Pathway Studios
Pathway was a North London 8-track studio at 2a Grosvenor Avenue, Newington Green, founded by producers Peter Ker and Mike Finesilver and later run by Finesilver until the mid-1990s. Among the artists who made their early recordings with producer Nick Lowe at Pathway Studios are The Damned, Madness, Elvis Costello, The Police, Squeeze, Haircut One Hundred, The Count Bishops with Mike Spenser, The Cannibals and John Foxx. At the studio, Dire Straits recorded the demo and single versions of "Sultans of Swing", and the folk singer Ewan MacColl recorded his last album.
Peter Ker and Mike Finesilver won a court case for a co-songwriting credit on Arthur Brown's Fire.
The Damned recorded their debut single "New Rose" at Pathway in September 1976, produced by Lowe. Sham 69 also recorded their first single "I Don't Wanna" in 1977, produced by John Cale. Pathway was featured in the Madness drama-documentary Take It or Leave It.
Tim Crowther described it thus:Notable recordings
- Sham 69: "I Don't Wanna"
- Dire Straits: "Sultans of Swing"
- The Police: "Fall Out"
- Menace: "Screwed Up / Insane Society"
- Menace: "I Need Nothing / Electrocutioner"
- The Flys: "Love and a Molotov Cocktail"
- Siouxsie and the Banshees: "Nicotine Stain"
- Lene Lovich: "Lucky Number"
- Madness: "The Prince"
- Ewan MacColl: "Dirty Old Town"
Albums
- Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True
- The Damned: Damned Damned Damned
- Dave Edmunds: Get It
- Nick Lowe: Jesus of Cool
- The Motors: Approved by the Motors
- Squeeze: Squeeze
- John Foxx: Metamatic
- Anne Clark: The Sitting Room
- Link Wray: Apache
Film
- Madness: Take It or Leave It
