September QUIZ: Answer!

Published: 07/10/2023 By Allan Fuller

September's Quiz Question was: 
 
At which London studio did the Beatles record? 

Answer: 
Abbey Road Studios NW8 

Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England. 

It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, which owned it until Universal Music Group (UMG) took control of part of it in 2013. It is ultimately owned by UMG subsidiary Virgin Records Limited (until 2013 by EMI Records Limited, nowadays known as Parlophone Records and owned by UMG's competitor Warner Music Group).

The studio's most notable client was the Beatles, who used the studio – particularly its Studio Two room – as the venue for many of the innovative recording techniques that they adopted throughout the 1960s. In 1976, the studio was renamed from EMI to Abbey Road.

In 2009, Abbey Road came under threat of sale to property developers. In response, the British Government protected the site, granting it English HeritageGrade II listed status in 2010, thereby preserving the building from any major alterations.


Quiz winner 
Congratulations to Antoinette Watts, whose name was picked out of the hat to win September's Quiz - please email info@allanfuller.co.uk to arrange to collection/delivery of your bottle of champagne.