Topanga Skyline Recording

Famous recording studio located in the hills of Topanga Canyon owned by Johnny Perez.

TOPANGA SKYLINE STUDIO WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 70'S TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENCIAL RECORDING STUDIO IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. LOCATED IN THE HEIGHTS OF TOPANGA CANYON, SKYLINE STUDIO HOLDS THE PERFECT AMBIENCE TO CREATE AND RECORD MUSIC. NAMES LIKE BOB DYLAN, SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET, BOB MCFERRIN HAVE RECORDED AND PRODUCED HIT SONGS AT TOPANGA SKYLINE.

BOB DYLAN RECORDED "KNOCKED OUT LOADED" IN MAY 1986, ENGINEERED BY BRITT BACON, FORMER OWNER AND PRODUCER OF SKYLINE. MUSICIANS LIKE JACKSON BROWNE, STING, BOB MCFERRIN ("DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY"), THE CHIEFTAINS ("BELLS OF DUBLIN"), T-BONE BURNETT (GUITARS ON "KNOCKED OUT LOADED" AND ALSO ROBERT PLANT & ALISSON KRAUSS PRODUCER).

THE STUDIO IS OWNED BY JOHNNY PEREZ, FORMER DRUMMER OF SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET, AN ACTIVE ROCK N' ROLL BAND FROM THE 60'S AND 70'S. THEY WERE FROM SAN ANTONIO,TEXAS AND ARE BEST KNOWN BY THE 1965 HIT SINGLE "SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER". IN ADDITION TO THEIR FIRST HIT, THE BAND IS ALSO KNOWN FOR OTHER HITS SUCH AS, "MENDOCINO" (1968), "CAN YOU DIG MY VIBRATIONS?" (1968), AND "DYNAMITE WOMAN" (1969). "MENDOCINO" WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER 1968, AND REACHED #27 IN THE U.S. BILLBOARD HOT 100 BY EARLY 1969, SPENDING 15 WEEKS IN THE CHART. IT WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL IN EUROPE SELLING OVER THREE MILLION COPIES THERE. THE QUINTET ONCE SHARED THE SAME EUROPEAN BILL AS THE BEACH BOYS AND THE ROLLING STONES.

JOHN PEREZ IS A REAL ROCK LEGEND AND IS STILL LIVING AT THE TOPANGA SKYLINE STUDIOS !

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