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| Above, the recording studio at Sun Studio, where Sam Phillips started his business. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
This is something I wasn't aware of.
Sam Phillips, who launched Elvis Presley's and Johnny Cash's careers, built a newer and larger studio in 1959 that "only the stars" were able to enter. It is Sam Phillips Recording Studio.
Four years ago, I toured the original Sun Studio in Memphis, but the larger Sam Phillips Recording Studio facility is closed to tours. It is still used today.
WMC posted an article on the other studio along with a video tour.
It begins with:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - He launched Elvis Presley’s career: Sam Phillips, the founder of one of Memphis’ first and most noted record labels.
His son Jerry Phillips gave our Kontji Anthony a rare look inside Sam Phillips Recording Studio along Madison Avenue.
“We have cigarette burns right here that came from Johnny Cash because he had a bad habit of sticking his cigarettes down and leaving them,” Phillips pointed out.
“The Bar” inside Sam Phillips Recording Studio is where some of the world’s most famous musicians hideout between recording sessions.
Jerry Phillips is head honcho of the studio built after his father founded and then outgrew Sun Studio.
“When he had some success with Elvis and Carl Perkins, he built his dream studio,” Phillips explained.
To read more and see the video, go here.
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