Stebbing Studios

Stebbing Studios is a recording studio in Auckland, New Zealand. Artists who have had their work recorded over the years, include: Ray Columbus & The Invaders, Bill & Boyd, Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes, The Human Instinct, and Waves.

Stebbing Studios
Stebbing Recording Centre
OwnerStebbing family
Opened1975
Website
http://www.stebbing.co.nz

Background

The studio was founded by Eldred Stebbing, who also founded Zodiac Records. He originally set up a recording studio in the basement of the family home in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay. He built the Stebbing Recording Centre in 1970, which is located in Jervois Rd, where it is still in operation today.[1] The studio is well known and is considered iconic.[2][3][4]

Eldred Stebbing died in 2009, aged 88.[5]

1970s

In 1970, they were the first to have eight track recording facilities.[6]

During 1974 - 1975, John Hanlon recorded at the studio.[7] In December 1974, Dragon recorded their Scented Gardens for the Blind album there.[8] Also during 1974 - 1975, Human Instinct recorded tracks for their Peg Leg album. Unfortunately the master tapes went missing, and weren't found until more than a couple of decades later.[9] Australian Jazz musician Don Burrows had his album The Tasman Connection recorded there, which was released on the Cherry Pie label in 1976.[10]

1980s

By 1981, Stebbing Studios were one of four New Zealand recording studios with twenty four track recording facilities.[11]

1990s

In 1999, the studio entered into a CD production venture with Hargon International, but then bought them out. They invested $10 million in a new CD production plant that was to open that year.[12]

2000s

By the 2000s, as per their advertisement in the November 30 issue of Billboard, the main studio could accommodate up to sixty musicians.[13]

Recorded artists

Partial list

Remastering, duplication etc
  • The Yardmen - Bricks And Mortar - (2010) (duplication)[19]
  • Ray Woolf - Ray Woolf - The Sixties Collection - 2012 (remastering)[20]
gollark: Being that excessively attached to it sounds bad, especially now.
gollark: Although I probably won't actually be *in* the workforce for... five years or so now, so who knows what it'll be like by then.
gollark: I would really prefer a company which actually does good, interesting stuff and contains sane people over one which makes me participate in stupid stuff because of "spiritual goodness".
gollark: You can cynically look at this as them trying to make employees develop emotional attachments to the company, too, to make them more exploitable or something.
gollark: I am NEVER working anywhere which randomly overritualizes stuff like this, probably, unless I just forget by the time I actually look for a job, which is likely.

References
  1. New Zealand Herald, Tuesday Dec 8, 2009 Kiwi music pioneer Stebbing dies - By Scott Kara
  2. Auckland City Harbour News, 19/04/2013 Waves of vinyl roll in from the 70s - Danielle Street
  3. Concrete Playground The Bluffer’s Guide to Recording a Song, Stebbing Recording Centre
  4. Waikato Times, 30/05/2013 Cambridge teen's song goes national - Johnathan Carson
  5. New Zealand Herald, Tuesday Dec 8, 2009 Kiwi music pioneer Stebbing dies - By Scott Kara
  6. National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 6. New Recording Technologies, the 1960s and 1970s
  7. National Library of Australia The very best of John Hanlon (sound recording) / John Hanlon
  8. National Library of New Zealand Scented gardens for the blind (sound recording) / Dragon
  9. Wordworx Missing Leg Found
  10. The Sun Herald, December 12, 1976 Page 134 Records, One the Birdsville Track By Gil Wahlquist
  11. National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 6. New Recording Technologies, the 1960s and 1970s
  12. New Zealand Herald, Friday Jun 30, 2000 NZ wants bigger CD slice By Keith Newman
  13. Billboard, November 30, 2002 Page 44, New Zealand
  14. New Zealand Herald, Apr 13, 2013 70s band Waves set to gain new generation of fans- By Scott Kara
  15. WorldCat Gary Havoc & the Hurricanes
  16. Discogs Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes – Havoc!
  17. National Library of New Zealand 2003, 1961, English, Sound, Recorded music edition: The very best of Bill & Boyd (sound recording).
  18. North Shore Times, 20/03/2014 Navy band breaks its 32-year silence - Simon Maude
  19. The Southland Times, 21/08/2010 Simon says
  20. New Zealand Herald, Saturday Aug 25, 2012 When Ray Woolf ran wild, By Scott Kara

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