100 Albums: Olympic Studios
100 Olympic Albums
The team at Olympic Studios Records, has produced, an easy to digest list of 100 Olympic Studios Albums, recently accompanied by a luxury book of the top 100 Olympic album covers. It's not necessarily all of ‘the best’ or best selling albums, although many are - the albums chosen give an idea of the depth and breadth of music recorded/mixed at the Olympic Studios in Barnes, London over the 43 year period, 1966-2009.
The book can be purchased in various ways:
• By emailing us at roger@olympiccinema.co.uk
• By visiting the shop in person (when it reopens)
• By visiting the Olympic Cinema reception (when it reopens)
Books are priced at £66.
Limited run of 150 - 60 remain for sale
Albums recorded/mixed at Olympic Studios 1966-2009.
Artist | Title | Year | Label | Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Yardbirds | Little Games | 1967 | Epic | YES |
| Procol Harum | Procol Harum | 1967 | Regal Zonophone | YES |
| Barry Gray | Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds Are Go | 1987 | United Artists Records | YES |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced | 1967 | Track Record | YES |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Axis: Bold As Love | 1967 | Track Record | YES |
| The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | 1968 | Decca, Decca | YES |
| Traffic | Traffic | 1968 | Island Records | YES |
| Small Faces | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake | 1968 | Immediate | YES |
| Michel Legrand | The Thomas Crown Affair (Original Motion Picture Score) | 1968 | United Artists Records | YES |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Electric Ladyland (Part 1) | 1968 | Track Record | YES |
| The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed | 1969 | Decca | YES |
| Golden Earring | Eight Miles High | 1969 | Polydor | YES |
| Quincy Jones | The Italian Job | 1969 | Paramount Records | YES |
| Billy Preston | That's The Way God Planned It | 1969 | Apple Records | YES |
| Jethro Tull | Stand Up | 1969 | Island Records | YES |
| Joe Cocker | With A Little Help From My Friends | 1969 | Regal Zonophone, EMI | YES |
| Scott Engel | Scott 4 | 1969 | Philips | YES |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 1969 | Atlantic | YES |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969 | Atlantic | YES |
| Various, Andrew Lloyd Webber And Tim Rice | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1970 | MCA Records | YES |
| Cat Stevens | Mona Bone Jakon | 1970 | Island Records | YES |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin III | 1970 | Atlantic | YES |
| Ten Years After | Watt | 1970 | Deram | YES |
| The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | 1971 | Rolling Stones Records | YES |
| The Who | Who's Next | 1971 | Track Record | YES |
| B.B. King | In London | 1971 | ABC Records | YES |
| Hawkwind | X In Search Of Space | 1971 | United Artists Records | YES |
| Howlin' Wolf | The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions | 1971 | Chess | YES |
| Humble Pie | Rock On | 1971 | A&M Records | YES |
| Roy Budd | Get Carter (An Original Soundtrack Recording) | 1971 | Cinephile | YES |
| John Williams (7), Stanley Myers And His Orchestra | Changes | 1971 | Fly Records (3) | YES |
| Deep Purple | Fireball | 1971 | Harvest | YES |
| Led Zeppelin | Untitled | 1971 | Atlantic | YES |
| Faces | A Nod's As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse | 1971 | Warner Bros. Records | YES |
| The London Symphony Orchestra and The English Chamber Choir | Tommy As Performed By The London Symphony Orchestra And Chambre Choir With Guest Soloists | 1972 | Ode Records (2) | YES |
| Family (6) | Bandstand | 1972 | Reprise Records | YES |
| Mott The Hoople | All The Young Dudes | 1972 | Columbia | YES |
| Funkadelic | America Eats Its Young | 1972 | Westbound Records | YES |
| Pete Townshend | Who Came First | 1972 | Track Record | YES |
| Peter Frampton | Wind Of Change | 1972 | A&M Records | YES |
| Eagles | Eagles | 1972 | Asylum Records | YES |
| Alan Price | O Lucky Man! - The Original Soundtrack | 1973 | Warner Bros. Records | YES |
| The Who | Quadrophenia | 1973 | Track Record | YES |
| Led Zeppelin | Houses Of The Holy | 1973 | Atlantic, Atlantic | YES |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Star-Collection | 1973 | Midi | YES |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Brain Salad Surgery | 1973 | Manticore | YES |
| Gallagher & Lyle | The Last Cowboy | 1974 | A&M Records | YES |
| Bad Company (3) | Bad Company | 1974 | Island Records | YES |
| Slade | Slade In Flame | 1974 | Polydor | YES |
| David Bowie | Diamond Dogs | 1974 | RCA Victor | YES |
| Eagles | On The Border | 1974 | Asylum Records | YES |
| Fairport Convention | Rising For The Moon | 1975 | Island Records | YES |
| Fripp & Eno | Evening Star | 1975 | Island Records | YES |
| Andy Fairweather-Low | La Booga Rooga | 1975 | A&M Records | YES |
| Queen | A Night At The Opera | 1975 | EMI | YES |
| Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti | 1975 | Swan Song | YES |
| Dr. Feelgood | Malpractice | 1975 | United Artists Records | YES |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber And Tim Rice | Evita | 1976 | MCA Records | YES |
| Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | 1976 | A&M Records | YES |
| Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane | Rough Mix | 1977 | Polydor | YES |
| Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel | 1977 | Charisma | YES |
| The Stranglers | No More Heroes | 1977 | United Artists Records | YES |
| Brian Eno | Here Come The Warm Jets | 1977 | Polydor | YES |
| Eric Clapton | Slowhand | 1977 | RSO | YES |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1978 | Ode Records (2) | YES |
| Buzzcocks | Another Music In A Different Kitchen | 1978 | United Artists Records | YES |
| Monty Python | Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1979 | Warner Bros. Records | YES |
| Moterhead | Moterhead | 1979 | Polygram, Chiswick Records | YES |
| Squeeze (2) | Cool For Cats | 1979 | A&M Records | YES |
| The Rolling Stones | Their Satanic Majesties Request | 1980 | Decca | YES |
| Richard & Linda Thompson | Shoot Out The Lights | 1982 | Hannibal Records | YES |
| Pink Floyd | The Final Cut | 1983 | Harvest | YES |
| Barbra Streisand | Yentl - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1983 | Columbia | YES |
| Elaine Paige | Stages | 1983 | K-Tel | YES |
| The Cult | Love | 1985 | Virgin, Beggars Banquet | YES |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Blood & Chocolate | 1986 | Imp Records | YES |
| George Fenton And Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1987 | MCA Records | YES |
| Van Morrison | Avalon Sunset | 1989 | Polydor | YES |
| Robert Plant | Manic Nirvana | 1990 | Es Paranza Records, Es Paranza Records | YES |
| Duran Duran | Liberty | 1990 | Parlophone | YES |
| Prince & The New Power Generation | Diamonds And Pearls | 1991 | Paisley Park | YES |
| The KLF | The White Room | 1991 | KLF Communications | YES |
| The Cure | Wish | 1992 | Fiction Records, Polydor | YES |
| Depeche Mode | Songs Of Faith And Devotion | 1993 | Mute | YES |
| Massive Attack | Protection | 1994 | Wild Bunch Records | YES |
| Spice Girls | Spice | 1996 | Virgin, Virgin, Virgin | YES |
| The Verve | Urban Hymns | 1997 | Hut Recordings, Virgin | YES |
| Massive Attack | Mezzanine | 1998 | Circa, Virgin | YES |
| Oasis | Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants | 2000 | Big Brother | YES |
| Madonna | Music | 2000 | Maverick | YES |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Nocturama | 2003 | Mute, Mute | YES |
| The Cure | The Cure | 2004 | Geffen Records, This Is An I Am Recording! | YES |
| Kaiser Chiefs | Employment | 2005 | Polydor | YES |
| Kasabian | Empire | 2006 | RCA | YES |
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | 2007 | Merge Records | YES |
| Snow Patrol | A Hundred Million Suns | 2008 | Fiction Records | YES |
| U2 | No Line On The Horizon | 2009 | Mercury, Universal Music Group | YES |
| Björk | Voltaïc | 2009 | One Little Indian | YES |
| Steve Miller Band | Children Of The Future | 2012 | Edsel Records | YES |
| King Crimson | Red | 2013 | Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric, Inner Knot | YES |