A couple days ago, we reported the planned sale of EMI‘s legendary recording facilities on Abbey Road, London, to raise much-needed cash for the label’s parent company.
That same day a group of studio employees, musicians and fans formed Save Abbey Road Studios! to try and keep the property a working recording facility. The group’s fear: The facility will be converted into a museum of some sort, or, worse, luxury housing.
The group’s put a petition on its Web site that’s, so far, gathered 249 electronic signatures in support of its mission.
You can lend your support and sign the petition here.
I was lucky enough to visit London a few years back and was able to get a bit of a “Rock and Roll history” trek visiting Battersea, Freddie Mercury’s house and Abbey Road.
This is a studio that should stay.