Editing RCA Records (section)

== Recording studios ==
Victor's early recording studios were established in Philadelphia in 1901 and then at its headquarters in Camden, New Jersey and also in New York. In 1917, Victor acquired the abandoned Trinity Church located at 114 North 5th Street in Camden and used it as a recording studio until 1935. Beginning in 1928, Victor built a new recording studio in New York City and in the 1950s and '60s RCA Victor built and operated recording studio facilities in Nashville, Hollywood, and Chicago. In 1977, RCA closed the studios in Nashville and Hollywood; the remaining New York City recording studios were closed in 1993.

===East 24th Street, New York===
{{see also|RCA Studios New York}}
In 1928, the Victor Talking Machine Company built a recording studio at 155 East 24th Street in Manhattan, which became RCA Victor Studios following the Radio Corporation of America's purchase of the Victor Company in 1929. Operational from 1928 to 1969, the studio was the site of numerous notable recordings by such artists as [[Glenn Miller]] and [[Glenn Miller Orchestra|His Orchestra]], [[Eddie Fisher]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[The Isley Brothers]], [[Charles Mingus]], [[Perry Como]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Della Reese]], and [[Neil Sedaka]]. In 1969, the building was sold to the [[City University of New York|City College of New York]], which occupied it until 1998, after which the building was razed to facilitate construction of the [[Baruch College]] Newman Vertical Campus.

===1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York===
{{see also|RCA Studios New York}}
In 1969, RCA consolidated its New York City corporate offices and opened new recording studios within a new building located at 1133 [[Avenue of the Americas]], closing the East 24th Street studios it had operated for over 40 years.<ref name="VolkmannStevens">{{cite magazine |last1=Volkmann |first1=J.E. |last2=Stevens |first2=A. |title=New York recording studios |url=http://rca.vobj.org/RCA%20Engineer/RCA%20Engineer%20v16/RCA%20Engineer%20v16n4/p36StevensVolkmann-NewYorkRecordingStudios.pdf |magazine=RCA Engineer |publisher=RCA |date=December 1971 |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> RCA's Sixth Avenue Studios consisted of five recording studios, including Studio A, a 60 x 100 foot room with 30-foot ceiling, nine tape mastering rooms and five lacquer mastering channels. These facilities were often used for classical projects and numerous original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[cast recording]]s of shows.<ref name="BBFeb1982">{{cite web|last=Foti|first=Laura|title=RCA Studio 'Holding Its Own' As Budgets Tighten|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FyUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rca+studios&pg=PA31|magazine=Billboard|date=6 February 1982|access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref> RCA closed its Sixth Avenue Studios in 1993, with the space later becoming offices.<ref>{{cite web|last=Daley|first=Dan|title=Off The Record: Music & Recording Industry News|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/record-41|website=Sound On Sound|publisher=SOS Publications Group|date=October 2014|access-date=16 August 2022}}</ref>

===RCA Studio B, Nashville===
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In 1956, [[Steve Sholes]] and [[Chet Atkins]] established RCA Victor's first Nashville recording studio at 1611 Hawkins Street (later renamed Roy Acuff Place) in what would become Nashville's [[Music Row]] district. In the two decades the studio was in operation, RCA Victor Studio B produced 60 percent of the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] magazine's [[Country chart]] hits,<ref name="Cogan">{{cite book|last=Cogan|first=Jim|title=Temples of Sound|year=2003|publisher=Chronicle Books LLC|location=San Francisco|isbn=0-8118-3394-1|pages=54–63}}</ref> and was an essential factor to the development of the musical [[record producer|production]] style and [[sound engineering]] technique known as the [[Nashville Sound]]. RCA operated the studio until January 1977, when the Nashville offices were closed and their properties located on [[Music Row]] were sold.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite magazine|title=RCA Folds Nashville, L.A. Studios: N.Y. Next?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rca+studios&pg=PA3|magazine=Billboard|date=15 January 1977|access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Since 1992, the historic RCA Studio B in Nashville has been under the ownership of the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]], which offers scheduled tours of the facilities.

===RCA Studio A, Nashville===
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In 1964, [[Chet Atkins]], [[Owen Bradley]] and [[Harold Bradley (guitarist)|Harold Bradley]] established the newer, larger RCA Victor Studio A at 806 17th Avenue South, adjacent to RCA's existing studio (which was subsequently designated RCA Victor Studio B).<ref name="BBApr1965">{{cite magazine|title=Marek Hails New Nashville Site|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ligEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rca+studios&pg=PA6|magazine=Billboard|date=7 May 1965|access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref> The studio was operated by RCA until January 1977, when their Nashville offices were closed and properties located on [[Music Row]] were sold.<ref name="books.google.com"/> In 2015, Studio A was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Since 2016, the studio has housed [[Low Country Sound]], a record label imprint run by [[Dave Cobb]] The studio has since been refurbished and restored, along with the building's original RCA Victor signage.<ref name="nscene-20180218">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/article/20991582/three-years-after-being-saved-from-the-wrecking-ball-studio-a-still-makes-an-impact|title=Three Years After Being Saved, Studio A Still Makes an Impact|last=Gold|first=Adam|date=2018-02-18|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en}}</ref>

==={{Anchor|RCA, Hollywood}} RCA Victor Music Center of the World, Hollywood===
In 1959, RCA Victor established the RCA Victor Music Center of the World at the former NBC Radio complex located at 1510 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Victor "Music Center' in L.A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+%22music+center+of+the+world%22&pg=PA2 |magazine=Billboard |date=23 June 1958 |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> The studio hosted recording sessions by [[Henry Mancini]], [[Sam Cooke]], and others. In 1964, RCA Victor opened a new facility and offices at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, which it operated until closing its Los Angeles studios in 1977. Artists including [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[The Monkees]] and [[Elvis Presley]] recorded at this studio. The building is currently home to the [[Los Angeles Film School]].<ref name=Dean12>{{cite news |title=In the heart of Hollywood |first=Jason |last=Dean |url=http://digital.publicationprinters.com/publication/?i=104613 |work=CSuite Quarterly |date=Spring 2012 |access-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref>

===RCA Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago===
In 1969, RCA established the RCA Mid-America Recording Center on 1 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The studio utilized the acoustical expertise of the [[David Sarnoff Research Center]],<ref name="BBApr1969">{{cite magazine|title=RCA Opens Chicago Recording Complex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rca+studios&pg=PA3|magazine=Billboard|date=26 April 1969|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> Known for recording such acts as [[the Guess Who]], [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]], and [[Curtis Mayfield]],<ref name="BBMar1971">{{cite magazine|last=Paige|first=Earl|title=Studio Track|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rca+studios&pg=PA4|magazine=Billboard|date=27 March 1971|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> the facility was closed in 1972.<ref name="BBJun1972">{{cite magazine|last=Sutherland|first=Sam|title=Studio Track|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rca+studios&pg=PA8|magazine=Billboard|date=10 June 1972|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref>