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George Martins 1962 Ray Cathode tracks remastered, remixed for limited dublab 12-inch A limited run of 100 numbered 12-Inch vinyl copies of George Martins 1962 Ray Cathode tracks will be exclusively sold by dublab; Proceeds benefit dublab’s nonprofit Community Radio Programming & Mission. Author: Los Angeles – March 9, 2021 – In early 1962, venerated producer, composer, and music executive George Martin collaborated with BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Maddalena Fagandini to create and r...

Beatles Abbey Road sign sells for £37,000 at auction John Dunne A street sign from London’s Abbey Road has sold for more than £37,000 at auction. The plaque from the street that is home to the famous recording studios, and featured on a Beatles album cover, smashed expectations at the sale. The classic white, black and red sign was created in 1967 by Sir Misha Black and was one of 275 signs being sold on behalf of Westminster City Council. Predicted to fetch between £1,000 ...

Catherine Southon with some of the 260 London street signs before auction A Chislehurst auction has seen world-wide bidding for a host of London street signs, with a sign from Londons Abbey Road selling for more than £37,000. The plaque from the street that is home to the famous recording studios, and featured on a Beatles album cover, smashed expectations at the sale. The classic white, black and red sign was created in 1967 by Sir Misha Black and was one of 275 signs being sold on beh...

Abbey Road Studios launches International Women’s Day Festival 25th February 2021 Abbey Road Studios has announced a programme of masterclasses and mentorship sessions to coincide with International Women’s Day and address the gender imbalance that exists in the industry. The Equalise programme is intended to highlight the fact that less than five per cent of music producers and engineers are women. Running from March 1-8 (International Women’s Day is March 8), the programme pledges to pr...

The pro sound and music industry has been paying tribute to audio pioneer Rupert Neve, who has died at the age of 94

Tributes paid to audio equipment inventor Rupert Neve, who has died aged 94 "Please understand that this man was one of a kind" Rupert Neve shows off his Lifetime Achievement Technical Grammy. CREDIT: Gary Miller/WireImage Rupert Neve, the audio equipment inventor whose mixing consoles and preamplifiers shaped the sound of recorded music in the 20th century, has died aged 94. The legendary inventor’s death was confirmed in a statement posted to his official website. His cause of death was �...

He said: “I didn’t think The Beatles were anything special at first.” The singer listened to them “covering some old track” and remarked that they “hadn’t sounded very good at all”. This was before The Beatles travelled to Hamburg, Germany, in 1960, and when they returned “they blew everybody away”. Despite this, Sir Cliff claimed he had been “a bit of an unofficial PR man” for the band. Cliff Richard claims his success forced The Beatles to emigrate (Image: GETTY) Cliff...

comments Along with "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine," "Walking on Thin Ice" holds a vaunted place among the collaborative works of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Indeed, it would be the final, poignant act in the story of their remarkable artistic association. Composed by Ono, "Walking on Thin Ice" began to take shape for Yoko during one of the Lennons car trips between their estate in Cold Spring Harbor and New York Citys Dakota apartment building. After writing the songs ethereal lyrics, Yoko c...

The Beatles: Pauls daughter Mary is helming the movie (Image: GETTY) READ MORE Mary, 51, is a noted photographer in her own right, and will detail the recording studio’s life from its inception in 1931. It will tell the story of the recording studio’s 90 year lifespan - from its original name, EMI, to recording The Beatles’ legendary album. Speaking out about the film, Mary said: “Some of my earliest memories as a young child come from time spent at Abbey Road. “I’ve long wanted to ...

Abbey Road Studios in London (Aaron Chown/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter Mary will direct a feature length documentary on Abbey Road Studios. If These Walls Could Sing is billed as the “first feature length documentary” on the world famous studios. The Beatles recorded most of t...