When, in 1969, the duo opened a sister studio in LA (and another in Sausalito in 1972), they supercharged the original concept, creating a sort of rock hotel, with group Jacuzzis, mirror-ceilinged bedrooms, bedrooms with nicknames including “S&M”, and, in keeping with the era, a variety of illicit drugs intended to keep these paying guests holed up as long as …
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