**Before I say anything else, I want to say this: Tittenhurst Park, where Startling Studios was located, is a private residence. Don't attempt to go there. The house including the studio and much of the grounds were gutted and remodeled in the late '80s anyway.** HISTORY On 18 September 1973, Ringo Starr purchased the Tittenhurst Park estate from John Lennon, which included the studio he built in the house, Ascot Sound Studio . According to Startling Studios manager Mike O'Do

RECORDING EQUIPMENT 3M M64 Tape Machine 1/2" four-track tape machine. This 3M M64 was one of the few pieces of gear from the Ascot Sound Studios days that was kept into the Startling Studios era. Quadraphonic audio was all the rage in the '70s, and I imagine that this M64 was kept with this in mind. The first console at Startling Studios, a MCI JH-440, came with Quad buses as a standard feature so it seems that being set up for quad was an important part of the design of the

INSTRUMENTS Amplifier (unknown make/model) In the brochure photo of the live room, we can see what looks like a amplifier head and cabinet against the wall. The poor resolution makes it pretty much impossible to definitively identify it though. The amp that springs to mind when I see it, however, is a HH IC100-S. The HH IC100-S was perhaps most famous as an amp sometimes used by Ringo's friend and collaborator Marc Bolan. The cabinet even has the large trim of a VamPower 4x12