The four got together two weeks later, on Friday 22 August 1969 at John’s house at Tittenhurst Park in Ascot, Berkshire for one last photo shoot. In fact, the last session to see John, Paul, George and Ringo in the studio together was on 20 August 1969.

Abbey Road was the final album The Beatles recorded and it was issued on Friday 26th September 1969 with a genuinely iconic cover photo. August 1969 was a particularly sunny day and Macca lived around the corner in St John’s Wood, so he strolled around to the studios wearing sandals. A short list includes Pablo Casals, Fats Waller, Noel Coward, Glen Miller, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, the Hollies, the Zombies, Pink Floyd, Peter Sellers, Tony Bennet, Burt Bacharach, John Williams, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West and Lady Gaga. All culminating in one very special night at Abbey Road Studios celebrating the art of music photography AND the photographers behind the lens. Whilst it took me nearly a month to get through anyway - mainly because I don't get the time to devote to my reading - it was not because I did not want to read it, but because I was always busy with something else.

Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. Though the studio is, of course, synonymous with the legendary work of The Beatles and Pink Floyd, our history contains many lesser-known but equally special recordings from Paul Robeson, Fats Waller, The Hollies, Deep Purple, Cilla Black, Shirley Bassey, John Williams, Amy Winehouse, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Massive Attack, Muse, Travis, Oasis, Nile Rodgers, Brockhampton, Adele, Little Simz, Sam Smith and many more. Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios is a book which fills a gap in the market.

The amazing piece of luck of The Beatles being picked up by George Martin after a modest audition is of course the stuff of legends, and this would of course cement not only the studio's place in history, but we see a seismic shift in the relationship between artists and producers, and introduce experimentation and depth into pop music the like of which had never been seen before. If you are bringing in a lot of mixed items including chargeable materials everything will be subject to the charges. Despite Abbey Road being the last time The Beatles were in the studio together, the album cover shoot wasn’t the last piece of pictorial Beatle business.For anyone, like myself, who has been endlessly fascinated by the great studio, this is probably its best ‘biography’ out there. This joyful read offers a time-traveling experience, shedding light on the rapid evolution of our listening habits, the enduring impact of certain bands, and the pivotal role played by a studio that housed it all. Apart from Paul being out of step with his bandmates and walking barefoot, there were other “clues” on the sleeve that the Beatles had “planted” to get the message across to their fans. main drawbacks with book - DH does go into a lot of ( probably too much) detail of the different technologies ( although it does mean the information is in one place ) and his writing can be a bit tortuous , Having said that I found it a very good read. Road traffic wasn’t the same 50 years ago, but Abbey Road was still a busy thoroughfare, which meant that photographer Iain Macmillan only had a short time to get his shot on his Hasselblad camera.

There is clearly a great respect for the engineers and background staff who helped make some of the world's greatest music. Sanitise your hands before and after touching items at the site, staff are spraying and cleaning handrails and bins but you can never be too careful.A lovely brief history of the studio and technicians of Abbey Road Studios, made eternally famous by the Beatles.