Is the National Trust going to buy Abbey Road studios from record company EMI?”
Globe and Mail National Trust could bid for Abbey Road Financial Times – Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Salamander Davoudi – 14 hours ago A sale would make a small dent in EMI’s debts but would follow similar disposals from other record labels in recent years, as studios become increasingly … National Trust may launch campaign to buy Abbey Road BBC News I’ll save Abbey Road: Andrew Lloyd Webber promises £30m-plus to buy studios Daily Mail Abbey Road and the Day Studio Music Died Wall Street Journal The Associated Press – AFP all 1,414 news articles » Email this story BBC News Andrew Lloyd Webber may buy Abbey Road studios The Guardian – James Meikle – 2 hours ago “Abbey Road has such great facilities, with three major recording studios, and Andrew has probably brought more musicians to record there than anyone else, …
Andrew Lloyd Webber says he is “very interested” in buying Abbey Road studios, saying it is “vital for the future of the music industry in the UK” to save the north London venue where he and the Beatles laid down much of their work. A spokesman for the composer and impressario said he first recorded there in 1967 with Tim Rice. “Abbey Road has such great facilities, with three major recording studios, and Andrew has probably brought more musicians to record there than anyone else, because it has the capacity to record large orchestral productions.” Lloyd Webber threw his hat into the ring to save the studios, which gave their name to a Beatles album, as concern grew over cash-strapped EMI’s plan to sell them. Sir Paul McCartney has raised hopes that someone will buy them (although hasn’t promised to try himself) and the National Trust, already the owner of the childhood homes of McCartney and John Lennon, has expressed cautious interest after DJ Chris Evans suggested it should step in.
The National Trust could buy and preserve the Abbey Road studios where the Beatles recorded many of their classics after an outpouring of public concern over its possible demolition, the British heritage-protection charity said Thursday. Anxious not to see it fall into private hands, many people have contacted the National Trust asking that it buy the London landmark, the charity said. It has been put up for sale by cash-strapped record company EMI. The campaign to save Abbey Road studios — which could be sold and turned into upscale housing in the St. John’s Wood neighborhood in North London — was spurred by former Beatle Paul McCartney and prominent disc jockey Chris Evans.
