EastWest Sounds

1962

• Studio Two Opens

• Theme from The Beverly Hillbillies

1963

• Ricky Nelson "Fools Rush In"

• Herb Alpert Tijuana Brass Vol. 2

  

  This classic brass, 2-part album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass features songs by the LA-native as well as hit pop covers, from Phil Spector’s “Spanish Harlem” to Berstein and Sondheim’s “America” from West Side Story. The former USC Trojan Marching band member was supposedly inspired by the mariachi bands he heard on a trip through Baja, California. He later went on to sell more than 72 million records worldwide, becoming the only musician to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop chart as both a vocalist and instrumentalist.

• Wayne Newton "Danke Schoen"

1965

• Theme from Green Acres

• The Beach Boys "Barbara Ann"

1966

• Righteous Brothers "Soul & Inspiration"

  

  The Righteous Brothers were at the height of their career, looking for a hit to follow “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.” Recorded late in 1965, the lush brass arrangements did the trick, becoming their next number one Billboard hit.

1968

• Crosby Stills and Nash "Long Time Gone"

• Theme from "Hawaii Five-O"

• The Monkees The Birds, The Bees And The Monkees

1970

• The Partridge Family "I Think I Love You"

1973

• Iggy Pop Raw Power – mixed by David Bowie

1977

• Music from the Miniseries Roots

• Theme from the TV Show The Love Boat

1979

• Dionne Warwick "Déjà Vu"

1981

• Canned Heat Kings of Boogie

1983

• Gladys Knight and the Pips Visions

1988

• Elvis Costello Spike

1990

• Iggy Pop Brick By Brick

1992

• Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"

  

  The best-selling song by a female artist in all of music history, and one of the best-selling songs of all time, “I Will Always Love You” is actually a cover song, originally written and performed by Dolly Parton. With a music video featuring scenes from The Bodyguard, Houston’s version became her ‘signature song’ and was an instant number one Billboard hit, nabbing the Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Awards in 1994.

1994

• R.E.M. Monster

• Slayer Divine Intervention

1995

• AC/DC Ballbreaker

1996

• R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi

1998

• Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication

  

  RHCP’s most commercially successful studio release was recorded in the winter of 1998. Producer/engineer Rick Rubin and engineer Greg Fidelman captured the band’s most intimate album, which highlighted the evocative nature of California. The hit single “Scar TIssue” spent 16 weeks on Billboard’s Modern Rock charts before winning the Best Rock Song award at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1999.

1999

• Incubus Make Yourself

2000

• Rage Against The Machine Renegades

• Weezer Weezer (The Green Album)

2001

• Blink-182 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

• Natalie Merchant Motherland

• System of a Down Toxicity

2002

• Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed the Fish

• Audioslave Audioslave

2009

• Jerry Lee Lewis Mean Old Man

2010

• Red Hot Chili Peppers I’m With You

2011

• Frank Ocean Channel Orange

• Garbage Not Your Kind of People

• Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder

• Melody Gardot The Absence

2013

• Fitz and the Tantrums More Than Just a Dream

2014

• AFI Burials

• Ghost "Cirice"

2015

• Andra Day "Rise Up"

2016

• Weezer White Album

  

  For their tenth studio album, Weezer headed into the studio with Producer/Engineer Jake Sinclair, aiming to create a “beach album,” with Wall of Sound production and a ‘90s grunge take on ‘60s pop songs. Critically acclaimed for hits including “Do You Wanna Get High?”, the album received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017.

• John Legend Darkness and Light

• Willie Nelson Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

2017

• Niall Horan "Slow Hands"

• The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding

2018

• Lady Gaga "Your Song"

• Music for the Film A Star Is Born

  

  This was the third remake of the classic story of fame and heartbreak, and the second version done at 6000 Sunset. With Bradly Cooper making his directorial debut as well as starring alongside pop phenom Lady Gaga, the movie received eight nominations from the Academy Awards, taking home a trophy for Best Original Song “Shallow.”

2019

• Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind

• Music for the TV show Castle Rock

• Music for the TV show Homecoming

2021

• Jon Batiste We Are

2022

• Lizzo Special

• Kendrick Lamar Mr Morale & The Big Steppers

• Music for the film Encanto

• Pentatonix Evergreen

• War on Drugs Harmonia's Dream

• Marcus Mumford Self-Titled

• Edgar Winter Brother Johnny

• Music for the game Call of Duty: Vanguard

• Jack Johnson Meet the Moonlight