CBS Studios, London

Recording and mastering/ lacquer cutting studios in London, England. Operating under this name from 1964 to 1989.
Also known as: CBS Recording Studios, London; C.B.S. London; CBS Mastering Studios; CBS Mastering Lab; C.B.S. Mastering Service.

Originally established by Morris and Jacques Levy as in the 1930s and operating at Regent Street and New Bond Street.
In September 1964, CBS bought the Levy's and . The studios were subsequently renamed to CBS Studios and Levy's operations and labels became part of CBS.
In 1967, CBS Studios moved to Theobalds Road, London.
In 1970, a cutting room was installed.
In October 1972, the studios moved to a new purpose-built, three storey building in Whitfield Street, London. The studios had two recording studios with MCI desks (studio 1 with 275 sq m and Studio 2 with 70 sq m), and a third, 50 sq m studio with a Neve desk (in the 1980s replaced by an SSL). There also was one cutting room, a dubbing suite, two cassette mastering rooms, offices and studio leisure areas.
In 1979, a second cutting room with the very first Neumann VMS-80 lathe in the UK (fitted with a SX74 cutter-head and operating with a pair of SAL74 drive amplifiers and a SP79c control console, as well as an MCI JH-110M programmable master tape machine) was installed. In 1985, a second VMS 80 replaced the old lathe with an Ortofon VMS30 configuration.

In summer 1984, the name was changed to , then later became , then , and in 2004 became under 's ownership. However, the name "CBS Studios" was still used for mastering / lacquer cuts until 1989. Releases crediting the named studios after 1989 do not belong here.

[b]Identification:[/b]
TimTom CBS or TY CBS: Lacquer Cut By [a=Tim Young] + ANVs, Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London.
[l=Phonodisc Ltd.]: between 18 March 1969 and January 1979, lacquer cuts from CBS London were credited with "//# C" (e.g. [url=/release/391161]2383475 A // 1 C[/url]). Credit with Lacquer Cut At.
[l=PRS Ltd.]: between February 1979 and 1983, lacquer cuts were credited with ▽E C (e.g. [url=/release/2051123]KISS 5 A//2 ▽420 C[/url]).
And between 1983 and mid-1988, lacquer cuts were credited with ▽420 C (e.g. [url=/release/878733]POSP 104 A//1▽EC[/url]). Credit with Lacquer Cut At.
[l=Lyntone Recordings Ltd.]: lacquer cuts were credited with CBS or C (e.g. [url=/release/4318268]LYN-15584-ICBS[/url]). Credit with Lacquer Cut At.

Known engineers include:
[a=Tim Young]
,
[a=Andy Da Costa],
[a=Steve Shin],
[a=Laurence Diana],
[a=Beryl Richie],
[a=George Balla],
[a=Mike Ross-Trevor],
[a=Walter Samuel],
[a=Andy Todd (2)],
[a=Mark Chamberlain],
[a=Steve Levine] (as tape op),
[a=Allen Landau],
[a=Arun Chakraverty] .