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808 State, Inspiral Carpets, The Stone Roses, Badly Drawn Boy
1989

“Square One opened its doors in November 1984 with a party hosted by Peter Skellern. Trevor Taylor built the studio after his previous studio SMILE, perished due to a fire. Square 1 became a popular venue for both local bands and those with successful careers. Take That recorded some of the TAKE THAT & PARTY album there & Liverpool bands The Christians & Black were also regular clients. The latter gave the studio & engineer Steve Boyce-Buckley several gold discs. SQ 1 housed two studios, both with Salford company AMEK consoles & a programming/pre-production suite, remaining busy up until its closure, due to financial difficulties in 1993. P J Proby did indeed record there with the Manchester based SAVOY records & Damon Gough [Badly Drawn Boy] was an assistant for a few years. The list of clients is too vast to mention though also included the late-Paul Young [Sad Cafe/Mike & The Mechanics]. It re-opened as Rose Garden studios though as to its proprietors I am unsure. The building is currently a dancing class studio though still retains its Square 1 logo at the front. Trevor Taylor now resides in Florida whilst Steve Boyce-Buckley is still active within the industry.”

“I had a part time job in the early 90's for Royal Mail parcels one of my deliveries was Square One.I went in a few times with parcels then Around 93 I had a parcel for The Stone Roses I was a big fan I went in one day & they were jamming they let me hang around for a while. Couldn't believe my luck.Straight after that I enrolled on a course at Spirit Studios studios. That was a turning point for me I'm not an engineer I am a now video director making live music DVD's for labels like Universal & working directly for bands.”