Mark Kermode: the day I recorded at Sun Studio

Mark Kermode's band wanted to record their second album. Where better to do it than Sun Studio in Memphis, made famous by the likes of Elvis and Johnny Cash?The first thing you notice about Sun Studio – the birthplace of rock'n'roll in downtown Memphis, Tennessee – is that it really is as small as everyone says. Snuggled at 706 Union Avenue on the corner of Marshall, you could lob a catgut-strung double bass from one end of the recording studio to the other without breaking a sweat. The seco...

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