Dates: 1986 – ?
Construction on the Sound Tracks Recording Studio began April 21 1986. The attraction opened a few months later, adjacent to the Panasonic Theater, current home to Shrek 4D.
From Universal Studios Tour brochure, 1986:
“Be sure to visit our exciting new audio / video shop, ‘Sound Tracks’. Just select one of the 150 prerecorded top tunes, sing and act along with the songs, and you can take home a musical momento of your day”
The Sound Tracks studio allowed guests to record themselves singing along to a backing track, and take the recording home on the newly-invented Compact Disk (CD) format.