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FAME Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL

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FAME Recording Studios

Take a guided tour of Studios A and B, where Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Etta James recorded.

603 East Avalon Ave · Muscle Shoals, AL

About FAME Recording Studios

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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