Inside the Studio

1968
Soft Machine record their self-titled debut, the group's only album to feature Kevin Ayers as a member

1971
Mixed at The Record Plant in New York, Concert For Bangladesh is the studio's first mobile recording too

1979
Talking Heads make Fear Of Music using cables running from their New York loft to a Record Plant van outside

2007
Kayne West spends time at the Plant working on Graduation. It debuts at No 1 in the US Billboard 200 chart

2007
The Very Best Of Mick Jagger is released with 'Too Many Cooks', recorded in 1973 at the LA studio

2013
Lady Gaga puts the finishing touches to ARTPOP at the Plant in Hollywood. It hits No 1 in the UK album charts