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Message to all supporters

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 [...]

Help! EMI in talks to save Abbey Road with investors

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

Abbey Road to become listed building to secure its future

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!

Andrew Lloyd Webber 'very interested' in buying Abbey Road studios

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 [...]

Threatened Abbey Road studios could get listed status

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, [...]

Press Release – 18/02/2010

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 [...]

Beatles expert anxious at sale

The owner of the Beatles Cafe, near St Johns Wood station, speaks of his hopes that it stays as a recording studio.

The Beatles are just like Shakespeare – so let’s save Abbey Road for the

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

Abbey Road studios must be saved

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

Save Abbey Road, National Trust urged

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