RAK Studios facts for kids

RAK Studios

RAK Studios is a recording studio complex, with residential facilities located, used by Rak Records, near Regent's Park in central London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1976 by English record producer Mickie Most. RAK has four recording rooms. Studios 1 and 2 house API desks; Studio 3 has a vintage Neve VRP Legend console (previously at Abbey Road Studios' Studio 2); and Studio 4 contains an SSL 4056 desk.

The RAK complex was a Victorian school and church hall.

Notable songs recorded at RAK Studios

• ”In a Big Country” – Big Country
• "Bigmouth Strikes Again" – The Smiths
• "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" – The Jam
• "Everyone's a Winner" – Hot Chocolate
• ”Fairytale of New York” – The Pogues
• "Hold Me Now" – Thompson Twins
• "Kids in America" – Kim Wilde
• "Living Next Door to Alice" – Smokie
• "Pretty in Pink" – The Psychedelic Furs
• "Shattered Dreams" – Johnny Hates Jazz
• "Some Girls" – Racey
• "Iron Deer Dream" – Fixers
• "Vienna" – Ultravox
• "When Love Breaks Down" – Prefab Sprout
• "Histórias e Bicicletas" – Oficina G3