Inside 1340 Mission Street in San Francisco is one of the most historic recording studios in the Bay Area. It was originally built in 1969 by Mercury Records and later redesigned and run by the famous engineer, producer and businessman Bill Putnam as Coast Recorders for many years. 1340 Mission has been known under a small variety of names since 1969 including Mercury, Coast, Toast then back to Coast. In June of 2007 I took over the studio at 1340 Mission and renamed it Broken Radio. Broken Radio started as a small postage stamp size studio in Emeryville that enjoyed great success but eventually out grew its space.

  Those of you who have spent time here over the years have long known the beauty of the live room. (The biggest in San Francisco) There is nothing like recording in a room where everyone in the band can be in the same space looking at each other and doing what bands do best, play together!

  Since moving in we have gutted and redesigned the control room at the request of many producers and engineers. The room now faces West rather than South. No new control room is complete without having famed acoustician Bob Hodas tune it so of course we had Bob come and do his thing. We have left the live room as Putnam intended since that room is what so many people love about this studio. However, we have gutted the old microphone lines and panels and replaced them with new panels and Mogami cabling throughout. In addition the electrical has also been updated from the ground up. (Excuse the pun)

To those of you who are coming to record here for the first time, welcome and to those of you returning, welcome back.

-Matt Boudreau

Who's recorded or mixed at 1340 Mission
(COAST. TOAST or BROKEN RADIO) since 1969?

Creedence Clearwater Revival (First album, "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
Faith No More
John Coltrane
Keith Urban
Neil Young/Crazy Horse
The Donnas
Meat Beat Manifesto
Money Mark
Tito Puente
Third Eye Blind ( recorded their multi platinum self titled debut and Blue ablums)
R.E.M. (recorded Up)
Butthole Surfers
Pete Townsend
New Order
Kylie Minogue
Korn
Orgy
Caesura
Chuck Prophet
Len
Smashmouth
Bush
Live
Run DMC
Tom Waits
Sheryl Crow
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Lucy Pearl
Imperial Teen
Save Ferris
Me'Shell Ndege Ocello
Blackalicious
No Doubt
Star Spangles' Capitol
Film School
Kiff Gallagher
Sam Bush/David Grisman
Riders In the Sky
The Mountain Goats
Vanessa Carlton
The Bittersweets
TV On The Radio
Anton Schwartz
Roberta Donnay
The Hot Buttered Rum String Band
Seth Kaufman
Sean O'Brian
Alexis Harte
Drew Gasparini
Rova Saxaphone Quartet with Nels Cline
Kronos Quartet
George Winston
The Sextants
Gaucho
Thriving Ivory
Jacqui Naylor
jl Stiles
Joshua Redman
Saint Lawrence String Quartet