Location Recording Service

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Mixing, mastering and recording studio based in Burbank, California, USA, owned by Steve Guy and Allen J. Fraiberg. It was founded as a custom label in 1963 with a mobile recording studio but developed into a full-fledged studio specialized in disc mastering by 1970. By the end of that decade it was the largest independent cutting facility in Western America with an annual output of approximately 18,000 sides. It operated through the late 90s.

LRS had three vinyl mastering studios (studios A, B and C), equipped with Scully and Neumann (incl. a VMS70) lathes, and one recording studio (Studio 4), 16-track before 1978 and 24-track since. Studio B later also housed the DCC and CD mastering. Additionally the studio had its own electronics development lab and operated, in a separate building, a complete sleeve and label printing and fabrication plant.

Studio managers: Michael Verdick (after 1979).
Engineers known to have worked here: Michael Verdick, Stewart Hillner.

Also appears on releases as:
- LRS
- L.R.S.
- LRS Burbank
- LRS, Burbank, CA
- Location Sound, Burbank
- Location Recording
- Location Recording Services
- Location Recorders (not to be confused with the mobile unit Location Recorders though)
- Location Recording Studio(s)

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LRS Records (5)

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Label and studios (since 1966):
2201 W Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506
Phone: 323-849-1321

Label (1961 - 1966):
1440 North Highland Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028

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