The famous Windmill Lane Studios are currently located in a striking art-deco style building on 20 Ringsend Road in Dublin 4.
The original building
The studio was founded by Brian Masterson and James Morris in 1978, and started out on Windmill Lane on the corner with Creighton Street. It was originally primarily used to record traditional Irish music sessions. There Planxty recorded After the Break, The Woman I Loved So Well, and their final album, Words & Music, between 1979 and 1983.
But Windmill Lane Studios is probably best known as the recording studio for U2. Their first album, Boy, was recorded there, and the iconic red exterior of the original Windmill Lane building became synonymous with U2’s early career. Interestingly the drums on Boy were recorded in the reception area:
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The Windmill Lane Studios
The famous Windmill Lane Studios are currently located in a striking art-deco style building on 20 Ringsend Road in Dublin 4. The original building The studio was founded by Brian …