BearTracks Studios

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BearTracks Studios
TypeRecording studio
Industry Sound recording
Founded1982
Defunct2006
Headquarters Suffern, New York, U.S.
Owner Jay Beckenstein

Jay Beckenstein, owner of BearTracks and co-founder of the band Spyro Gyra JayBeckensteinPerforming.jpg
Jay Beckenstein, owner of BearTracks and co-founder of the band Spyro Gyra

BearTracks Recording Studio was a recording studio complex in Suffern, New York, owned by Jay Beckenstein of Spyro Gyra and built in the early 1980s. Operating from 1982 at 926 Haverstraw Road in Suffern, the studio is no longer in business. It was announced that BearTracks would cease operation shortly after Spyro Gyra recorded their 2006 album Wrapped in a Dream . [1]

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References

  1. "BearTracks Recording Studio". www.beartracks.com. April 18, 2006. Archived from the original on April 18, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

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