Hitsville, U.S.A. - Motown Studio A / Control Room

Motown - Studio A / Control Room- This is the studio where almost every Motown recording you have ever heard was recorded - from the early 1960's to the early 1970's. Also known as "The Snakepit" - What could be more exciting for a Motown lover than standing on the exact spot where the Supremes' first issued the command to “Stop in the Name of Love” ... Original instruments and equipment, dating from 1959 through 1972, stand ready for the legendary producers, singers and musicians to return for the next recording session. - Imagine Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Smokey Robinson or Lamont Dozier at the helm of the recording console in Hitsville U.S.A.’s Control Room as the Temptations, Miracles or Marvelettes, backed up by the Funk Brothers, tuned up for another jammin’ session in Studio A. -The recording equipment displayed in the Control Room dates back to the early 1960s. Many of Motown’s earliest hits—”Shop Around,” “Please, Mr. Postman,” and “Do You Love Me? (Now that I Can Dance)”—were recorded using this console. Although the company’s headquarters moved to downtown Detroit in 1968, Studio A continued to be used as Motown’s principal recording venue until 1972.