A Brief History of Abbey Road Studios

The world's largest purpose-built recording studio, studio one can easily accommodate 110-piece orchestra and 100-person choir simultaneously.
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Worldwide
The Beatles and the studio made history in 1967, when the group performed "All You Need is Love" live for a worldwide satellite television link-up called "Our World". The first ever satellite uplink performance, the broadcast was heard by an estimated 350 million people.

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