Arc Studio, Lagos

ARC (Associated Recording Co.) Studios was a production project undertaken in Lagos, Nigeria, by Ginger Baker, with the assistance by american engineer Tony Orlando. The project consisted in a 16-track room, with full professional equipment, including a Helios console, a Studer 16-track tape machine, various outboard goodies and acoustics designed by Sandy Brown Associates. There Paul McCartney & The Wings recorded "Band on the Run" (see Sam Sutherland, 'Studio Track', "Billboard", March 2, 1974, p. 26).