Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood, California, located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard.
The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was converted in 1962 by Walt Disney's Director of Recording, Tutti Camarata, from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings - some built more than 80 years ago. Camarata actually started the recording studio at the encouragement of Disney himself, and soon, the audio for many of Disney's early films were being recorded at the studio, including Bambi, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, and 101 Dalmatians.
Over 200 Gold records have been recorded at Sunset Sound, including albums by the Rolling Stones with the legendary Exile on Main St., the Beach Boys with the landmark Pet Sounds album, Linda Ronstadt with her first disc for David Geffen's Asylum label Don't Cry Now, as well as hit albums for Elton John and Led Zeppelin.
The Doors recorded their first two albums, 'The Doors' and 'Strange Days' at the studio.
Other artists that have used the studio include Neil Young, Joni Mitchell with David Crosby as producer, Paul McCartney, Frank Zappa (Hot Rats), Ringo Starr (1972 solo album), Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sam Phillips, Van Halen, 30 Seconds to Mars, Randy Stonehill, James Taylor, Randy Newman, Bread, Tom Petty, Ray LaMontagne, Sam Cooke, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Deborah Harry, Weezer, Lostprophets, Janis Joplin, Tom Jones, Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper, Beck, Prince, Elliott Smith, The Vines, Dixie Chicks, Love, Tom Waits, Wolfmother, Red Rider, Richard Marx, Noel Gallagher and Arctic Monkeys.
In 1981, Sunset Sound Recorders owner Camarata purchased The Sound Factory, another Los Angeles recording studio originally founded by Moonglow Records and later purchased and developed by David Hassinger. The two studios now operate as Sunset Sound and The Sound Factory, respectively.