Abbey Road

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Abbey Road

• Conner Plufka
• Block 3
• Mr. Wilson

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Where is Abbey Road

• Abbey Road known to most people
• The road runs thorough the northwest to southeast
  
• St. John's Wood, near
• Lord Cricket Ground
• Abbey road begins at the
• intersection of Quex Road
• and West End Lane
• Continues south-east for a few kilometers
  crossing Belsize Road, Boundary Road, Blenheim
  Terrace and Marlborough Place, ending at the
  intersection of Grove

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Why is it Famous

• Abbey road is the place where the Beatles
  recorded.
• They have recorded over 20 albums at the Abbey
  Road Studios.

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Abbey Road Studios

• Its main reason for being famous is because of
  Abbey Road Studios.
• It is located at the eastern end.
• At this studio the Beatles named their final LP
  in 1969 the album was called Abbey Road named
  after the studio.
• The album cover is the famous picture of the
  Beatles walking across zebra crossing

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Abbey Road Studios

• Was originally built as an
• Georgian Townhouse in 1831
• The location was acquired
• Gramophone Company in 1931
• The neighboring house was also used to house
  musicians
• In the mid 1900s the studio was used by Sir
  Malcolm Sargent a British composer

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Abbey Road Studios

• The Gramophone Company later merged with Columbia
  Graphophone Company to form EMI.
• EMI then took over the studios.
• The studios were then called EMI studios.
• Later in the 1970s
• the studio was
• renamed Abbey Road
• Studios.

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Abbey Road Studios

• Abbey Road Studios has recorded music for 100
  different movies.
• Some of the movies were Raiders of the Lost Arc,
  Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter Movies,
  Star Wars 1, 111, IV, and VI, Phantom of the
  Opera, Dogma, A Man for all Seasons, and The
  League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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