Motown Studio A

This is the studio where almost every Motown recording you have ever heard was recorded - from the early 1960's to the early 1970's. Also known as "The Snakepit"

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[videoportfolio]

"Los Angeles Motown" is an oxymoron. They devolved their sound into garbage like El DeBarge.

[videoportfolio]

Basically, yes. It was the dirt floor garage of a small house that Berry Gordy bought by borrowing money from his family fund. He lived upstairs, and they had offices in the front of the main floor.

[srercrcr]

Who was in that big picture on the wall?

[videoportfolio]

Berry Gordy with Diana - and then some of the Funks in the background, including Jamerson.

[actooon]

Fundament of the music history... from times when music was MUSIC! <3<3<3

[annaleighclark]

You can! Museum's open to the public. Offers great, entertaining tours in what I consider hallowed ground.

[pm0501]

Once you've been in this studio, you hear Motown songs (up to 1972) in a whole new light. Standing on the spot where the hits of the early years were recorded makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up! Awesome!

[DeHavenBand]

The last time I went there it was like going home.....the part that they saved as a time capsule for Marvin.....I thought....this isn't a time capsule it's my Grandma's living room...since she had passed several years earlier I decided it might be time to get some new furniture........maaaaaan what happened to music that made one feel something wes

[dadduorp]

The Hallowed Halls -- man, if walls could talk, what stories and memories they'd share.

But they sure could sing.

[EnuffsedTV101]

Yeah on a DIRT FLOOR... They didn't have it concreted until later. LEGENDS standing in the shadow's. If you knew this then thumb's up let other's know. Funk Brother's

[prophetspider]

i went there last october 10 dollar tour around.40 year motown fan. mind blowin 2 hour trip into my past. reccomended. i will return.podgeit@aol.com superb memoirs

[prophetspider]

i went there last october 10 dollar tour around.40 year motown fan. mind blowin 2 hour trip into my past. reccomended. i will return.

[mjjcng8958]

@videoportfolio excuse you el debarge is not garbage.

[Caveman1006]

motown forever

[simon4186]

I LOVE MOTOWN!

[midiman51]

Although, some great records were made in Los Angeles, the true Motown sound was left behind in this room and with the original Funk Brothers. Holland-Dozier-Holland, Smokey, Norman Whitfield, and Mickey Stevenson produced some amazing sessions with that familiar "popping" snare, those ringing tom fills, and Jack Ashford's vibes with live strings. Studio A's impact on pop music is monumental. Thanks for posting this video.