Linford Manor is an old mansion

Mansion

A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...

 or manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 converted into a recording studio

Recording studio

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 complex in Great Linford

Great Linford

Great Linford is a historic village, district and civil parish in the northern part of Milton Keynes, England, between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell.-Great Linford village:...

, Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

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, England. It is now owned by Pete Winkelman who is chairman of football club.

It was originally the manor of Little Linford

Little Linford

Little Linford is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about a mile west of Newport Pagnell, near the M1 motorway. Unlike its neighbour and namesake Great Linford it has yet to be joined up with Milton Keynes.Little Linford was...

 as well as of Great Linford.
Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro

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 recorded their second album, The Vertigo Of Bliss

The Vertigo of Bliss

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, there - and, according to an urban myth, took just 24 hours to do so.
Other artists to record there are: Jamiroquai, ELO, Oasis, Wildhearts, PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...

 and Matmatah

Matmatah

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.

The first artist to be recorded in Great Linford studios was Southside Jimmy (Jim Price).