Musicland Studios was a recording studio located in Munich, Germany. It was established by Italian

Italy

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 record producer

Record producer

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, songwriter and performer Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder

Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...

 in the late 1960s. The studio itself was situated in the basement of the Arabella Hotel (now part of the Sheraton

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 chain of hotels).

Musicland was used extensively throughout the 1970s and the 1980s by a wide variety of artists, including Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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, Queen

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, the Rolling Stones, Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra

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, The Three Degrees

The Three Degrees

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, Marc Bolan & T.Rex, Donna Summer

Donna Summer

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, Deep Purple

Deep Purple

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, Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear

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, Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

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, Sweet

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 and Elton John

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. Most of them recorded under the supervision of Musicland's famous engineer and producer Reinhold Mack

Reinhold Mack

Reinhold Mack is a German record producer and sound engineer, mostly known for his collaborations with rock bands Electric Light Orchestra and Queen. Most of this work took place at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios in Munich...

.

Musicland Studios closed at the beginning of the 1990s because the nearby subway train was affecting the recording quality. Musicland was also home to a Helios console that was favored by many recording engineers of that era.