Bearsville Studios

Bearsville Studios

Profile:
American recording studio in Bearsville, just outside of Woodstock, New York. The studio was built in 1969 by Albert B. Grossman, and closed in the 2000s.

Credited in a wide variety of ways, including many different versions of:
· Bearsville Studio(s)
· Bearsville Sound Studio(s)
· Bearsville Recording Studio(s)
· Turtle Creek Barn / Bearsville Barn / The Barn at Bearsville
... and variously identified as located in Bearsville, Woodstock, New York/NY, and/or USA.

The studio shared the Bearsville record company logo designed by Milton Glaser.

The studio was designed by John Storyk, architect of Electric Lady Studios. There were three main rooms, and other associated facilities.
· Studio A was a large acoustic space in the main facility on Speare Road.
· Studio B , also located in the main facility on Speare Road, which until 1980 was also the primary mix location.
· Studio C ("Turtle Creek Barn") was located in a barn down the hill off of Ricks Road.
· Bearsville Sound Remote Recording was a mobile studio based out of Bearsville used by Todd Rundgren on a number of projects.
· Utopia Video was a separate facility behind the Bear Cafe, becoming operational in 1981 after it outgrew the logistics operating within Studio A in 1979 and 1980.

Studio managers included (chronologically) Susan Palmer, Jim Marron, George James (5), Griff McRee, Ian Kimmet, Mark McKenna, Chris Laidlaw, and Chris Hansen (3).

Chief engineers included (chronologically) Ted Rothstein, Michael Guthrie, Eddie Ciletti, Shep Siegel, Ken McKim, and George Cowen.

Other In-house production and engineering staff included (alphabetically): George Carnell, George Cowen, Tom Edmonds, Chris Hansen (3), John Holbrook, Ian Kimmet, Chris Laidlaw, Ken Lonas, Todd Vos, Mark McKenna, Ray Niznik, Jim Rooney, John Simon, and others.

Other engineers known to have worked here: Oscar Milan, Michael Toles, Scott Gormley, M. Henry Herman.

The studios were sold in 2004 and are now a private residence.
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Contact Info:
Bearsville Studio
71 Ricks Rd
Woodstock NY 12498
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Releases

Status Catalog Number  Image Artist Title ( Format) Label Catalog Number  Country Year Actions
1A 038-1575361 Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor Peter Tosh Bush Doctor (Album) 1A 038-1575361 Europe 1978 Sell This Version
1C 066 Y-7-93439 1 Scorpions - Best Of Rockers N' Ballads Scorpions Best Of Rockers N' Ballads(LP, Comp, DMM) EMI Electrola, EMI Electrola, EMI 1C 066 Y-7-93439 1 Germany 1989 Sell This Version
1 C 062-81 539 The Band - Moondog Matinee The Band Moondog Matinee(LP, Album) Capitol Records, Capitol Records 1 C 062-81 539 Germany 1973 Sell This Version
1C 064-06 977 Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two Tom Robinson Band TRB Two(LP, Album) EMI, EMI Electrola 1C 064-06 977 Germany 1979 Sell This Version
1C 064-62 516 Patti Smith Group - Wave Patti Smith Group Wave(LP, Album) Arista, EMI Electrola 1C 064-62 516 Germany 1979 Sell This Version
1C 064-62 739 David Sancious & Tone* - True Stories David Sancious & Tone* True Stories(LP, Album) Arista, EMI Electrola 1C 064-62 739 Germany 1978 Sell This Version
1C 064-2401231 Industry (2) - Stranger To Stranger Industry (2) Stranger To Stranger(LP, Album) Capitol Records, Capitol Records, Capitol Records, Capitol Records 1C 064-2401231 Europe 1984 Sell This Version
1C 064 4001831 Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) - The Green Album Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) - The Green Album(LP, Album) Capitol Records 1C 064 4001831 Europe 1983 Sell This Version
1 C 188-81 188/89 The Band - Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert The Band Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert (Album) 1 C 188-81 188/89 Germany 1972 Sell This Version
1C 280 400183 ( 4001834) Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) - The Green Album Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) - The Green Album(Cass, Album) Capitol Records 1C 280 400183 ( 4001834) Portugal 1983 Sell This Version
1CD 9066 Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh Ozzy Osbourne The Ozzman Cometh (Comp) 1CD 9066 US 1997 Sell This Version
1G-0465-1 The Sugarcubes Hit (Single) 1G-0465-1 Spain 1992 Sell This Version
2-AQM-1039 Joe Beard Featuring Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters* - Blues Union Joe Beard Featuring Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters* Joe Beard Featuring Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters* - Blues Union(CD, Album) AudioQuest Music 2-AQM-1039 US 1996 Sell This Version
2BRX 6986 Todd Rundgren - Back To The Bars Todd Rundgren Back To The Bars (Album) 2BRX 6986 US 1978 Sell This Version
2BX 2066 Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything? Todd Rundgren Something / Anything? (Album) 2BX 2066 US 1972 Sell This Version
2C 068 61708 Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor Peter Tosh Bush Doctor(LP, Album) Rolling Stones Records 2C 068 61708 France 1978 Sell This Version
2C 070 62516 Patti Smith Group - Wave Patti Smith Group Wave (Album) 2C 070 62516 France 1979 Sell This Version
2G-0465-1 The Sugarcubes - Hit The Sugarcubes Hit(12") Grabaciones Accidentales 2G-0465-1 Spain 1992 Sell This Version
3 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People R.E.M. Automatic For The People(CD, Album, RE, S/Edition, Edi) R.E.M. Special Collection 3 Europe 2010 Sell This Version
03C0114 5 Utopia (5) - Ra Utopia (5) Ra(Cass, Album) Bearsville, Edigsa 03C0114 5 Spain 1981 Sell This Version
03C01405 The Johnny Average Band* - Some People The Johnny Average Band* Some People(Cass) Edigsa 03C01405 Spain 1981 Sell This Version
3C 064-61708 Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor Peter Tosh Bush Doctor(LP, Album) EMI, Rolling Stones Records 3C 064-61708 Italy 1978 Sell This Version
3C 064 - 62516 Patti Smith Group - Wave Patti Smith Group Wave(LP, Album) Arista, Arista 3C 064 - 62516 Italy 1979 Sell This Version
3C 064-98801 Anthony Braxton  With Muhal Richard Abrams - Duets 1976 Anthony Braxton With Muhal Richard Abrams Anthony Braxton With Muhal Richard Abrams - Duets 1976(LP, Album) Arista 3C 064-98801 Italy 1977 Sell This Version
3C 064 7482851 Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart Joe Cocker Unchain My Heart(LP, Album) Capitol Records, Capitol Records 3C 064 7482851 Italy 1987 Sell This Version
03L0114 Utopia (5) - Ra Utopia (5) Ra(LP, Album, RE) Bearsville, Edigsa 03L0114 Spain 1981 Sell This Version
4E 054-81466 The Band - In Concert, An Excerpt From Rock Of Ages The Band In Concert, An Excerpt From Rock Of Ages(LP) Capitol Records 4E 054-81466 Sweden Unknown Sell This Version
4G-0465 The Sugarcubes - Stick Around For Joy The Sugarcubes Stick Around For Joy(LP, Album) Grabaciones Accidentales 4G-0465 Spain 1992 Sell This Version
4XT-12275 Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) - The Green Album Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) Eddie Jobson / Zinc (3) - The Green Album(Cass, Album) Capitol Records 4XT-12275 Canada 1983 Sell This Version
5C 038-81539 The Band - Moondog Matinee The Band Moondog Matinee(LP, Album, RE) Capitol Records 5C 038-81539 Netherlands Unknown Sell This Version
5C 062 06977 Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two Tom Robinson Band TRB Two(LP, Album) EMI 5C 062 06977 Netherlands 1979 Sell This Version
5C 062-61708 Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor Peter Tosh Bush Doctor(LP, Album) Rolling Stones Records 5C 062-61708 Netherlands 1978 Sell This Version
5C 062-62516 Patti Smith Group - Wave Patti Smith Group Wave(LP, Album) Arista 5C 062-62516 Netherlands 1979 Sell This Version
5C062-80 955 The Band - Cahoots The Band Cahoots(LP, Album, Gat) Capitol Records, Capitol Records, Capitol Records 5C062-80 955 Netherlands 1971 Sell This Version
5C 062-81539 The Band - Moondog Matinee The Band Moondog Matinee(LP, Album) Capitol Records 5C 062-81539 Netherlands 1973 Sell This Version
5C 062-96627 Orleans - Orleans II Orleans Orleans II(LP, Album) ABC Records, ABC Records 5C 062-96627 Netherlands 1974 Sell This Version
5F GEF 24303 Robbie Robertson - Storyville Robbie Robertson Storyville(LP, Album) Geffen Records 5F GEF 24303 Spain 1991 Sell This Version
6E-201 Terence Boylan - Suzy Terence Boylan Suzy (Album) 6E-201 US 1980 Sell This Version
6E-245 Richard Lloyd - Alchemy Richard Lloyd Alchemy (Album) 6E-245 US 1979 Sell This Version
6E-275 Cats (2) - Cats Cats (2) Cats (Album) 6E-275 US 1980 Sell This Version
7 A1-90619 Loudness (5) - Hurricane Eyes Loudness (5) Hurricane Eyes(LP, Album) ATCO Records 7 A1-90619 US 1987 Sell This Version
7A 409 970 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe(Cass, Album) Arista 7A 409 970 Spain 1989 Sell This Version
7E-1019 Tim Moore - Tim Moore Tim Moore Tim Moore(LP, Album, RE, CP ) Asylum Records 7E-1019 US 1974 Sell This Version
7E-1042 Tim Moore - Behind The Eyes Tim Moore Behind The Eyes (Album) 7E-1042 US 1975 Sell This Version
8CH-1326 Ian Hunter - Short Back N' Sides Ian Hunter Short Back N' Sides(8-Trk, Album) Chrysalis 8CH-1326 US 1981 Sell This Version
8E 072 06977 Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two Tom Robinson Band TRB Two(LP, Album) EMI, EMI, EMI 8E 072 06977 Portugal 1979 Sell This Version
8E 072-61 708 Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor Peter Tosh Bush Doctor (Album) 8E 072-61 708 Portugal 1978 Sell This Version
8E 072-62 516 Patti Smith Group - Wave Patti Smith Group Wave(LP, Album) Arista 8E 072-62 516 Portugal 1979 Sell This Version
9G0465 C The Sugarcubes - Stick Around For Joy The Sugarcubes Stick Around For Joy(CD, Album) Gasa 9G0465 C Spain 1992 Sell This Version
10 C 064-006977 Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two Tom Robinson Band TRB Two(LP, Album) EMI, EMI 10 C 064-006977 Spain 1979 Sell This Version
11-V003 Ivan Lins - Awa Yiô Ivan Lins Awa Yiô (Album) 11-V003 Italy 1990 Sell This Version
12CL 321 Industry (2) - Industry Industry (2) Industry(12", Maxi) Capitol Records, Capitol Records 12CL 321 UK 1983 Sell This Version
12CXP 07562 Earth, Wind & Fire - Evil Roy Earth, Wind & Fire Evil Roy(12") Columbia 12CXP 07562 Canada 1988 Sell This Version
14C 062-06977 Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two Tom Robinson Band TRB Two (Album) 14C 062-06977 Greece 1979 Sell This Version
20AP 1987 Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles Bobby Charles Bobby Charles(LP, Album, RE) Bearsville 20AP 1987 Japan 1981 Sell This Version
25AP 524 The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns The Isley Brothers Go For Your Guns (Album) 25AP 524 Japan 1977 Sell This Version
25AP 889 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell (Album) 25AP 889 Japan 1977 Sell This Version
25AP 1714 Rick Derringer - Guitars And Women Rick Derringer Guitars And Women (Album) 25AP 1714 Japan 1979 Sell This Version
25AP 1866 Roger Powell - Air Pocket Roger Powell Air Pocket(LP, Album) Bearsville 25AP 1866 Japan 1980 Sell This Version
25AP-5011 Boz Scaggs - Other Roads Boz Scaggs Other Roads(LP, Album) CBS/Sony 25AP-5011 Japan 1988 Sell This Version
25AP 5178-9 Metallica - ...And Justice For All Metallica ...And Justice For All(2xLP, Album) CBS/Sony 25AP 5178-9 Japan 1988 Sell This Version
25DP 5178 Metallica - ...And Justice For All Metallica ...And Justice For All (Album) 25DP 5178 Japan 1988 Sell This Version
25JC-346 矢野顕子* - ト・キ・メ・キ 矢野顕子* ト・キ・メ・キ(CD, Album) Japan Record 25JC-346 Japan 1988 Sell This Version
25P2-2389 R.E.M. - Green R.E.M. Green (Album) 25P2-2389 Japan Unknown Sell This Version
25P2-2458 Charlie Sexton = チャーリー・セクストン* - Charlie Sexton = ドント・ルック・バック Charlie Sexton = チャーリー・セクストン* Charlie Sexton = チャーリー・セクストン* - Charlie Sexton = ドント・ルック・バック (Album) 25P2-2458 Japan 1989 Sell This Version
25P2-2490 Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy Tesla The Great Radio Controversy (Album) 25P2-2490 Japan 1989 Sell This Version
25PP-195 Cinderella (3) - Night Songs Cinderella (3) Night Songs(LP, Album) Mercury, Mercury 25PP-195 Japan 1986 Sell This Version
25VB-1056 Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time Simple Minds Once Upon A Time (Album) 25VB-1056 Japan 1985 Sell This Version
25VC-1056 Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time Simple Minds Once Upon A Time(Cass, Album) Virgin 25VC-1056 Japan 1985 Sell This Version
28AP 3156 Blue Öyster Cult - Club Ninja Blue Öyster Cult Club Ninja(LP, Album, Promo) CBS/Sony 28AP 3156 Japan 1986 Sell This Version
28CM 0625 Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Odyssey Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Odyssey(Cass, Album) Polydor 28CM 0625 Japan 1988 Sell This Version
28MM 0625 Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Odyssey Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Odyssey (Album) 28MM 0625 Japan 1988 Sell This Version
32DP 423 Journey - Raised On Radio Journey Raised On Radio(CD, Album) CBS/Sony 32DP 423 Japan 1986 Sell This Version
32XD-791 Dokken - Back For The Attack Dokken Back For The Attack(CD, Album) Elektra 32XD-791 Japan 1987 Sell This Version
32XD-852 Loudness (5) - Hurricane Eyes (Japanese Version) Loudness (5) Hurricane Eyes (Japanese Version)(CD, Album) ATCO Records 32XD-852 Japan 1987 Sell This Version
038 EVC 80 955 The Band - Cahoots The Band Cahoots(LP, Album, RE, Gat) Capitol Records 038 EVC 80 955 Germany Unknown Sell This Version
62TP7 The Sugarcubes - Hit The Sugarcubes Hit(7", Single) One Little Indian 62TP7 UK 1991 Sell This Version
62TP7CD The Sugarcubes - Hit The Sugarcubes Hit (Single) 62TP7CD Belgium 1991 Sell This Version
62TP12 The Sugarcubes - Hit The Sugarcubes Hit(12", Single) One Little Indian 62TP12 UK 1991 Sell This Version
62TP12L The Sugarcubes - Hit The Sugarcubes Hit(12", Single, Ltd, M/Print, Gat) One Little Indian 62TP12L UK 1991 Sell This Version
72 TP7 The Sugarcubes - Walkabout The Sugarcubes Walkabout(7", Single) One Little Indian 72 TP7 UK 1992 Sell This Version
72 TP 7 CD Sugarcubes* - Walkabout Sugarcubes* Walkabout(CD, Single, Car) One Little Indian 72 TP 7 CD UK 1992 Sell This Version
095 Fear Factory - Demanufacture Fear Factory Demanufacture(Cass, Album, Unofficial) Angel's Of Hell Records 095 Russia Unknown Sell This Version
101 NRBQ - All Hopped Up NRBQ All Hopped Up(LP, Album, RE, RM) Red Rooster Records (4), Rounder Records 101 US 1981 Sell This Version
104 NRBQ - Tiddlywinks NRBQ Tiddlywinks (Album) 104 US 1980 Sell This Version
111 Robert Lee (24) - Escapade Robert Lee (24) Escapade(LP, Album) Home Recordings (6) 111 US 1979 Sell This Version
25•8P-5278 Alice Cooper (2) - Trash Alice Cooper (2) Trash(CD, Album, RE, RM, Unofficial) Epic (2) 25•8P-5278 Russia Unknown Sell This Version
28•3P-786 Psychedelic Furs* - Midnight To Midnight Psychedelic Furs* Midnight To Midnight(LP, Album) Epic, Epic/Sony 28•3P-786 Japan 1987 Sell This Version
28·3P-811 Pretty Maids - Future World Pretty Maids Future World(LP, Album) Epic 28·3P-811 Japan 1987 Sell This Version
32・8P-198 Pretty Maids = プリティ・メイズ* - Future World = フューチャー・ワールド Pretty Maids = プリティ・メイズ* Pretty Maids = プリティ・メイズ* - Future World = フューチャー・ワールド(CD, Album) Epic International 32・8P-198 Japan 1987 Sell This Version
571 Toto - Past To Present 1977-1990 Toto Past To Present 1977-1990(Cass, Comp, Unofficial) B.W. 571 Poland 1990 Sell This Version
1565 Simple Minds - Live In The City Of Light Simple Minds Live In The City Of Light(2xCass, Album) Virgin 1565 Venezuela 1989 Sell This Version
1715 Texas - So Called Friend Texas So Called Friend(CD, Single, Ltd, Promo, Fol) Mercury 1715 France 1993 Sell This Version
2009-2 Four Men And A Dog* - Long Roads Four Men And A Dog* Long Roads(CD, Album) Transatlantic Records 2009-2 US 1996 Sell This Version
2643-2 Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up Bonnie Raitt Give It Up (Album) 2643-2 US 1987 Sell This Version
2947-8 Fear Factory - Demanufacture Fear Factory Demanufacture(CD, Album + CD, Album + RE, RM, Dig) Sum Records (2) 2947-8 Brazil 2005 Sell This Version
3007 Happy And Artie Traum - Hard Times In The Country Happy And Artie Traum Hard Times In The Country (Album) 3007 Portugal 1975 Sell This Version
3014 Artie Traum - Life On Earth Artie Traum Life On Earth(LP, Album, Wak) Rounder Records 3014 US 1977 Sell This Version
3018 Woodstock Mountains* - More Music From Mud Acres Woodstock Mountains* More Music From Mud Acres (Album) 3018 US 1977 Sell This Version
3022 Arlen Roth - Arlen Roth/Guitarist Arlen Roth Arlen Roth/Guitarist (Album) 3022 US 1978 Sell This Version