OVERVIEW
A global music icon and the world’s first purpose-built recording studio, Abbey Road has been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in music technology over the last 93 years. The studios’ phenomenal history encompasses celebrated work by artists from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Shirley Bassey, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush, Oasis and Radiohead to Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Amy Winehouse, Little Simz, The Smile, Stormzy and Adele, as well scores to films from Raiders of The Lost Ark, The Lord of The Rings trilogy, most of the Harry Potter and Star Wars movies, to Gravity, The Shape of Water, 1917, Black Panther, Barbie and Avengers: Endgame. Since stereo was patented at Abbey Road in 1933, the studios have been home to numerous innovations in recording technology and continue to innovate today with Europe’s first music tech incubator, Abbey Road REDD.
