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Making Tracks: 3. Metropolis

3. Metropolis

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Paul Morley charts a history of popular music through recording studios.

Paul Morley visits one of the last major studio complexes to be built in London during the heyday of the music industry. From 2012.

Paul Morley ventures to one of the last major studio complexes to be built during the heyday of the music industry - the Metropolis Studios in West London. 

But without an exalted musical history to fall back on and decades of experience to help run it, how do you go about creating a world-class facility frequented by the likes of Amy Winehouse, Mick Jagger and Rhianna?

Series exploring the history of popular music through some of the iconic recording studios in which classic albums were created.

Without recording studios, music as we know it would simply not exist. They play a crucial role in the structure and fabric of the music recorded there - the sounds moulded by the studio space itself.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.

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Paul Morley visits some of the key studios in which classic albums were recorded.

Paul Morley explores a history of popular music by visiting some of the key studios in which classic albums were recorded.

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