Compass Records has developed a justifiably fine reputation for good sounding recordings. 10 certainly lives up to Compass' high sonic standards. Paul McGeechan of MasterCD does a superlative job roping together into a cohesive sonic whole recordings from three different studios made over a six-year period. The sound is natural and relaxed with great clarity and realistic ambience.
Albums Paul McGeechan Has Recorded / Mixed
Julie Fowlis
"Parklane is a brilliant place to record and make music. Professional and forward-thinking engineers, first class equipment and a comfortable recording space. A great place to be creative with your music."
Roddy Hart
"Rather lovely, really."
"The recently revamped Park Lane Studios is an exciting place to get lost in a recording: mixing an old school feeling with the greatest new technology and equipment, it offers the best of both worlds. A truly brilliant recording space, drenched in the history of all those who have made music there before, and always seeming to produce exactly what you need from a studio.
BOOKMARKS RODDY HART...
Bookmarks is the debut studio album from 26 year old Scottish singer/songwriter Roddy Hart, released in the UK in May 2006 on Vertical Records. Written and produced by Roddy co-produced with Paul McGeechan, it features guest performances from legendary US singer Kris Kristofferson, Scotland's very own Eddi Reader, and members of the Trashcan Sinatras, amongst others.
"Ricky Ross"
We tried to re-master it, but the demo was better.
Church taken from the Deacon Blue album Riches recorded at Park Lane..
Coming Soon From Jungle Records
TRIBUTE TO PARK LANE STUDIOS.
Sometimes it’s not clear how a whole bunch of music comes about, only in retrospect you find out the common creative link. Park Lane Studio of Glasgow is such an unsung catalyst, and now bands who spawned their early work there are ready to pay tribute. The Bluebells, Texas, Primal Scream, Del Amitri, Deacon Blue, The Daintees, Hipsway, Gun and Love and Money are just some of the many 80’s Scottish scene bands featured – and mostly with unreleased Park Lane demos!
PAOLO HOME MOVIE
Star chooses Glasgow over NY to make video
PAOLO Nutini chose Scotland over the USA to make the video for his new single New Shoes.
Brits nominee Paolo turned down the opportunity to film his latest promo in New York so he could feel more at home for the shoot in the southside of Glasgow, round the corner from the famous Park Lane studios where he recorded his early songs.
Feb 14 2007 Showbiz Liz & Beverley Lyons.
Music
Equipment List
Malcom Toft MT-980 32 Channel with Mackie HUI
Digidesign HD-2
Main Monitors Dynaudio M3’s,
Nearfield & Surrsound Monitors Quested S8
Mic Preamps by Focusrite, LA Audio, Tl Audio, Groove Tubes.
Roland Dimension D,
TC Electronics M2000,
Ensoniq DP-4,
Lexicon LXP15-II,
Dynacord Studio 400
SPL Kure. EQ,
SPL Kultube Compressor,
LA Audio Compressor,
ART PRO VLA Compressor,
TL Audio Compressor,
dbx 163x Over Easy Compressor,
DBX 900 with six 903 compressors.
Otari 1/4 Two Track,
Dat, Minidisk, Etc
Mic’s by Nueman, AKG, Audiotecnica, Shure, Etc
Keyboard List
Yamaha C-3 Grand-Piano, black-polished, 186 cm long. A preferred choice of knowledgeable pianists, Yamaha CSeries grand pianos set the standards by which other grands are measured. 88keys, 3 pedals (center pedal: sostenuto).
Hammond C3 dual manual organ and 147 Leslie Cabinet.
Roland Varios Synthesiser Module, Nord Modular Keyboard, Roland XV1080,
Emu Audity 2000 Module, Ensoiq ASR10 Sampler,
Korg Legacy Software and Controler.
Park Lane is a superbly designed creative enviroment.
The 650 sq.ft. (60 sq.m) playing area contains several specialised acoustic zones. A vaulted ceiling finished in Canadian maple contributes to the unique ambience that enables natural live recordings to be captured. The adjacent control was refurbished Jan 2006 and equipped with a Digidesign HD system. At this point surround monitoring was also included.
In July of 2008 a MTA-980 console was installed this was designed by Malcolm Toft (Trident etc).
Radiohead used there own series 980 to record "o.k computer"
Some of our recent clients include.
Paulo Nutini, Sharleen Spiteri, Roddy Hart, The Cinematics, Julie Fowlis, Capercaillie, Hue & Cry, Martin Taylor, Sucioperro, Eddi Reader, Drive By Argument, El Presedente, The Proclaimers, Kathlean McKinnes, Magie McKinnes, Donald Shaw, James Grant, Emillie Smith, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers.
Park Lane Recording Studios started life in 1980 as a 16 track and was used by such local bands as DEACON BLUE, THE BLUEBELLS, ALTERED IMAGES, LLOYD COLE and LOVE AND MONEY to make their first demos.
Hey pal!! Just a wee message to let you know were back in glasgow this sunday, at king Tuts with Attack! Attack! So if your looking for something to do wed love to see ya there!!
Hey pal!! Just letting you know that were playing ABC glasgow on the 20th march. Its our biggest headline show to date so wed really appreciate it if you could make it along :)
Hey Paul sure, only problem is its really big in size to send, you may be best just doing what we did and link from youtube to your page know what I mean?
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