Has anyone been to Abbey Road Studios?
Oh, BTW: another forum member has been there in '83 (hope Rob wouldn't mind?): here
Nothing will get you dead quicker than being deadly serious about yourself.
It's confusing, even if you've been there. It's a bit hard to explain in correct detail. Please don't take this as just hype, but in the new book about their recordings, we spent some time figuring out how to show the setup, as it's so unusual.
There IS an "old house" in front - what you see from the street. Not much of the 3 main studios are in this portion (a tiny bit of #3 is). Most of the studios are an added-on building in the back, added to this nice expensive home (kept to match the surrounding style).
Our book shows a map we found from 1868 showing the original house and garden, where they built the other complex. There is a pic of the house itself in 1929 before they built the studio attachment, quite beautiful. There are room blueprints and even a kind-of-3D cutaway showing how all the studios go together.
There IS an "old house" in front - what you see from the street. Not much of the 3 main studios are in this portion (a tiny bit of #3 is). Most of the studios are an added-on building in the back, added to this nice expensive home (kept to match the surrounding style).
Our book shows a map we found from 1868 showing the original house and garden, where they built the other complex. There is a pic of the house itself in 1929 before they built the studio attachment, quite beautiful. There are room blueprints and even a kind-of-3D cutaway showing how all the studios go together.
Kevin (besides writing the book) did ALL the graphics and layout. A better person (in my opinion) could not be found! The graphic with Paul and John's heads demonstrating mic polar patterns seems to be everyone's favorite!
A good amount of the gear photos are our own (we learned to become photographers for this) with some amazing photographic contributions (such as the detailed mix desks and some of his own studio pics) from Brian Gibson.
A good amount of the gear photos are our own (we learned to become photographers for this) with some amazing photographic contributions (such as the detailed mix desks and some of his own studio pics) from Brian Gibson.