Long View Farm

Former music recording studio in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States

Not to be confused with Longview Farm.

Long View Farm Studios was a music recording studio located in North Brookfield, Massachusetts which was founded in 1974 by Gilbert Scott Markle, a professor at Clark University, on his farm property.[1][2]

It was the location of recordings from many well-known musicians and bands, and it was used by the Rolling Stones as a rehearsal studio in 1981.

Markle died on March 20, 2015, aged 74.[3]

## Recordings[edit]

### Albums/EPs[edit]

* American Garage – Pat Metheny Group
* As Daylight Dies – Killswitch Engage
* Beggar's Oil – Kelly Joe Phelps
* Break the Cycle – Staind
* Cerulean – The Ocean Blue
* Children of Chaos – Soulidium
* The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me – Brand New
* Feed My Soul – The Holmes Brothers
* Freeze Frame – J. Geils Band
* Home – Sevendust
* I Against I – Bad Brains
* It's Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
* Let's Be Nice – Birdbrain
* Love Stinks – J. Geils Band
* Lunch for the Sky – Socratic
* Mind on the Moon – Snow
* Misery Is a Butterfly – Blonde Redhead
* Pain Makes You Beautiful – The Judybats
* Pandora's Box – Aerosmith
* Plans – Death Cab for Cutie
* Right Back – Long Beach Dub All Stars
* Sky Like a Broken Clock – Kelly Joe Phelps
* Slip – Quicksand
* Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
* Stain – Living Colour
* Sunburn – Fuel
* Super Taranta! – Gogol Bordello
* Until the End – Kittie
* Visual Lies – Lizzy Borden
* Voices – Matchbook Romance

### Other artists[edit]

* Alice in Chains
* Automatic 7
* John Belushi
* The Boondock Saints
* El Camino
* Craving Lucy
* Tim Curry
* Cyrus Erie
* DDT
* Devereaux
* Electrasy
* Dan Fogelberg
* Arlo Guthrie
* Head East
* Rupert Holmes
* Jediah
* The Kennedy Soundtrack
* Lifer
* Bryan McFarland
* Mitch Winston and the Band of Natural Selection
* Muse
* Dave Reid
* Relative Ash
* Reveille
* The Rolling Stones
* The Run
* Pete Seeger
* State Radio
* Cat Stevens
* Stuff
* Three Days Grace
* Tommy Tutone
* Uncle Tupelo
* The Witness Protection Programme
* Stevie Wonder

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fischer, Wanda F., "Gil Markle '61: A Live-Wire Ph.D.", The Rensselaer Alumni Bulletin, April 1982, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2. ^ "Special Farm Pampers Recording Artists", Reuters, November 7, 1979 (reprinted in the Sarasota Journal)
3. ^ "Gilbert Markle Obituary (2015) - Spencer, MA - Worcester Telegram & Gazette". Legacy.com.

## Further reading[edit]

* Williamson, Chet, "Gil Markle's Long View", Worcester Magazine, June 2003

## External links[edit]

* "Diary of a Studio Owner: Gilbert Scott Markle"

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