Atlantic Studios

[b]For the similarly named studio NOT AFFILIATED with Atlantic Records or WEA, please see [l=Atlantic Sound Studios][/b].

Recording and mastering studio of [l=Atlantic] Records. Founded in New York City in 1947 by [a=Ahmet Ertegun] and [a=Herb Abramson].

Also credited as :
[b]- Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
- Atlantic Recording Studio
- Atlantic Sound Studios
- Atlantic Studios, N.Y.C.
- Atlantic Studios, NYC
- Atlantic Studios, New York, New York[/b]

Identifiable mastering scribings in runouts include "AT" or "@t" or similar, or stamped "ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K.", "ATLANTIC STUDIOS DK" or "T/DK".
Please use "[b]Lacquer Cut At[/b]" for LCCN crediting.

An independent company, Atlantic gained a reputation for being honest, and their business practices allowed them to hire the best musicians in the business. When it was industry practice to pay royalties below 2 percent, or in the case of minority performers, no royalties at all, Atlantic was paying 3 to 5 percent. Specializing in rhythm & blues, jazz and soul, Atlantic also recorded rock & roll, blues, country and western, gospel and comedy. From early on in their history, Atlantic was a major player among American record companies.
In 1967 they were purchased by , and today is part of the .

The letters 'W', 'X' or 'Z' etched in many runouts were quality control codes used by Atlantic to tell engineers what brand of lacquer blank had been used to master / cut the record.
- W: Audiodisc
- X: Transco
- Z: Soundcraft.

Engineers known to have worked here:
- [u]Producers - Recording/Mixing engineers[/u]:
-- [a=Tom Dowd] (co-developer of the studios)
-- [a=Jimmy Douglass]
-- [a=Gene Paul]
-- [a=Lew Hahn]
--
--
-- [a=Phil Iehle]
-- [a=Bruce Tergesen]
- [u]Recording/Mixing engineers[/u]:
-- [a=Tom Heid]
-- [a=Randy Mason]
-- [a=Brian Eddolls] (synclavier programmer)
-- [a=Michael O'Reilly]
-- [a=Bill Dooley]
-- [a=Dan Nash]
-- [a=Stephen Benben]
- [u]Mastering engineers[/u]:
-- (GP)
-- (DK)
-- (RG)
-- (ab)
--
-- (sf)
--
-- (FT)
- [u]Recording/Mastering engineers[/u]:
--
-- [a=Joe Atkinson]
- [u]Technical engineers[/u]:
-- [a=Clair Krepps] (chief engineer)
-- [a=Joel Kerr]
-- [a=Tom Cahill (3)]
-- Sami Ucikan
-- [a=Ray DeLeon]