mark Squires for The Last Magazine

Ryan Adams announces new LP, “PRISONER,” recorded entirely at Electric Lady Studios. Read up on how the album was inspired by the Smiths and Springsteen here.

Metric’s new record, “Pagans in Vegas,” is available now. Co-Produced and Mixed by John O’Mahony at Electric Lady Studios.  Check it out on iTunes.

“Yours, Dreamily,” out TODAY. We’re very proud to have helped make this one (and on our way to the record store to buy a vinyl copy immediately). Check it out on iTunes

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Patti Smith performed her landmark debut album Horses for a packed Studio A in celebration of our 45th anniversary last night. Says Billboard, “…the intimate concert from the peerless rock icon was full of more life, fire and spit than practically any other show I’ve ever seen.” Read more @ Billboard.

“For the Record” by Liesl Schillinger on newsstands now in The Wall Street Journal. Thank you WSJ Magazine.

Electric Lady Studios and the beautiful Louise Pedersen were both featured in this month’s Marie Claire Italia, as captured by friend and photographer Nagi Sakai . Check out the full feature here.

Keith Richards premieres new album, “Cross-Eyed Heart” (Universal Republic), at Electric Lady Studios.

Buy it now on iTunes. 

“D’Angelo said, ‘We’re going to Electric Lady…it has the blessings of the spirits. We have to go there. It’s only right.'”

From 1996-2002, the Soulquarians, also known as Questlove, D’Angelo, Common, Erykah Badu, James Poyster, J. Dilla, Bilal, Q-Tip, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli, took up residence in our studios for what would prove to be a defining period in music. Read more about that magical time @ Red Bull Music Academy.

Two consecutive AOTY project wins from Electric Lady Studios–

2014: Random Access Memories

2015: Morning Phase

Congratulations to everyone who made 2014 another amazing year in music from Electric Lady Studios.  Huge thanks to the artists, engineers, producers and staff who make it all possible.

Behind the scenes with U2 at Electric Lady Studios for the making of their new album “Songs of Innocence.” Watch the video here:

“When your art is only limited by your imagination, that’s a wonderful moment.” – Bono

To read more: U2 Official Website

Ryan Adams brought down the house in Studio A Live Tuesday night in celebration of the release of  his new self-titled record “Ryan Adams”. His interview, like the man himself, is one we’re not likely to forget. Catch the intimate discourse on pinball and record-making today, September 12th, or look for it on the archives at WFUV.org.

See the clip from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon here…

Electric Lady is proud to have participated in the making of Coldplay’s sixth studio album, ‘Ghost Stories.’ Produced by Paul Epworth, tracking for portions of the album took place in Studio A and our API tracking suite during July of 2013. 

Read more about Coldplay’s fourth-in-a-row # 1 album here.

To honor a fallen friend,  “Trouble” T. Roy, and cousin, Heavy D, Pete Rock with Rich Kidd & Raz Fresco recreate the celebrated 1992 classic “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)”  in our Studio A.

Read the full story here.

Singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan teamed up with legends Chick Corea and Miles Davis prodigy, Wallace Roney, in Electric Lady’s Studio “A”.

To listen to track “Little Sur”::: click here.
To listen to John and Chick talk about jamming, the nature of improvisation, and what happens when you throw the rules out the door::: click here.

Congratulations to Electric Lady’s Grammy Award winning projects.