The Beatles Abbey Road Mixing Desk. Photo:Jeff Gilbert


Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner. Apart from the facility's use as a recording studio, the premises have also been used to remaster many of the classical music recordings made at Kingsway Hall. It is most notable for being the venue in the 1960s for innovative recording techniques adopted by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and others. At the end of 2009, the studios came under threat of sale to property developers, but the studio received historic site status from the British government in 2010 to protect it.


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Location: Goodwood Vintage Festival, Goodwood, West Sussex, England, UK
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
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