Introduction

Olympic Studios is situated in the South West London suburb of Barnes having re-located in 1966 from its original site in Central London. The building that currently houses the studio was originally constructed in 1906 as a music hall for the Barnes Repertory Company. Various talks, meetings and theatrical performances were staged in the building over the years until the mid 50’s when Guild TV purchased the property and converted it to a cinema and entertainment venue. When the lease expired in the sixties it was bought by Cliff Adams and Keith Grant who converted the building into London's quintessential rock studio.

Today Olympic is a complex of large recording and mix studios, pre-production and programming suites and as part of the EMI Studios Group it continues to attract a hugely varied musical and media clientele including, classical, film, TV, pop, rock and dance.