Revised Edition.
The Beatles final album made London's Abbey Road recording studios forever famous. But from their 1931 opening, the studios had exerted a unique appeal for almost everyone who recorded there.
Unremarkable in themselves, they have been the scene of many remarkable musical achievements. Abbey Road has played host to a veritable "who's who" of talent . . . Sir Edward Elgar, Fred Astaire, Gracie Fields, Max Miller, Sir Thomas Beecham, Cliff Richard, Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren, Pink Floyd, Sting, Kate Bush and Oasis.
The site of George Martin and The Beatles first meeting, Abbey Road would have gone down in history anyway: it is a shrine to the greatest pop group ever. But that is just the most famous of many creative alliances that have been made at the studios in well over half a century.
It's all here, and the anecdotes are as good as the music. From the days when the staff wore white coats, through the rock 'n' roll years to today's big stars, the authors bring Abbey Road's fascinating history to life for everyone who's ever wondered what goes on behind the graffiti-covered walls. What Paul McCartney calls "the best studio in town" turns out to be full or surprises. It also stands revealed as the magic place we all believed it was.
