Astoria (recording studio)

Astoria houseboat from Hurst Park

Astoria is a grand houseboat, built in 1911 for impresario Fred Karno[1] and adapted as a recording studio in the 1980s by its new owner, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. It is moored on the River Thames at Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Gilmour purchased the boat in 1986, because he "spent half of [his] life in recording studios with no windows, no light, but on the boat there are many windows, with beautiful scenery on the outside".[2]

  1. ^ Cosyns, Simon (26 September 2008). "Echoes brought Rick out of his shell... we had musical telepathy" (PDF). The Sun. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Three men in a boat feat. David Gilmour". YouTube. 23 October 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2020.