Monument Recording Studio

AKA Monument Studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. Opened by Fred Foster in 1969 after closing his Fred Foster Sound Studio due to a building demolition — an inconvenient preventative to good recording sessions — Monument had an immediate impact on the Nashville recording community. Chief engineer Tommy Strong recorded three hits for [a444574] on the Mega label: Help Me Make It Through The Night, Then You Walk In and For the Kids. On Monument's early 16-track recorder Roger Miller recorded his version of Me and Bobby McGee for Mercury; many tunes were recorded there for the house Monument label, as well. In 1975, the studio was purchased by [a322448] and renamed Young 'Un Sound, Nashville. Engineers known to have worked here: Tommy Strong Mort Thomasson [a676200]