All Platinum Studios

Recording studio and mastering facility that operated in Northern New Jersey, during the 1970s. Also credited as : - All Platinum Recording - All Platinum Recording Studios - Platinum Recording Studios - Platinum Recording Studios, Englewood, NJ Initially founded by Joe Robinson, Sr. and his wife Sylvia Robinson during the 1960s as Soul Sound Studios, it was renamed during the early 1970s to All Platinum Studios. It subsequently changed its name again during the late 1970s to Sugarhill Studios and continued to operate under that name until 2002 when it ceased operations after a fire destroyed the facility. Vinyl format releases that were mastered at or had the lacquer cut at All Platinum Studios can sometimes be identified by the following runout groove etchings: • ALL PLATINUM • AP • (AP)