Sun Studio Reviews

The tour guide was amazing. Lots of music legend history.

Loved our tour guide. Being in the actual studio was a real highlight.

Authentic but loses its charm with the stigma of everything for sale. You can visit for photos inside and outside.

It was cool to see where the icons recorded music but the tour could be handled better to accommodate the amount of people they let in.

We had a great time. The tour was very informative and lots of fun things to see.

You can feel the history within the walls. a beautifully preserved studio. An absolute treasure.

Birthplace of Rock n Roll!!! Great historical spot for music lovers!! Highly recommend!!

Loved seeing where some famous people have done their recordings

Really fun tour! Not an expensive thing either. It's a ways from downtown but if you're looking for a nice little walk it wasn't a bad one from Beale street.

As a group tour there was to many at once and pushed through. I never even go any further than 10 steps on first floor. Then totally blocked on second floor.

A must see on any tour of Memphis!!! Stop in and see where it all started...

Great history of all the stars that recorded there. Kept the place exactly the way it was in the 50's and 60's.

We took the historical studio tour, which was well done, with a few liberties for drama. The only disappointing aspect was that our tour group had maybe 50 people in a space that would have better held maybe 20. It's worth seeing and hearing, though, and not hugely expensive. The shop sells posters, hats, and probably some recordings, but I felt a bit too cramped to look at the items for sale. After the tour, we walked a few blocks down to see the "sea foam green" building that houses the CURRENT active Sam Phillips Studio. (No tours there, except presumably to paying recording artists.)

Very cool place with a lot of history! The tour guide was very informative...other than that, the staff was HORRIBLE! I, myself work in customer service and there's was by far the worst I had encountered! Being a tourist attraction, I would assume that the majority of clientele you get is from out of state or just in town looking for things to do, as we were. With that being said, your staff could not have been more rude, helpless and self involved! Would not return even if Elvis himself were performing. Yes...it was that bad!

Small building but rich in history. The tour was fabulous. I believe our tour guide's name was Ples, and he was very knowledgeable. The tour starts upstairs (not accessible to my knowledge), where there are exhibit cases full of great artifacts. Ples told us the history of Sun Studio and Sam Phillips. He also played audio clips during the tour. Then the tour goes back downstairs via a second staircase to the original front office and recording room. Photos (non-flash) were encouraged. It was awesome to learn the history and also stand in the same recording studio as early music legends and those that have used it in more recent times such as U2. There's a small cafe in the lobby and merchandise for sale including vinyl records. Anyone who loves the history of rock 'n roll, music legends like Elvis Presley, Rufus Thomas, and Johnny Cash should get a thrill out of the tour, as well as those who love the history of the music industry and cultural heritage institutions in general.

A must see in Memphis! So much music history here. It literally gave me chill bumps.

Excellent tour guide (Thanks, Lahna!). Well-designed and curated exhibit.

This is a MUST for any music lover as this place created music hiatory, much like the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

Our tour guide was superb and the crowd was not too large either.

Amazing! One of the greatest experiences when in Memphis. You have to go! The guide (and owner) tells the storys with such enthusiasm and love for the music. I loved every minute of it.

Our tour guide was the best ever! Visited on 9/16/19

Wow is all I can say. The wealth off information on this tour is amazing!

Rock and roll history was made at this location. Probably some things you never knew about how rock and roll came to be!

Another historic Memphis music attraction worth visiting.

Fantastic preserved historical landmark. Enthusiastic young guide. Great to see the artefacts and to know the studio is still used.

Fabulous place to visit when in Memphis you must visit

A great place to learn about the million dollar quartet and Memphis blues and how elvis ended up in Nashville

Enjoyed the tour, but the group was at least two or three times too large to be optimal.

It's really special to stand in the same room on the same floor tiles and under the same ceiling as those music legends and imagine them making those recordings years ago.

Absolutely amazing had a great experience excellent tour guide so much history magic

Great tour and you help support local muscians and businesses. The gift shop is great for memoribilia. Every music fan needs a sun studio shirt in their wardrobe.

Excellent tour and even better guide. He made it great with his passion for the place

That was really surprising when I saw Sun Records from the side street. That was him .... finally arrived. The roots of rockabilly have been created here. The studio is really great with all the business and bar
The tour through a pretty lively girl made the tour all the more set back. 50s pure. Then in the studio: HEARTKLOPFEN. My emotions switch to fullspeed. I'm in the middle of it! The original Micro gave me the rest ..
Elvis and Johnny forever
Thank you so much

Great Memphis Blues and Rock and Roll history. Loved the tour. Very informative, thrilling.

An Amazing walk through history and the tour guide was amazing. I got chills standing in the very spot where Elvis first recorded ever!!!!!!

It was awesome to actually be in the same room that some of the worlds best artists once recorded.

A giant part of rock history started here. The studio is small, the tour isn't the longest, but it's so cool to see that it's indispensable for anyone coming to Memphis, even if they're not a big fan of Elvis.

I was surprised that it was still operating as an active studio

So pumped after being here! My heart's racing knowing how much music history was made here!!!

It's a must when in Memphis, TN! The tour guides are Awesome!

Everyone working here was so kind and our tour guide was amazing. Learned a ton and was amazing getting to stand on the ground that so many amazing musicians have stood!

Interesting good value for money.rushing you out for next trip

Reasonably priced at 14 bucks per person and led by a guide who knows his stuff. Wonderfully informative. Sort of like stepping back in time. If you like rock or country or blues, you have to visit Sun Records.

Many consider Sun Recording Studio as the birthplace of Rock N Roll. Starting out as Memphis Recording Services where Sam Phillips is known to have focused on African-American music, Ike Turner and many others have recorded here. Ike turner said that his band actually wrote what is considered the first Rock N Roll song ever recorded, Rocket 88. The story goes that Sam Phillips told Ike Turner he could not sing so one of Ike s bandmates,Jackie Brenston sang the song. Jackie Brenston and the Delta cat s was one name they went by. Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Oberson and Carl Perkins we re all known to have started there as well as many others. All of the guides are incredible, very high energy, very knowledgeable and at the end of the tour open for any questions. Also they are singers, guitarists and artists themselves. Many legends have haunted this studio and is such a treasure for anyone interested in the beginnings of Rock N Roll.

A Memphis historic staple. I love to take friends out of town there just to watch their jaws dropping!

Graham is an amazing tour guide. I loved this tour...so much music history and so well done. Cute coffee shop to hang out in while waiting for tour...buy a tshirt or 45record! Highly recommend!

Incredible time,if you love the history of music,of rock and would like the ability to stand in the same place as Elvis,Jerry Lee,Johnny cash. Go there now!!

The employees are amazing and friendly as well!!

Very cool any one who likes music would love this place

I loved the tour and our tour guide, Zach. He was very nice. Coffee was only a dollar and tee shirts were $20, so not too bad. I'm a local Memphian and I still learned quite a bit about the history of my city from the tour.

Lived in Memphis my whole life (56 years) and though I have driven past it 100's of times I had never walked in the door until this week when a business associate in town requested we go. WOW...what a cool experience!! Both the memorabilia in the shop and the exhibits on the tour are very interesting. Our tour guide did an awesome job walking us through the history of Memphis music & the impact Sun Records had in sharing the soulful heartbeat of Memphis with the world. Especially cool to stand in the studio on the very marks where so many giants of music once stood to record the songs known & loved around the globe. As a lifelong Memphian I thought I knew all there was to know about my city's musical heritage and very glad I took time to visit Sun to learn there is so much more I don't know. If you love Memphis music, recommend highly that you take time to visit the true birthplace of rock & roll next time you are in town.

SUN Studio in Memphis TN, it's beautiful. There is a lot of musical imprint and the guide who played us knew many things and transmitted them with a lot of humor. There are musical shows and one can feel there at the time when Elvis, Johnny Cash and so many others made history. It is also the place where they recorded the famous Million Dollar Quartet. The history of this study is beautiful. I recommend. It has a bar at the start of the tour where you can make time until the next. Groups enter every hour.

ONLY there are tours in English, that's why I give them a point.

The birthplace of Rock-n-roll. With great tour guides the historic vibes are there for all to feel. You cannot come out un-moved.

Awesome tour. So glad we squeezed to in before we left town

What a place, I see why musicians come here to record, it is history

Great visit! Friendly. Great atmosphere and love the history!

Sun Studio was by far my absolute favorite thing to see in Memphis. Tiffany was an astounding tour guide and the staff was so helpful and friendly. Definitely a must see for music fans!

Historical. See where Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash got their start

A place load of history the studio where was recorded the first disc of rock n'roll he remained as in the 50s

A visit to Memphis would not be the same without a tour of Sun Studio's, and the tour guide really brought the story and history to life.

This is a must see for any music lover. Everything is just as it was and they still record there today.

I can't give it a 5 because we didn't have funds to take tour, but we like place

Just a gift shop. There is no history taught and barely any records sold.