 Atlantic Records regularly used the studios for their roster of artists in the 1970s, through a connection with Tom Dowd, a leading staff engineer-producer with the label.The Bee Gees worked at Criteria in the mid- to late 1970s and early 1980s, most notably during recording of "Main Course" (1975) and "Spirits Having Flown" (1979).In 1999, The Hit Factory purchased Criteria Studios, revamping and re-opening the studios under the new name "The Hit Factory Criteria Miami".