In praise of … Abbey Road

The studios themselves will surely outlast any sale, but the supply of great and original albums from Abbey Road may notIf the Beatles had named their last recorded album Everest after their recording engineer's brand of cigarettes, as it is said they wanted to do, fewer people would have heard of EMI's Abbey Road studios, but there would still be reason to lament their likely sale. Perhaps the heavily produced sound of the Beatles' Abbey Road has become too familiar, and that cover photograph o...

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