The Beatles’ iconic ‘Abbey Road’ recording console going up for sale on Reverb
nme.comThe Beatles‘ legendary ‘Abbey Road’ has been restored and is up for sale on Reverb.The EMI TG12345 recording console – which was used by the Fab Four to create their final 1969 LP – will be available for purchase starting on October 29 via the official Reverb shop of London recording studio pros and collectors MJQ Ltd.The unique console was created specially for EMI studios in 1968 and was the first of 17 consoles created by EMI.
It played an important role in the ambitious sound that The Beatles sought for ‘Abbey Road’.The recording machinery was disassembled and remained unused for over five decades.
It took five years to restore under the guidance of Beatles collaborator and former EMI engineer Brian Gibson (as per Reverb).
Gibson and a team of audio engineers and technicians were able to assemble the console with 70 per cent of its original parts and “faithfully reproduced the replacement parts to seamlessly work alongside their older counterparts.”Speaking about the console on Reverb, Dave Harries – who participated in numerous Beatles recording sessions with the machinery in the 1960s – shared: “‘Abbey Road’ is one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console.
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