Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney)

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Sarah Lancashire makes rare public appearance to collect Performance of the Year gong at the Rose D'Or Awards for the final series of Happy Valley The first time I stepped into Abbey Road's fabled Studio 2, I couldn't breathe. The very thought that I was standing in the room where the Beatles recorded the vast majority of their unparalleled music was simply overwhelming. With " Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio," David Hepworth affords readers a stirring history of the much-heralded studio and the magic that has transpired within its hallowed walls. (Originally published last October in the U.K., the book is out in the U.S. now.) The reissued Abbey Road did get on the news when it too went straight to number one. Who buys these things 50 years on? Anyone who likes the idea of buying a record whose quality was proven 50 years earlier. This time it finds itself in the same chart as Liam Gallagher’s Why Me? Why Not. and Taylor Swift’s Lover. Who knows? Maybe in 50 years’ time they too will be reissued with similar fanfare.

It’s an absolutely magical record. I’m not the world’s biggest Roy Harper fan; but I just think, not many artists get the opportunity in their life to make a great record. The Beatles did it a dozen times. Roy Harper did it once. I am not a huge fan of Hepworth's work. Whilst he always seems to write about things which I want to read, I find his style quite tiresome to get through. It hurts my head, sometimes. I don't know what it is. As an Anglophile, audiophile and unapologetic Beatles nerd, there was slim chance David Hepworth's book would be anything less than a hit with me - and it certainly delivered. This history of London's famous Abbey Road Studio was an enjoyable read, well researched and insightfully written by a talented music journalist. Lauren Pope's daughter, 3, is rushed to hospital due to medical emergency - after TOWIE star split from millionaire boyfriend Tony Keterman Evan Ellingson's cause of death revealed: My Sister's Keeper star died from accidental fentanyl overdose at age 35As Hepworth points out, the studio was making history in nearly the same instant in which the facility first opened its doors. In the early 1930s, English composer Edward Elgar conducted the historic recording sessions at EMI Studios for "Pomp and Circumstance," the series of five marches that would immortalize his name — the march entitled "The Land of Hope and Glory" emerged as a British sporting anthem, while "The Light of Life" became the signature melody for American graduation ceremonies. Her last performance at Abbey Road came in 1971. Du Pre was often overcome with an inexplicable feeling of tiredness and couldn’t play. But that day she was in magnificent form, recording Chopin and Beethoven. Suddenly she stopped, exhausted again. ‘That’s all for today,’ she said, snapping her cello case shut. She was 26, and never in a recording studio again. She died at 42, a victim of the multiple sclerosis which had been haunting her for years. David Hepworth (born 27 July 1950) is a British music journalist, writer, television presenter, and publishing industry analyst. He was instrumental in the foundation of a number of popular magazines in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Along with the journalist, editor and broadcaster Mark Ellen, he turned the pop magazine Smash Hits into one of the most popular UK music magazines of the 1980s. A presenter of The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1980s, he co-presented the BBC broadcast of Live Aid in 1985. [1] Early life [ edit ]

Of course, I especially liked reading about The Beatles and how they recorded at the studios, and as I read, I found myself yearning to visit the studios. I have been across the zebra crossing outside, of course, but have never been inside. Occasionally, the studio runs tours - I MUST go to one of these. Ah, he says, ask Spotify. Does this thing at the end of the year where it tells you the tune you’ve listened to most.

The Irish voice at the end? Saying, ‘there is no dark side of the moon’? Gerry O’Driscoll, studio doorman.