Studios & Venues
Every recording studio, club and hall named on 5 or more albums reviewed on Vinyl Standard: 40 rooms, led by Van Gelder Studio (227), Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack) (105), Reeves Sound Studios (30). Each page lists every reviewed record made there, in session order.
By room
Alphabetical. The number is how many reviewed albums name this room in their Recorded row; the years are the span of those sessions.
- A&R RecordingNew York · 1960–1983 25
- Apex StudiosNew York · 1948–1951 6
- Atlantic StudiosNew York · 1959–1971 16
- Avatar StudiosNew York · 1996–2011 7
- Bell Sound StudiosNew York · 1959–1969 7
- BirdlandNew York · 1954–1963 6
- C.I. RecordingNew York · 1973–1975 6
- Capitol Studios (Hollywood)Hollywood, California · 1955–1986 15
- Capitol Studios (New York)New York · 1953–1965 12
- Coast RecordersSan Francisco · 1963–1990 5
- Columbia 30th Street StudioNew York · 1956–1979 28
- Contemporary Records StudioLos Angeles · 1957–1977 12
- Fantasy StudiosBerkeley, California · 1972–1991 25
- Fine SoundNew York · 1952–1957 13
- Five Spot CafeNew York · 1958–1961 9
- Generation Sound StudiosNew York · 1974–1976 6
- Keystone KornerSan Francisco · 1980–1981 5
- Montreux Jazz FestivalMontreux, Switzerland · 1968–1981 10
- MPS Studio (Brunner-Schwer)Villingen, Germany · 1968–1970 7
- Newport Jazz FestivalNewport, Rhode Island · 1956–1958 6
- Nola Penthouse Sound StudiosNew York · 1958–1962 9
- Pacific Jazz StudiosLos Angeles · 1960–1963 6
- Philharmonic Hall (Avery Fisher Hall)New York · 1963–1981 6
- Plaza Sound StudiosNew York · 1961–1970 13
- Power StationNew York · 1981–2018 7
- Radio RecordersHollywood, California · 1946–1963 14
- RCA Studios (1133 Avenue of the Americas)New York · 1972–1986 14
- Reeves Sound StudiosNew York · 1949–1960 30
- Sound FactoryHollywood, California · 1972–1979 7
- Ter-Mar Recording StudiosChicago · 1960–1967 5
- The LighthouseHermosa Beach, California · 1960–1972 7
- Town HallNew York · 1959–1989 5
- Universal RecordingChicago · 1953–1966 12
- Van Gelder StudioEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey · 1959–2015 227
- Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack)Hackensack, New Jersey · 1952–1959 105
- Vanguard StudiosNew York · 1976–1984 5
- Victor StudioTokyo · 1970–1977 5
- Village VanguardNew York · 1959–1989 18
- Webster HallNew York · 1956–1969 7
- WOR StudiosNew York · 1944–1953 17
Rooms are taken from the Recorded row of each review. Spellings are folded, but look-alike names are kept apart on purpose: Vanguard Studios is not the Village Vanguard, and Fantasy Studios in Berkeley is not Fantasy’s earlier San Francisco studio. Van Gelder’s Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs rooms have a page each. Rooms named on fewer than 5 reviewed records have no page yet, and a record whose facts give no place is not counted anywhere. Everything here is generated from the reviews and updates when they do.