Queen: The Studio Experience, Music museum at Mountain Studios in Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Queen: The Studio Experience is a music museum in the former Mountain Studios inside the Casino Barrière de Montreux, whose white facade carries a large red "CASINO" sign and a beige tower with a grid of small windows. The studio control room is kept as it was, with a reproduction Neve console that lets visitors remix Queen songs, alongside display cases of lyrics, costumes and instruments.
Queen first recorded at Mountain Studios in 1978 for the album Jazz, when it was one of Europe's best-equipped studios with a 24-track Swiss Studer recorder. The band bought the studio in 1979 and rented it out to acts such as Led Zeppelin and Yes. Queen recorded material for seven of their albums there until 1995.
The museum's name links the band to the former Mountain Studios, where Queen recorded from 1978 to 1995. Exhibits include a concept version of the lyrics to "One Vision", John Deacon's bass guitar, Roger Taylor's drum set and a replica of Brian May's guitar. The control room is kept as it was, except the original Neve console, replaced by a reproduction that lets visitors make a re-mix of Queen songs.
The museum occupies the former Mountain Studios inside the Casino Barrière de Montreux; the studio control room is kept as it was, with a reproduction Neve console where visitors can make a re-mix of Queen songs. It is a small museum with no entry fee.
The glass case holds the last lines Freddie Mercury wrote in Montreux in 1991, not the lyrics of a finished song. The museum also keeps a concept version of "One Vision" and a reproduction Neve console on which visitors can make their own re-mix of Queen songs.
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