The studio was set up by Decca Records in 1942 and is the oldest working recording studio in the country. In its day, it echoed to the sounds of Shirley Bassey, Edith Piaf and the Rolling Stones. More recently, it has seen recording sessions by Manic Street Preachers, Hooverphonic, Das Pop and Zita Swoon.
Now, though, every home computer is a potential recording studio, and Jet is too much of a burden for current owner Staf Verbeeck. “I’m doing it with pain in my heart, but I have no alternative,” he told FM Brussel. “This is the cold, hard economic reality.”
Verbeeck hopes to see Jet continue as a going concern, but the asking price is for the premises alone, which includes two recording studios and control room, lounge and guest bedrooms for visiting artists and two chambers for echo effects. Recording equipment, including a 40-channel Harrison 32C (the kind of console used to record Michael Jackson’s album Thriller), is extra.
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