Trident Studios

[b]Trident Recording Studios[/b] was a British recording/mixing/engineering/mastering and cassette duplicating facility, operating under this name between 1968 and 1985. Located at 17 St. Anne's Court in London's Soho district.
Also credited as "Trident, London, England", "Trident Studios, London" or "Trident Sound Studios".

Can be identified by "TRIDENT" in the runouts (please use 'Lacquer Cut At').
Lacquer cuts for [l=Phonodisc Ltd.] (between March 1969 and January 1979) can be identified by //# T in the runouts (e.g. [r5284192]).
Lacquer cuts for [l=PRS Ltd.] (between February 1979 and ~1982) can be identified by ▽E T (e.g. [r2164214]).
Lacquer cuts for [l=PRS Ltd.] (between ~1982 and mid 1988) can be identified by ▽420 V (e.g. [r472884]).
Masterings for [l=Lyntone Recordings Ltd.] (please use 'Mastered At') can be identified by ITD (or 2TD) (e.g. [r2818695]) or IT (or 2T).

It was constructed in 1967 by and his younger brother [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/324379-Barry-Sheffield]Barry[/url] and opened in 1968.
In 1970 they installed a disc cutting suite having bought out the company London Discutting Services.
In October 1981 Trident studios closed for 3 months due to financial problems and was then sold in December 1981.
It was bought by its senior engineer, [a=Steve Short], along with three other investors.
During the following four years the studios worked under different management until 1985, when [l=Tape One] bought the studios and renamed them to [l=Audio One].

Side note: In 1986, Short bought out the other investors and opened [l=Trident 2], a 25.000 sq. ft. converted theater as recording environment in the heart of the city of London.

The current residing business [url=http://www.tridentaudiopost.com/]Trident Sound Studios[/url], which opened in the same building in 1993 was named in recognition of the original Trident Studios.

Studio's most famous instrument was a Bechstein grand piano, featured in many recordings.

[u]The Engineers (Recording & Mixing, Tape-Ops)[/u]:
1967/1970 - [a=Barry Sheffield]
1968-69/1972 - John Smith
1968/1970 - [a=Malcolm Toft]
1969/1974 - [a=Ken Scott]
1969/1971 - Nick Smith
1969/1974 - [a=Robin Geoffrey Cable]
1969/1975 - [a=Roy Thomas Baker]
1969/1971 - [a=Tony Platt]
1970 - [a=Alan Harris]
1970/1971 - [a=Dave Corlet]
1970/1974 - [a=David Hentschel]
1970/1975 - [a=Mike Stone]
1971/1976 - [a=Dave Hodge (4)]
1971-72/1976 - [a=Ken Thomas]
1971/1975 - [a=Neil Kernon]
1972/1978 - [a=Dennis Mackay]
1972/1979 - [a=Peter Kelsey]
1972/1975 - [a=Ted Sharp]
1973/1978 - [a=Jerry Smith (11)]
1974/1978 - [a=Peter Fielder]
1975/1979 - [a=John Brand]
1975/1978 - [a=Nick Bradford]
1976/1977 - [a=Geoff Leach]
1976/1979 - [a=Julian Taylor (3)]
1976/1978 - [a=Neil Ross]
1976/1981 - [a=Stephen Stewart-Short] / [a=Steve Short] / [a=Steven Short]
1976/1980 - [a=Stephen W. Tayler]
1977/1981 - [a=Colin Green]
1977/1978 - [a=Paul Jarvis]
1977/1979 - [a=Peter Kamlish]
1977/1979 - [a=Reno Ruocco]
1978/1981 - [a=Adam Moseley]
1978/1979 - [a=Michael Donegani]
1978/1979 - [a=Simon Hilliard]
1978/1979 - [a=Simon Wilson (2)]
1979/1980 - [a=Chris Stone (3)]
1979/1981 - [a=Craig Milliner]
1979/1980 - [a=Paul Frindle]

[u]Disc Cutting / Mastering Engineers[/u]:
1970/1972 - Norman Austin (perhaps [a=Norman Austin (2)] ?)
1970/1986 - [a=Ray Staff] - Signatures: RASIN, RASPUTIN, RAYS, RAZEL and variations thereof
1971/1976 - [a=Bob Hill (9)] - Signatures: AUNTIE B, BOBIL, HILTOP and variations thereof
1971/1974 - [a=Howard Thompson (3)] - Signatures: KIP, KIPPER and variations thereof
1971/1976 - [a=Tim Young]
1972/1973 - [a=Brian Snelling]
1973/1978 - [a=John Dent] - Signatures: JONZ and variations thereof
1978/1981 - [a=Steve Angel] - Signatures: SA or S.A.
1979 - [a=Geoff Tuck] - Signatures: GEOFF or GEOFF's or G.T. (please do not confuse with Geoff Pesche!!!)
post-1981 - [a=Barry Grint] - Signatures: BAZZA and variations thereof

[u]Maintenance Engineers[/u]:
1968/1972 - Barry Porter
1968/1975 - Ron Goodwin
1970/1981 - Peter Booth
1970/1976 - Piers Blastkett
1974/1980 - Barry Spencer
1974/1976 - [a=Bernie Spratt] (maintenance engineer, helped to build the copy, cutting and mixing rooms)
1977/1980 - [a=Henry Edwards (2)] (technical manager of the recording, mixing and cutting rooms)

[u]Studio Management[/u]:
1967/1970 - [a=Barry Sheffield]
1968/1975 - Penny Kramer
1970/1972 - [a=Malcolm Toft]
1970/1981 - Peter Booth
1972/1974 - [a=Bob Hill (9)]
1972/1974 - Ray Richardson

[u]Other[/u]:
post-1981 - [a=Pete Cippa] (Copy Room engineer)