Recording, mixing and mastering studio located in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Established in 1942 at the Lacasse St. address in St-Henri neighbourhood, it moved to the Lenoir St. address in the 1950s and again to the Rue De La Gauchetière address in 1969. Closed ca. 1978.
Please do not confuse with artist's label established in 1985 at the old Lacasse St. address.
May also appear as:
• Studio RCA Ltée
• RCA Ltd. Studios Montreal
• Studios RCA Montreal / Studio RCA Montreal / Studios RCA de Montreal / Studios R.C.A. Montréal
• RCA Studios Montreal / R.C.A. Studio Montreal
• RCA Studio "A" Montreal / RCA Studio "B" Montreal / RCA Studio "C", Montreal (after moving to the De La Gauchetière address in 1969, sometimes the specific studio would be named on release)
From c.1965-66 onward, lacquers cut by the studio would be identified in the runout area by a set of codes similar to those used by label, except for 'M' (for Montréal) instead of 'T'. The other letter(s) indicated the quality of the source material, sometimes used in combinations:
'G' = good source
'X' = poor source (distortion, sibilance, pops, etc.) - sometimes 'P' or 'PO' was used instead
'D' = source had distortion
'Z' = source had sibilance
Also 'K' and 'H' can appear with the 'G'
Engineers known to have worked there:
1950-197x Lionel Parent
1964-1967 Michel Descombes
19xx-19xx Bernard Tremblay
19xx-19xx Roger Bélair (also Studio Manager after 1970)
196x-197x Paul-Émile Mongeau (etching for lacquer cuts as "P.E.M.")
196x-197x André Deslauriers (2)
196x-197x Pete Tessier
1969-197x Elizabeth Pawulski
1969-197x John Curl
1970-1976 Gaétan Desbiens
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