Abby Road studios for sale

[Zemo]

I don't know if this has been discussed. But wow, what great thing to own!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8519706.stm

[Mikey]

McCartney should buy it

[megoat]

I visited Abbey Road once about 15 years ago. It was pretty awesome to stand in the gymnasium sized recording rooms where those classic Beatles lp's were tracked. The whole compound is pretty massive!

[Mikey]

Do they have national historical site preservation in England ?

Perhaps the country can save it.

[toys2cool]

wow that's really cool, how much?

[Blue Meanie]

Macca should buy...he couldn't buy his songs because he was trying to be a good guy and buy them with Yoko...the least he could do is buy the damn studio he and the John, George, and Ringo revolutionized the recording industry with. It's still a working studio second only to AIR Studios (Owned by Sir George Martin) in quality. It's not like McCartney can't afford it....Man is a Billionaire. He could finally do what the Beatles tried to do with Apple Corp...produce and mentor/train/tutor successful artists. He aint getting any younger either. There's gonna come a time when he has to stop touring. The man is gonna be 68 this year. Just buy the damn studio.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Hope somebody preserves it as a studio rather than making it a tourist trap.

[WannabeMego]

Jackson May Have Left McCartney Rights to Beatles Songs in His Will

[SeattleEd]

Gary Barlow to buy it? A Sony recording artist buying it? Doesn't Sony/ATV own enough of the Beatles let alone control the percentage of MJs for now?
There needs to be a buyer that isn't corporate involved to purchase the studio for what it's meant for, record musicians and not use it as a PR tool.
Well all good things come to end or don't last. It's bound to transfer hands....and away from the hands of Terra Firma, so be it. Ever since Terra Firma purchased EMI it has gone down hill. A company I worked for dealt with EMI when they were purchased and what a time it was having them to pay their bills. Fought tooth and nail on everything. Down to the penny. And the blaming of delivery was always our fault when they couldn't handle their deliveries. They were the only ones that complained. It was better working with EMI before and the people, more so EMI America. After the sell, the relations department when down like lead zeppelin.

[megoat]

Funny story about my trip to Abbey Road:

I was hanging out in the "library" section of the studio where they store, file, catalog media etc etc. chatting up with a mutual friend that was working there when I noticed a HUGE box of DAT tapes. Before CD-R's, DAT's were the way digital audio media was stored. The tapes were EXPENSIVE. Anyway, I mentioned something about the big box of DAT's, and the guy says "You want some? Take as many as you'd like". So as I'm loading up on DAT's I ask the guy what gives? Why you giving these out? He told me that the studio was ordering these plastic cases that held 4 DAT tapes for storage and filing. Apparently they couldn't just order the cases without the tapes. So when they'd get a shipment of these cases they'd remove the DATS and throw them in a huge box that was eventually thrown in the garbage! Insane! I think at the time DAT tapes were around $10 to $15 retail!

[david_b]

Paulie could buy it and be his typical tongue-in-cheekness by saying 'Yeah, I use to slave here long hours, now I OWN the place..' kind of ****ck.

What.., a whopping .005% cut in his wealth..? Please....

david_b

[SeattleEd]

NO SALE FOR YOU, TERRA FIRMA!!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010...isted-heritage