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6-696: Sawmills Studios is a recording studio founded in 1974 by record producer, Tony Cox . It is located in Golant , on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall . The studio building is located on the tidal creek on the banks of the Fowey. Sawmills were one of the first residential recording facilities in the UK. The main building is a former 17th-century water mill and the site has a documented history stretching back to
12-577: The 11th century. The location is unusual as it can be accessed only by boat or the Saints' Way footpath that runs past the studio, and this location is considered one of UK's "residential recording studios". Bands and artists that have used the studio for recording include The Stone Roses (" Fools Gold "), The Verve ( A Storm in Heaven ), Muse , Oasis ( Definitely Maybe ), Catatonia , Ride , Swans , Smoke Fairies and Supergrass . In July 2020,
18-801: The first residential recording studios in the UK. In 1978 he married the singer-songwriter Lesley Duncan , and produced her single "The Magic's Fine". In 1979 produced and arranged the charity single "Sing Children Sing" for the International Year of the Child . In 1982 he produced Duncan's cover version of Bob Dylan 's ' Masters of War ' single. In 1996 they moved to the Isle of Mull , Scotland. From 1988 to 1990 he worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Really Useful Group as music supervisor , overseeing various shows. Recently Cox has been composing 'Protomodal' music for instrumental ensemble, creating
24-434: The studio and property were listed for sale according to press releases. The present owner of the studio, Dennis Smith, formed a record label based at Sawmills, which was called Dangerous Records. They released two extended plays by Muse , who began their career at Sawmills, and later formed Taste Media for the band. Tony Cox (record producer) Tony Cox is a British record producer and arranger . As such he
30-507: Was influential in late 1960s and 1970s folk rock developments and the fledgling progressive rock scene, and has since worked primarily as a composer and orchestrator. He entered the music business as a performer in 1966, and as a duo with Douglas MacRae-Brown released The Young Idea LP in 1967, and had a UK top ten hit single with a cover version of the Lennon-McCartney song " With a Little Help from My Friends ". (The album
36-777: Was re-issued on CD in 2009 with previously unreleased tracks.) He continued performing in the studio with various acts he produced such as Trees and Mick Softley . He was an early adopter of the EMS VCS 3 synthesizer and in 1971 played on the Spirogyra album St. Radigunds , and Mike Heron 's album Smiling Men With Bad Reputations . In 1972 he played piano with The Bunch alongside Sandy Denny on vocals, and in 1976 he played synth on Martin Carthy 's Crown Of Horn LP. In 1974 he founded Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, one of
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