Mayfair Studios

Recording & mixing studios located in London, UK. Not to be confused with [l=Mayfair Recording Studios], based in New York, USA.

Can also be printed on release as :
- [b]Recording Mayfair Studios[/b]
- [b]Mayfair Recording Studios[/b]
- [b]Mayfair[/b]
- [b]Mayfair Sound[/b]
- [b]Mayfair Sound, W.1.[/b]
- [b]Mayfair Sound Studios[/b].

Prior to 1971 the studio was called [b]Spot Studios[/b]. Please use [l=Spot Studios, Mayfair] for credits using that name.

Owned and mentored by [a=John Hudson]. The company also ran [l=Mayfair Mews Residential] and had its own PR branch - [a=Mayfair Public Relations Ltd.]
Mayfair Studios closed in December 2008.

The studio was first founded in the 1950s by composer Arthur Rye ([l=Ryemuse Records] / Ryemuse Ltd) as Ryemuse Studios, situated in South Molton Street, Mayfair. By the 1960s it had become a location for creating singles and demos for many popular artists, also known as 'Spot Productions' from 1962. [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/229621-Cream-2]Cream[/url] recorded their first album at Ryemuse and future-hit artists, such as a young [a=Reg Dwight], could be found sessioning there. Renamed 'Mayfair Studios' in June 1971, the studio was then taken over in 1979 and refurbished by John & Kate Hudson. In 1981, with 5 of their recordings in the Top 20, the studio moved to larger premises in London's Primrose Hill.

Also referred to as:
- Studio 5 Mayfair London