Save Abbey Road Studios!

Dear Everyone,

The chances are if you are reading this you are one of the 2,000 who signed the petition, or one of the 20,000 who joined the Facebook group; in either case I thank you wholeheartedly. We could not have done it without you.

Over the last three days we have heard firstly that EMI have [...]

EMI, the struggling record label and music publisher, will not sell its world-famous Abbey Road studios but is instead in talks with third-party investors to help it finance a “revitalisation” of the North London complex.

The Telegraph – 21/02/2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7286954/Help-EMI-in-talks-to-save-Abbey-Road-with-investors.html

TIMES ARTICLE

Useful times article – suggests that the National Trust is courting people who would want to see it preserved as “a living, breathing recording studio.”

That’s very good news.

No more yet from Lloyd Webber – do keep us updated!

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-very-interested-in-buying-abbey-road-studios-1904499.html#mainColumn

Around 8,000 people have joined a Facebook campaign and online petition urging Abbey Road to be kept on as a working studio.

“Abbey Road studios holds a special place in the hearts of the general public. For many this world class studio was the birthplace of their favourite [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/feb/18/abbey-road-studios-sale

So English Heritage could fast-track listed status for the buildings. This is a mixed blessing. It seems obvious that the studios should have listed status, however if it prevents the studios from being able to upgrade, reinstall and expand as necessary then it is all the more likely that it will become merely a museum, [...]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2858522/Chris-Evans-plea-to-save-Abbey-Road-recording-studio.html

RADIO star Chris Evans has called for the iconic Abbey Road studios – made famous by The Beatles – to be saved from property developers.

The Sun – 18/02/2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/feb/17/abbey-road-studios

The place where the Beatles recorded is full of wonder. So why are we so bad at preserving our pop-cultural heritage?

The Guardian 17/02/2010

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7031536.ece

The National Trust may step in to save Abbey Road studios after they were put up for sale by EMI

Times Online 18/2/2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8521007.stm

At this stage it’s fantastic that the National Trust has weighed in with their support.

However we hope that they wish to keep this centre of recording excellence running as a studio and not let it become a Beatles theme park!