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, [...]
Facebook group started to save Abbey Road Studios
London, UK. 18th February 2010.
Fans, admirers and former employees are among the thousands joining the Facebook group, with the intention of saving the iconic Abbey Road Studios from the hands of potential property developers.
To date more than 7,000 people have backed the move to keep Abbey [...]
The owner of the Beatles Cafe, near St Johns Wood station, speaks of his hopes that it stays as a recording studio.
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