Sol Studios

Sol Studios (also known as The Mill or The Sol) is a recording studio located in Cookham, Berkshire, England. The recording studio and control room are part of the complex property, along an old watermill and residential wheelhouse in the countryside. The property was bought in 1975 by Gus Dudgeon, and the recording studio was built in the early 1980s. It was temporary acquired by the Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, when the studio reverted to its old name "The Sol", and finally in the late 1980s was sold to Chris Rea, which he owned until 2006.

History

Artists known to have recorded and records been produced at Sol Studios include:

In 1977, the first music artist to record in the studio was the Dutch band Solution with Fully Interlocking (produced by Dudgeon). In the same year was recorded the single "Almost Gone" by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. In 1978 was recorded one song by Larry Smith, and the album Back and Fourth by Lindisfarne. In the same year there was recorded the Elton John's album A Single Man and some unreleased tracks, as well the Chris Rea's debut album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? and in 1979 the second Deltics. In 1979 was also recorded the Shooting Star's self-titled debut album, and two Voyager's albums Halfway Hotel (1979) and Act of Love (1980).