[3] Battery Studios in London featured a 32-track Mitsubishi recorder and Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer workstations,[3] and was the first of what would eventually become multiple Battery Recording Studios facilities operated by Zomba in London, New York City, Nashville, and Chicago.
[4] The new owners hired a team of "in-house producers" which included Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Martin Birch, Tony Platt,[5] Chris Tsangarides and Nigel Green.
[6] Birch recorded such albums as Iron Maiden's Killers (1981),[7] and The Number of the Beast (1982), as well as portions of Whitesnake's Saints & Sinners (1982) at the studio.
[2] In 1991 Bryan Adams worked with Mutt Lange at the studio to produce Waking Up the Neighbours, and the following year The Tragically Hip worked with Chris Tsangarides to produce Fully Completely[11] In 2001, Zomba Group announced withdrawal from the recording business in the U.K., citing the growth of project studios and decreased demand from record labels for commercial studio services.
[15] In 2012, Foals recorded Holy Fire at the studio with Flood, Moulder, and engineer Catherine Marks.