Headgear Studio

234 Wythe Avenue | Williamsburg | built 1920

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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2000
Headgear Recording Studio brings in engineer Scott F. Norton as a partner and moves to the waterfront
Alex Lipsen and Dan Long founded Headgear in 1998. In 2000 the engineer Scott F. Norton became a partner, and the studio moved its operation to a spot near the Brooklyn waterfront.
Source: Wikipedia
2003
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs record their debut album Fever to Tell at Headgear with producer David Sitek
Headgear first drew notice when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs made their 2003 debut album, Fever to Tell, in the studio with producer David Sitek. The record was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Sitek later recorded his band TV on the Radio at the studio and added the adjoining Stay Gold Studio inside the same building.
“Headgear first attracted attention when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs recorded their 2003 debut album, Fever to Tell, there with producer David Sitek.”
Source: Wikipedia
2012
Headgear Studio closes
The studio, which had operated since 1998, closed in 2012, according to a Wikipedia account that cites the studio's own Facebook page.
“According to their Facebook page, the studio closed in 2012.”
Source: Wikipedia

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