AIR Studios Montserrat Blog

04/02/2024

03/02/2024

There are a couple of errors in here, but it’s good. https://www.caribjournal.com/2024/02/02/caribbean-island-montserrat-studio-music-center/?fbclid=IwAR00ztZjvldSdJv6HmzbMd88dKVIMLHu445KJcnzIIzJXUyujRNB18rDFnE_aem_AUCkXMk0zMAny9FmNrwaTb8tSs-Cv54KBOcLJJ53hGrCCs2cJPLlenvf7J7itZQ7UD8 #

Legendary Beatles producer George Martin’s dream was not just to build a recording studio in a Caribbean paradise.

01/02/2024

Someone has got in touch to tell me that a replica of the live room at AIR Montserrat is being constructed in a new studio being built in San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. Amazing.

Troubled clef, is in the process of building a large recording studio in central Mexico. This studio is expected to be the largest private recording studio in Latin America, and focuses on the production of audio content covering the following areas:

01/02/2024

He's holding the Schekter played on Walk of Life.

Guitar collection from Dire Straits frontman makes millions for charity - The London auction saw registered bidders and buyers from 61 countries.

31/01/2024

The 122 lots went for £8.8m

I decided to join the Christies’ auction of Mark Knopfler’s guitar collection today (paddle number 3439). The 122 lots sold for a total of £8,843,940, with 25% of the proceeds going to the Red Cro…

30/01/2024

The birthday boy at the Music for Montserrat concert.

30/01/2024

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/entertainment/mark-knopflers-guitar-collection-up-for-auction/vi-BB1hahcD?ocid=msedgntp&t=10

British musician and former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is selling off a large part of his extensive guitar collection at a London auction with part of the proceeds going to charity.

30/01/2024

Register here to watch the auction of this guitar - the one Money for Nothing was recorded on in Montserrat. Wednesday 1.00pm London time. The estimated sale price is £15,000

Christie’s is honoured to bring to auction highlights from the personal guitar collection of music legend Mark Knopfler, frontman of the iconic British rock band, Dire Straits.

30/01/2024

Phil Collins, who recorded in Montserrat with Eric Clapton in March 1984, is 73 today.

16/01/2024

Congratulations to Elton John for becoming the 19th person to win an Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony). He was nominated for two Grammys for his Montserrat recordings (Blue Eyes from the Jump Up! album and Restless from Breaking Hearts).

The 76-year-old singer won his first Emmy award, making him the 19th person to win an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony and a Grammy – known as Egot status

16/01/2024

Marie Desjardins posted this on another board under the Elton post. It translates very well.

Il y a cinq ans, en mars 2016, mourait le plus célèbre producteur musical du XXe siècle : sir George Martin. Les Beatles, les Stones, Elton John, Dire Straits, Sting, Supertramp, Michael Jackson, Black Sabbath, Duran Duran… Nombreux sont les artistes qui lui sont redevables. Tous ont en commun ...

15/01/2024

Elton's 3rd visit to Montserrat. 40 years ago this month.

Forty years ago, in December 1983 and January 1984, Elton John made his third and final trip to record at AIR studios in Montserrat. This was for the Breaking Hearts Album, the follow-up to Two Low…

15/01/2024

Elton John in Montserrat

08/01/2024

Knopfler played the Gibson at the music for Montserrat concert in 1997. (See blog post below)

07/01/2024

A unique opportunity has arisen to own some of Mark Knopfler’s guitars and amplifiers, most notably the guitars played on the Dire Straits hits Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing, and Walk of Life…

06/01/2024

24/12/2023

Montserrat again

22/12/2023

Paul says Merry Christmas

Paul and Nancy McCartney 😍

21/12/2023

I also found this in a Charity shop in Newbury, Berkshire, earlier this year.

20/12/2023

I’m having a bit of a clear out. I came across this 7” single I bought over 40 years ago.

12/12/2023

Article from a Brazilian newspaper written by good friend and follower of this page

06/12/2023

Definitely Montserrat

05/12/2023

Denny Laine of the Moody Blues and Wings, visited Montserrat in 1981 to add some backing vocals to the Tug of War Album. He died today aged 79.

03/12/2023

https://livinginmontserrat.wordpress.com/2023/12/03/40-years-ago-this-month-omd-recorded-the-quintessential-air-montserrat-album/

At the end of 1983, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, or OMD for short, came to Montserrat to record their Junk Culture album. I’ve always thought of this as being the quintessential Montser…

03/12/2023

Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney in Montserrat -Pic from Pamela Holley and Danny Joseph

25/11/2023

Another Montserrat album. They started it there anyway. Released 40 years ago today.

Simon Le Bon described 1983’s “Seven And The Ragged Tiger” as "an adventure story about a little commando team" i.e. the five band members and their two managers with the "ragged tiger" representing success. Critics flogged it but the album still went to No1 in the UK driven by the singles “Union of the Snake", "New Moon on Monday" and a remixed "The Reflex". Duran Duran launched a massive global tour in support of the record from which several concert films and a live album were later released. It was the last studio album with the original lineup until 2004. Happy 40th.

25/11/2023

Soundtrack recorded in Montserrat by Roger Daltry

22/11/2023

31st Jan 2024. I will be at Christies in London deciding whether to bid for a mark Knopfler guitar. I probably can’t afford the one he played in Montserrat.

Christie’s is honoured to bring to auction highlights from the personal guitar collection of music legend Mark Knopfler, frontman of the iconic British rock band, Dire Straits. Coming to auction January 2024.