Inside the Studio

1979
Irish folk band Planxty book time to record After The Break, their fourth album and first for Tara Records

1980
U2 record their debut LP Boy. While not a smash hit on release, the band will go on to become superstars

1990
AC/DC spend time in Studio 1 laying down tracks for The Razors Edge. It's a major comeback and a Top 5 UK hit

1995
P J Harvey records her first proper solo album. To Bring You My Love is considered her breakthrough set

1997
Elvis Costello scores a Top 30 hit in the UK with All This Useless Beauty, recorded at the Ringsend Road site

2002
Shania Twain records songs for her fourth studio album Up!. It debuts at No 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart