Английская Википедия:Drive-In Studio

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Drive-In Studio was a recording studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded by Mitch Easter in July 1980, shortly after the break-up of his band The dB's. R.E.M.'s debut single, "Radio Free Europe" (1981), and their first extended play, Chronic Town (1982), were recorded at the studio in 1981. The studio was established in what was initially Easter's parents' garage, at 4527 Old Belews Creek Road, and became an important part of the early indie rock scene of North Carolina.

At the time of R.E.M.'s stint at the studio, "the set-up was really simple," Easter said in 1994. "I had almost nothing in the studio back then, except a tape machine and a console and two compressors and one delay device. We couldn't do any fancy stuff."

Easter explained the studio's layout in 2021:

Шаблон:BlockquoteDue to the confined space of the interior, studio sessions often also took place in the home's driveway, under the carport.

Equipment

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124 Shady Boulevard in Winston-Salem

An early advertisement, which listed Shady Boulevard as a mailing address for the studio, itemized its recording technology:

• Quantum 20-input mixing console
• 3M M56 sixteen- and two-track recorders
• Lexicon Prime Time M93 digital delay
• Allison Gain Brain limiters
• AKG, Shure and Electro-Voice mics
• Electric and acoustic reverb
• TEAC four-track
• Cassette
• Drums
• Organ
• Electric piano
• Amps
• Toys

Artists

Other artists who recorded at Drive-In include Pylon ("Beep"), Suzanne Vega ("Gypsy"), Game Theory (The Big Shot Chronicles) and The Connells (Boylan Heights).

Easter closed Drive-In in 1994, and moved to Kernersville, North Carolina, where he opened his current recording studio, Fidelitorium Recordings.