Le Studio

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Le Studio was a recording studio located just south of the tourist town of Morin Heights, Quebec. Le Studio was built by producers Andre Perry and Nick Blagona ^[1] in 1971. From 1976 to 2001, the studio was used by many Canadian and international artists to record hit albums.

[edit] Present

According to Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist of Rush, Le Studio has closed and sits abandoned not far from his residence in Quebec: "I drove us [Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee] to my house on the lake, sometimes playing Finnish rally driver on the snow-covered roads. Along the way, we passed near the village of Morin Heights, where we had shared so many good times, recording at Le Studio — now closed and abandoned. The number of albums we had made there stretched from Permanent Waves in 1979 to Counterparts in 1994."^[2]

Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies has apparently obtained one of Le Studio's consoles and integrated it into his own studio, Fresh Baked Woods.

The site was for sale for 2,45M$ some time ago (posted July 2007). http://www.naimontreal.ca/PropDocs/domainemorinheights.pdf

It is now a retreat and Spa.

[edit] Albums recorded at Le Studio

Title	Artist	Year
Children of the World	The Bee Gees	1976
Morin Heights	Pilot	1976
1 fois 5 (enregistrement devant public)	Robert Charlebois, Yvon Deschamps, Jean-Pierre Ferland,Claude Léveillée et Gilles Vigneault	1976
Safety in Numbers	Crack the Sky	1978
Harder ..... Faster	April Wine	1979
Permanent Waves	Rush	1980
Ghost in the Machine - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" song only	The Police	1981
Moving Pictures	Rush	1981
Tonight	David Bowie	1984
You Want It You Got It	Bryan Adams	1981
Signals	Rush	1982
Straight Between the Eyes	Rainbow	1982
Synchronicity (overdubs)	The Police	1983
Alpha	Asia	1983
Grace Under Pressure	Rush	1984
Boy in the Box	Corey Hart	1985
Secrets of the Alibi	The Northern Pikes	1988
Presto	Rush	1989
Roll the Bones	Rush	1991
Gordon	Barenaked Ladies	1992
...but you can call me Larry	Lawrence Gowan	1993
Counterparts	Rush	1993
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy	Sarah McLachlan	1994
Matapédia	Kate and Anna McGarrigle	1996
Creature	Moist	1996
Fascinoma	John Hassell	1999
The Interzone Mantras	The Tea Party	2001