90 Years of Abbey Road Studios

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 30, 2021

On November 12th, Abbey Road Studios in London officially turned 90 years old. The studio was made famous by The Beatles 1969 album, Abbey Road, named after the studio, but also for other projects, from major motion picture film scores, to orchestral recordings, to projects ranging from Kanye West, Elton John, and Frank Ocean. To learn more about this sacred recording space, Britain-based music journalist Alistair Lawrence, author of the 2014 book, Abbey Road: The Best Studio in the World, gives us a history lesson.

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