{"id":4054,"date":"2021-07-29T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moeb.ca\/hesm\/studio-de-son-quebec-1972-1991\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:56:37","slug":"studio-de-son-quebec-1972-1991","status":"publish","type":"hesm","link":"https:\/\/moeb.ca\/en\/hsrm\/studio-de-son-quebec-1972-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio de Son Quebec (1972-1991)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The building that housed Son Qu\u00e9bec began its life in 1921 when the land on Rue Houle was bought from M. Zephir Gauthier by the Presbyterian Church of Canada. The Italian Presbyterian Church opened its doors in about 1923. By 1926, Houle had been renamed Amherst Square, (Carr\u00e9 Amherst). Not long after that, The United Church of Canada was formed from Canada\u2019s Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, and by 1930, it had become The Church of All Nations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"double-image\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_4050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4050\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lovells-directory-1923.png\" alt=\"Figure 1 - Lovell's Directory, 1923\" width=\"244\" height=\"176\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/><em>Figure 1 &#8211; Lovell&#8217;s Directory, 1923<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4051\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lovells-directory-1926.png\" alt=\"Figure 2 - Lovell's Directory 1926\" width=\"235\" height=\"176\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/><em>Figure 2 &#8211; Lovell&#8217;s Directory 1926<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the early 1960s, the church was closed and the congregation joined Erskine and American United Church on Sherbrooke St. W.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4052\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4043\" src=\"https:\/\/moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Church-of-All-Nations.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Church-of-All-Nations.jpg 700w, https:\/\/moeb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Church-of-All-Nations-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 1 \u2013 Photo of The Church of All Nations (Courtesy &#8211; Anne-Marie Dubost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Sept. 21, 1969, the abandoned church was sold to Andr\u00e9 Perry, who transformed it into a recording studio. The nave of the church became Studio \u201cA\u201d, and the chancel housed the control room. Another smaller room on the floor above became Studio \u201cC\u201d. On the top floor, he built an apartment for himself and his wife Yael Brandeis. It was completed in July of 1971.<\/p>\n<p>In November of 1972, after less than 2 years in operation Andr\u00e9 Perry, on the verge of bankruptcy, sold his new studio at 1135 Carr\u00e9 Amherst to Andr\u00e9 Bruneau, a financier and amateur musician, and record producer Gilles Talbot. The studio\u2019s name was changed to Studio de Son Qu\u00e9bec Inc. and Bernard Dubost was appointed General Manager. The equipment remained essentially the same as in Perry\u2019s time \u2013 Neve recording consoles, Ampex 8 and 16-track recorders. The complex housed 3 studios:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studio \u201cA\u201d<\/strong> with room for up to 50 musicians. At the time, Studio A was the largest recording space in Montreal and the only one suited to recording such large orchestral formations. In 1974-75 the studio was equipped for 24-track recording.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studio \u201cC\u201d<\/strong>, a medium sized 16 track room for groups of 6 to 8 musicians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studio \u201cB\u201d<\/strong>, a small 4-track facility was added in 1974 for commercial voice-over work.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years the studio recorded albums for many major Quebec artists including Ginette Reno, Fran\u00e7ois Dompierre, Andr\u00e9 Gagnon (Neiges), Jacques Lafl\u00e8che, Michel Louvain, Chantal Pary, Edith Butler, Raoul Duguay, Ren\u00e9 and Nathalie Simard, Offenbach and Morse Code among others. They also recorded many radio and TV commercials, which were a mainstay of the business.<\/p>\n<p>In 1977, Bernard Dubost and his wife Nicole bought the business outright and remained the owners until his retirement in 1991. At that time, he sold business to, Jean-Claude Tremblay, the owner of Les Studios Marko. It became the headquarters of one of their subsidiaries, le Groupe Modulations \u2013 an audio\/video post-production house.<\/p>\n<p>Recordists over the years have included Claude Demers, Ian Terry, Nelson Vipond, Michel Ethier, Pierre \u201cPete\u201d Tessier, Philippe Espantoso, Tim Hewlings, Serge Gaudet and Pierre D\u00e9carie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The building that housed Son Qu\u00e9bec began its life in 1921 when the land on Rue Houle was bought from M. Zephir Gauthier by the Presbyterian Church of Canada. The Italian Presbyterian Church opened its doors in about 1923. By 1926, Houle had been renamed Amherst Square, (Carr\u00e9 Amherst). 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