Astoria (recording studio)

Astoria is a grand houseboat moored on the River Thames at Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, between Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare and St Alban's Riverside. Astoria was built in 1911 for impresario Fred Karno, proprietor of the short-lived Karsino Hotel on nearby Tagg's Island. Astoria was purchased in 1986 by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, who converted the houseboat into a floating recording studio, recording and mixing several Pink Floyd and solo albums on board, including A Momentary Lapse of Reason andThe Division Bell.

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