Recording Studios Allaire Studios, Shokan: Allaire Studios is located 8 miles west of Woodstock. The residential studio is situated at the mountaintop estate Glen Tonche and offers full-time technical support, state-of-the-art sound rooms and an on-site chef. The Great Hall room features a view of the Catksill Mountains and the Ashokan Reservoir. There are five other recording rooms, including The Neve Room, a wall-less studio where the performance area and control room are combined. Norah Jones recorded her debut album, “Come Away with Me,” in The Neve Room. Levon Helm and Garth Hudson joined Jones at The Neve Room while recording her “Feels Like Home.” And country music star Tim McGraw recorded the title song from his album “Live Like You Were Dying,” at The Great Hall.

Additionally, David Bowie, Cassandra Wilson, Natalie Merchant, Donald Fagen and many others have releases that were recorded and/or mixed at Allaire. Allaire Studios shut their doors in 2008. Contact info: Allaire Studios, 486 Pitcairn Road, Shokan, NY 12481; (845)657-6553; Applehead Studio, Woodstock: Applehead is a large barn studio in Woodstock, where artists like Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Jesse Gress and King Crimson have recorded. Applehead had just completed a new barn addition when King Crimson recorded their 1994 “Vrooom” sessions. Contact info: Applehead Recording & Production, PO Box 634, Bearsville, NY 12409; (845) 679-6490; Bearsville Studios, Bearsville: Bearsville Studios is one of the few purely analog recording studios left. It was originally viewed as the personal studio for The Band; however, during its more than 30-year history, it has quickly became one of the most popular recording studios for many well known artists. Less than five minutes from downtown Woodstock, Bearsville Studios began its rich recording history in 1970, when music industry giant Albert B.

Grossman (The Band, Todd Rundgren, Janis Joplin, Paul Butterfield, Bob Dylan and many others) planned and financed the building of the studio. Cingular unlock code. The original Bearsville Studios were comprised of two rooms: A and B. In addition to the studio, Bearsville also offers Turtle Creek Barn and Apartments for a more private recording experience. The converted barn is a separate studio building. Some well known — and some not so well known — albums were recorded at Bearsville Studios, including The Isley Brother’s “Funky Family”; The Rolling Stones’ May 1978 tour rehearsal 4-disc collection, “The Complete Woodstock Tapes”; Natalie Merchant’s “Tigerlily”; Joe Jackson’s 1982 “Blaze of Glory”; and many others like REM, Phish, The Dave Matthews Band, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Slick Rick, Foreigner, The Pretenders and Todd Rundgren’s band, Utopia, are just a few of the hundreds who have recorded at Bearsville.

Rundgren opened Utopia Video Studios, a multi-million dollar cutting-edge video production enterprise, in 1979 as part of the Bearsville empire. Their first project was called “The Planets,” commissioned by RCA as the first demonstration software for their new videodisc format. Earlier, Rundgren became an in-house producer and engineer for Grossman’s studio and label, Bearsville Records, and did mixing and engineering for The Band’s 1970 album “Stage Fright.” Contact info: Bearsville Studios, P.O. Box 135, Bearsville, NY 12409; (845) 679-8900; The Big Pink, West Saugerties: “Big Pink” was the name given to The Band’s Ric Danko’s rented house in West Saugerties, just a few miles Northeast of Woodstock. After Bob Dylan was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in 1966, the Hawks, along with Levon Helm, moved to the Woodstock area and collaborated from Big Pink.

Their efforts were bootlegged as “Great White Wonder” in 1967, and then officially released in July 1975 as the “The Basement Tapes.” The Hawks officially changed their name to The Band in 1968 and released “Music from Big Pink” as their debut album. Dreamland Recording Studio, West Hurley: Dreamland Recording Studio is a 19th-century country church located in West Hurley on old Route 28. It has played host to artists like the B-52s, Joe Jackson, Ron Sexsmith, 10,000 Maniacs, Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock, as well as long-time Woodstock resident Jack DeJohnette, who ranks among the jazz world’s greatest drummers.

The Push Star’s bassist/keyboard player, Dan McLoughlin, worked as an engineer at Dreamland before joining fellow band members Chris Trapper and Ryan McMillan. Other Woodstock artists, such as The Band, John Hall, NRBQ, John Sebastian and Jules Shear, have been known to frequent the studio also.

Recording Studios Allaire Studios, Shokan: Allaire Studios is located 8 miles west of Woodstock. The residential studio is situated at the mountaintop estate Glen Tonche and offers full-time technical support, state-of-the-art sound rooms and an on-site chef. Shokan, New York (NY), US Allaire has hosted artists such as David Bowie, Norah Jones, Tim McGraw, Dar Williams, the Gipsy Kings, My Morning Jacket, Donald Fagen, Jason Mraz, Audra McDonald, Staind and many others.