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Save/ShareOver the past few weeks Londoners and Beatles fans the world over have been up in arms about EMI's possible plans to sell Abbey Road Studios, the legendary location where the Fab Four recorded many of their greatest albums. The studios are a prime piece of real estate near Madonna's old home and around the corner from Kate Moss in ever-so-fashionable St John's Wood, and there were fears that they'd be snapped up and turned into swanky apartments. The rumors became a scandal that soon made the national news—on all channels. Concerned fans launched a huge Facebook campaign and Paul McCartney was rung up and interviewed repeatedly, expressing concern and proclaiming sadness.
Last week, the government finally stepped in, giving the building Grade II listed status—the third-highest legal category for protection of buildings and monuments in the country and preserving the shell—if not necessarily the studios themselves for posterity. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge explained that Abbey Road had "produced some of the very best music in the world."
EMI have announced that they no longer have plans to sell Abbey Road. This is much to the chagrin of taxi drivers. The studios are a little way from my home and whenever I pass, there are always dozens of tourists holding up the impatient London traffic by photographing themselves on the zebra crossing in emulation of the Beatles.
Abbey Road's greatest hits
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
Tales of Mystery and Imagination – The Alan Parsons Project
Year of the Cat – Al Stewart
Never Forever – Kate Bush
Notorious – Duran Duran
Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Bends – Radiohead
Be Here Now – Oasis
Safe Trip Home – Dido
Love Never Dies – Andrew Lloyd Webber
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