ABBEY ROAD. THE STORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS RECORDING STUDIOS.

Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Limited. Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0850596017 A FINE HARDCOVER IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET (jacket has small closed tear to rear top edge, but is bright and clean, and is now protected by a mylar wrapper). TRUE FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITIAIN IN 1982 by Patrick Stephens Limited, Cambridge, England. 217 pages, phot illustrated endpapers, with index and glossary, illustrated with black and white Photographs throughout, many previously unseen. Abbey Road Studios in London, England, were made forever famous by the Beatles 1969 album, the last one they recorded, which they named Abbey Road for the studios. But the studios themselves had been in operation since 1931 ; the building was already 100 years old then. Since opening in 1931, the sudios have seen some of the most amazing talent record there ... from Fred Astaire , Gracie Fields , to Cliff Richard, Peter Sellers , Sophia Loren , to Sir Thomas Beecham , Judi Dench , The Hollies , Pink Floyd , Sting , to Kate Bush, Oasis , and many many more. The studios were where The Beatles first met George Martin. Paul McCartney calls them 'the best studios in town'. This book tells why, and why it is the magical place that everyone believed it was, from the early days when the staff wore white jackets, to the days of pop and rock and roll, and the many creative alliances that have been formed within its walls. Includes a one-paragraph foreword by Paul McCartney with B&W photo of Paul, and a one-page preface by George Martin . ABBEY ROAD. THE STORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS RECORDING STUDIOS. .