Founded in 1970, the studio became an early favourite of Stiff Records' Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera,[1] and was the location for early recordings by The Damned, The Count Bishops, Madness, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Lene Lovich, John Foxx, and the Police.
The 8-track studio, located at 2a Grosvenor Avenue in the North London Borough of Islington, was founded by producers Peter Ker and Mike Finesilver, who funded the majority of the construction with their co-writing royalties from the hit song, "Fire".
Mark Bedford of Madness recalls[2] that "It was a really thin building – you couldn't really call it a house – on Grosvenor Avenue, close to Stoke Newington.
Other artists who made early recordings with Lowe at Pathway Studios included Madness, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, The Count Bishops with Mike Spenser, The Cannibals and John Foxx.
John Cleese used Pathway to record voiceovers for his business training films,[1] and in 1981 the studio was featured in the Madness drama-documentary Take It or Leave It.