Showplace Studios

We are a full-service recording studio located in Northern New Jersey, just 45-minutes from New York City. View our Client List to view the many industry icons weve recorded since opening our studio doors in 1991. We offer one of the most impressive collections of analog gear in the country, a spacious and comfortable pressure-free atmosphere, and have the expertise to get you the sound you desire utilizing old-school and/or current recording methods.Ben Elliott has recorded, mixed and produced artists for over 25 years. As co-owner of Showplace Studios, Ben possesses one of the largest collections of vintage and analog gear, in the world. He is known for his expertise in diverse musical genres, having recorded classic artists such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards (for whom, among other projects, he recorded and mixed You Win Again featured on Timeless, the Grammy-winning all-star tribute to Hank Williams).Ben has also recorded and/or mixed albums for Leslie West and Mountain, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Savoy Brown, Jack Bruce and many other rock artists. In the blues genre he was associate producer and engineer on the Hubert Sumlins Grammy Award nominated record About Them Shoes featuring legends James Cotton, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Paul Oscher and Bob Margolin of Muddy Waters band, as well as Levon Helm of The Band. Additionally, Ben has worked with jazz artists including Al Caiola, Sonny Fortune, Louis Hayes, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Bill Easley and has mixed a series of Live at the Blue Note albums. He has also worked on tracks with Rock, Latin and R&B artists including Steve Miller, Billy F. Gibbons, Nokie Edwards, Warren Haynes, Jos Feliciano, Luther Vandross, Ben E. King and Bernard Purdie, and contemporary bands such as Clutch, the Henry Rollins Band and Robert Randolph. Throughout the years, Ben has gained experience from working with top producer/engineers such as Rob Fraboni, Eddie Kramer, Andy Wallace, Jason Corsaro and Joe Barresi.As co-owner of Showplace Music Productions, Ben is currently producing/directing multiple projects, including Lou Pallos star-studded recording and documentary tribute to guitar innovator and inventor, Les Paul, plus a unique collaboration of Italian guitar giants, titled Jersey Guitar Mafia.