Brother Studios

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Brother Studios

The front of Brother Studios in the mid-1970s. The front door was not used for access, the back alleyway was the preferred entrance.
Trade name	Crimson Sound
Founded	1974 in Santa Monica, California, US
Founders	Brian Wilson Dennis Wilson Carl Wilson
Headquarters	1454 5th St, Santa Monica, California, US

Brother Studios (later renamed Crimson Sound^[1]) was the name of a recording studio located at 1454 5th St, Santa Monica, California, established by brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, co-founders of the Beach Boys.

History

Brother Studios was named after the Beach Boys' record label, Brother Records and officially opened for public use in May 1974. The studio was functional as early as January 1974 as certain high-profile artists such as Elton John had begun using the facility.^[2] Brother Studios served as the primary recording base of the Beach Boys until it was sold to engineer Hank Cicalo and jazz musician Tom Scott in 1978 who subsequently renamed it Crimson Sound.^[3]

Sessions at Brother Studios

Date(s)	Artist	Album	Note(s)
1974	Elton John	Caribou	[2]
1975	Elton John	Blue Moves	[citation needed]
1975	Jim Dutch	Untitled (unreleased)	[citation needed]
1975–76	The Beach Boys	15 Big Ones	[citation needed]
1976	The Quick	Mondo Deco	[citation needed]
1976	Ricci Martin	Beached	[citation needed]
1976	The Runaways	Queens of Noise	[4]
1976	Helen Reddy	Ear Candy	[citation needed]
1976	Lisa Hartman	Lisa Hartman	[citation needed]
1975–77	Dennis Wilson	Pacific Ocean Blue	[citation needed]
1976–77	The Beach Boys	Love You	[citation needed]
1977	Crane	Crane	[citation needed]
1977–78	Dennis Wilson	Bambu (unreleased)	[citation needed]
1978	The Paley Brothers	The Paley Brothers	[5]
1978	Terry Reid	Rogue Waves	[6]
1979	Mink DeVille	Le Chat Bleu	[1]
1979	Tom Scott	Street Beat	[7]
1979	Ben Sidran	The Cat and the Hat	[6][8]
1979	Donna Summer/Barbra Streisand	No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)	[9][better source needed]
1979	Nielsen/Pearson	Nielsen/Pearson	[10][better source needed]