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Among the many major groups and artists who have recorded there over the years are the Pixies , Radiohead , Come , Juliana Hatfield , Throwing Muses , Belly , Tanya Donelly , Buffalo Tom, Dinosaur Jr. , Sebadoh , The Lemonheads , Volcano Suns, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Elliott Smith , Eleventh Dream Day, The Connells , The Specials , Blake Babies , Weezer , Yo La Tengo , Warren Zevon , and many more. The studio was initially built by a collective begun in groups in 1986 , although their first project to reach vinyl was a North Carolina act, the Connells, who released the Joe Harvard produced "If It Crumbles" that year. The studio soon upgraded its early 8-track Roxbury facilities to 16-track equipment. In 1989 the Fort Apache team swept the WFNX/Boston Phoenix Music Polls, with Harvard winning Best Local Producer and the three runners-up spots all occupied by Fort team members; in following years various Fort producers went on to win the title. Producers affiliated with the studio in the 1980s and 1990s included Joe Harvard, Lou Giordano , studio manager Gary Smith , Kolderie, Slade, and Tim O'Heir. Smith brought the Pixies to Fort Apache to record their legendary 1987 demos later known as ''The Purple Tape'' and also produced several of Throwing Muses' 1980s albums there. Smith became a co-owner of the studio when it was moved to its 24-track Cambridge facilities in 1988. Eventually, in the 1990s , Harvard sold his ownership interests in the studio to partners Smith and Billy Bragg and departed. Fort Apache also hosted a recording label in partnership with MCA Records in the mid-1990s. In 2002 Gary Smith, who by then was sole owner of the company, moved the studio from Massachusetts to Bellows Falls, renaming the recording studio part of his business "Windham Studios," while continuing to operate it under the famous Fort Apache Studios name as well. Smith now uses "Fort Apache" as the name of a multi-faceted company with offices near The Windham that operates the studio business, a concert promotion business, and a business managing artists such as Tanya Donelly and Natalie Merchant . Fort Apache additionally operates a music venue in the lobby of The Windham, where it sometimes also records live concerts. The concert venue was originally the brainchild of Smith and Charlie Hunter, owner of the Bellows Falls booking agency Flying Under Radar. REFERENCES
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