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National Trust may launch campaign to buy Abbey Road

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!

ITN report on the potential sale

Early suggestions as to how to save Abbey Road

CURRENT SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS

1. We persuade EMI not to sell

This is most probably the easiest solution but highly unlikely – they need a cash injection fast and allegedly have few other easily saleable assets. EMI hanging onto this important facility would be a solution, but whilst EMI is in the hands [...]