Fashioned out of a sixteen-room residence at 3 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood that EMI bought in 1929, Abbey Road Studios opened in 1931

A Brief History of Abbey Road Studios

Once the recording industry's state-of-the-art facility, the famed studio in St. John's Wood has struggled in the digital era, forcing EMI, its owner, to quell rumors of its closure or sale.

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