Abbey Road For Sale
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16/02/2010 12:13pm
Abbey Road Studios has been put up for sale.
Owners EMI, who are looking to raise close to £100 million to prop up their disastrous finances, have been forced into this decision. It’s expected that the iconic complex could fetch around £20 million.
The house, 3 Abbey Road, was bought in 1929 by The Gramophone Company, who later became EMI.
It opened as the world’s first custom-built recording studio in 1931, and became famous as the place where The Beatles recorded all their albums, except for Let It Be.
The Beatles also made the zebra crossing outside the studio legendary.
So many others have worked there over the decades, including Pink Floyd and Radiohead.
This building cannot be sold to private developers, who would surely turn it into flats. How about a consortium of interested parties buy it or the National Trust (after all they have bought ex Beatle homes in Liverpool).
Either that or we all chip £20 in and we’ll buy it
Of course it would be a shame if abbey rd closed,iv done some stuff there myself.But it all lies at the feet of the management.Bands have not been using it for years,with declining budgets,techno advances ect,but how can the most famous studio in the world loose money?.In the past 15years its become one big I.T. complex with no vibe,focus,or buisness plan.I was in there first time for 2weeks in 1997 and it was almost like we were the first band to have visited the place.Its great having meaty film music like harry potter,lord of the rings being worked there,but when its booked for 3months at a time and the managment wont do deals,record labels and artists turn there back on it and go to one of the other 200 studios in london…even mr mcartny has his own replica abbey rd studio in the same area.I only hope who ever buys it theyl use it for what it was ment for.Recording bands.
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