Compass Point Studios
Compass Point Studios was a music recording studio in the Bahamas, founded in 1977 by Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records.
Artists
Located on the island of New Providence, ten miles west of Nassau, the studio attracted musical artists from across the world to record at its facilities during the 1970s and 1980s.
AC/DC's Back In Black, the second highest selling album ever, was one of the many albums recorded there.
Artists who recorded at Compass Point Studios included The Tragically Hip, Grace Jones, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Madness, Iron Maiden, The B-52's, and David Bowie.
Decline and closure
As Blackwell's other business interests steadily increased, he spent less of his time directly looking after the studio.
With producer and manager Alex Sadkin's death in 1987, the studio began a period of decline.
In 1992, Blackwell took action to save the studio by hiring Terry and Sherrie Manning, the owners and operators of a recording studio and video production house in the US.
The couple oversaw all aspects of Compass Point Studios.
Upon their arrival in late 1992, the Mannings began restoring the two large studios, tearing them apart and completely rewiring them with modern recording equipment.
The Nassau studio was closed in 2010 due to increasing crime in the area.
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