United Sound Systems building up for sale

[woodward]

https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2018/06/historic_detroit_recording_stu.html

How many MF members have ever visited the facility? I once had a personal hour long tour by Willie Davis, family member of Don Davis.

There is a series of 46 outstanding interior pictures of the facility for you to look at.

[marv2]

I never got the chance to go inside, so thank you Woodward!

[soulster]

Amazing studio! Gotta dig the way they stretched the pictures to make it look buch more spacious than it really is, but, damn it's a nice place. I'd hate to see it go away.

What caught my eye is how it is equipped with a 24-track analog deck.

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[marv2]

Amazing studio! Gotta dig the way they stretched the pictures to make it look buch more spacious than it really is, but, damn it's a nice place. I'd hate to see it go away.

What caught my eye is how it is equipped with a 24-track analog deck.

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It's like a very hip, 70s thing going on huh?

[marv2]

So, so much classic music came out of that place. I am just happy it still exists.

[funkcity]

Lots of memories for me
My sister and I sang a Classmate shoe commercial there in the 50s!
My brother sang a Little Caesars Pizza Commercial there. My dad played lots of jingles, Industrial films and record dates there before it became the rock/soul recording place.
And I got to go to those dates! It was pretty cool!
1.5 million? Such a dream. She bought the place for 20,000.
It now is a very troubled property.

[marv2]

Lots of memories for me
My sister and I sang a Classmate shoe commercial there in the 50s!
My brother sang a Little Caesars Pizza Commercial there. My dad played lots of jingles, Industrial films and record dates there before it became the rock/soul recording place.
And I got to go to those dates! It was pretty cool!
1.5 million? Such a dream. She bought the place for 20,000.
It now is a very troubled property.

Your memories sound great. The value has really gone up for this facility. wow!

[soulster]

It's like a very hip, 70s thing going on huh?

80s, too. Digital recording didn't become dominant until the late 80s. But, my point is that it's getting harder to find analog-equipped studios. And, when you find one, it's very expensive.

[soulster]

So, so much classic music came out of that place. I am just happy it still exists.

When you think about the talent that recorded there: Johnnie Taylor, Robin Trower, Parliament/Funkadelic...