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Hitsville U.S.A.
1959–1972
“The little house where the hits were built.”
Recording Studios
Motown's Studio A, packed into a Detroit house — the assembly line of soul that scored the '60s before the label decamped to L.A. in 1972. The house is the Motown Museum now.
▸ The soundtrack of its lifetime
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Chess Records
1950–1975
“The room the blues plugged into.”
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Stax Records
1957–1975
“Southern soul cut live off the floor.”
Recording Studios
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Sound City
1969–2011
“A rough room with a magic console.”
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The Record Plant
1968–2017
“Where the rock aristocracy recorded.”
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