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IconicMuscle Shoals Sound Studio
$25–$50Take a guided tour of the 1969 studio where the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan recorded.
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FAME Recording Studios
FAME Recording Studios is a tour in Muscle Shoals, AL, part of the North Alabama guide. Cost: under $25.
603 East Avalon Ave · Muscle Shoals, AL
Why you should go…
FAME is a working recording studio that Rick Hall built on Avalon Avenue with proceeds from Arthur Alexander's 1961 hit "You Better Move On." The standard guided tour lasts about an hour and takes you through historic Studios A and B while guides tell the stories behind recordings by Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Etta James. A longer backstage tour adds the publishing office and Rick Hall's personal office, with gold records and instruments from notable sessions.
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