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

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You also find that you get a potted history of recorded music itself - the progress of which was swift during the 20th century and revolutionized the way we listened to and purchased music, as well as the singers, musicians and studio technicians who made it all possible. Every so often, once a month, I believe, the wall outside of the Studios is white washed, and within a few weeks it is covered in names again. As Hepworth powerfully demonstrates, Abbey Road created the firmament for recording artistry, a genre in which the very idea of the studio is upended. It may have begun life as an affluent suburban house, but it soon became a creative hub renowned around the world as a place where great music, ground-breaking sounds, and unforgettable tunes were forged.

Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios is a book which fills a gap in the market. Pleased to see that the paperback of my book about Abbey Road Studios is out under the sign of the Penguin. He presented the definitive BBC rock music program Whistle Test and anchored the BBC's coverage of Live Aid in 1985. Indeed, when Sir Edward Elgar officially opened the ground-breaking Abbey Road studio in November 1931, he conducted Land of Hope and Glory on stage with his orchestra ‘apparently ready to give a performance rather than make a recording’.

It zips along with lots of love and affection for the craft and creativity of making music in a studio. Always intrigued when one landmark can pull in greatness from all corners of the world, this book captures everything from the artists themselves to the engineers and the groundbreaking discoveries. Does get a little technical at times, but the story of the music and artistes takes the reader on quite a journey. As Hepworth's engrossing book comes to an end, he wistfully captures the image that greets tourists as they wind their way from the St. In recent years, the place has changed hands and faced financial challenges, especially as digital technology has reduced the need for full-service studios.

I was the only black girl making white girl money,” she boasts, telling a vibrant story about sex and struggle in a bygone era. David Hepworth will be speaking about the history of Abbey Road recording studio as part of Chipping Campden Literature Festival on May 26 at Cidermill Theatre: campdenmayfestivals. Those who passed through our doors include the unstoppable ‘Barbie’ up for Best Picture and Best Original Song with ‘I’m Just Ken’, the inspiring ‘Society Of The Snow’ up for Best International Feature Film and the mind-blowing ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ up for Best Animated .Discovered on a Manhattan street in 2020 and introduced on Stanton’s Humans of New York Instagram page, Johnson, then 76, shares her dynamic history as a “fiercely independent” Black burlesque dancer who used the stage name Tanqueray and became a celebrated fixture in midtown adult theaters. Once inside, she had to be ‘discouraged from breaking into dancing while singing as she did on stage’. David Hepworth has developed a very distinctive style of writing, honed over years of writing music reviews and articles. Abbey Road claims that exalted status, of course, because it’s where the Beatles made their iconic, innovative albums with the assistance of producer George Martin, who developed his knack for sonic experimentation by recording comedy albums for the likes of Peter Sellers. While the Beatles play the major role in this detailed history (Sir Paul actually wrote the book's foreward) there are stories from an eclectic collection of other artists.