It slightly loses steam in the latter chapters, but that's mainly because Abbey Road and the music business as a whole have similarly declined. What is it that really happens behind the doors of the most celebrated recording studio in the world? Indispensable reading for anyone interested in the iconic Abbey Road Studios, their history, the recordings made there and the artists who made them.

The crossing is situated at the southern-most point of Abbey Road, at the junction with Grove End Road, in the St John’s Wood area of North West London. Anyone looking for the street sign that’s pictured on the back cover of Abbey Road will have a tough job. Secondly, the area was redeveloped in 1972 to make way for the Alexandra and Ainsworth housing estate, which opened in 1978. Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition is an expanded reissue of the 1969 album Abbey Road by the English rock band the Beatles. For me, the main and most interesting point to taker from the narrative is that the music that we have listened to and loved was the product of a combination of the artists themselves who supplied the vision of what they wanted to achieve, and the technicians and producers, without whom the sounds that we hear could not have been made reality.

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Designer John Kosh claimed that EMI bosses were furious, but argued: “The biggest band in the world, you don’t have to say who they are - everyone knows who they are. The hardback is white with a black zebra crossing embossed on both front and back, and the spine has the title embossed onto a little road sign, too. While the main interest in this book is the arc of the impressive 90 year history of Abbey Road, I'd also recommend it to those interested in the histories of popular music, pop culture, the music business and music recording including all of its technical aspects. If you are paying to dispose of your waste, please make sure that you arrive at the site and complete payment before 3.One key advancement was the use of tapes - apparently the Germans were much further advanced than the Allies by the end of WW2 so their knowledge was put to good use.

Lastly, a large part of the charm of reading Abbey Road is that it's clearly written for an English audience. He was involved in the launch and editing of magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word, among many others. Darling, but before they set to business, they stepped outside of Number 3 Abbey Road to be photographed for the cover. I welcomed these sidebars and found it only appropriate to "hear" the inside story of Abbey Road in Hepworth's very British voice. It’s significant, then, that the photo chosen for the cover shows the four walking across the road with Abbey Road studios behind them - it’s the white building on the left of the picture.He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the corporation's coverage of Live Aid in 1985. Hepworth's book is an excellent choice for music enthusiasts who want to delve into the fascinating history and magic that was produced within the walls of the world-renowned recording studio that is a part of British culture. Before The Beatles came along, Abbey Road’s main claim to fame was being a stone’s throw from the location of Lord’s cricket ground. We are waiting for the Government to provide detail on exactly how and when the legislation will change. My only minor complaint was that was very little context provided as to what other studios where doing, particularly in the 30s and 40s.