The Magic Shop was an American independent recording studio located at 49 Crosby Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
[1] In 1992, the studio gained notoriety with a string of notable album projects from Suzanne Vega, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, and the Ramones.
Producers Dave Sardy, Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake, and John Agnello discovered the studio, leading to a steady stream of album projects.
[2] In the early 2000s, Magic Shop expanded to add the Blue Room, which offered transfer, restoration, and mastering services, and Rosenthal was hired to remaster the first 22 Rolling Stones album releases.
[7] In 2014, the Magic Shop and Steve Rosenthal were included in the final episode of Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways American rockumentary miniseries directed by Dave Grohl.