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2:56 PM GMT 19/02/2010

Sir Edward Elgar
Abbey Road Studios Opening
(1931)

Elgar conducted The London Symphony Orchestra through this inaugural recording of Land Of Hope And Glory in Abbey Road's gigantic Studio One on November 12, 1931. "Play this tune like you've never heard it before," says the man with the baton and the bushy moustache. ________________________________________________________________________

Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Move It
(1958)

British rock'n'roll was born at 3 Abbey Road when Cliff and his then-Drifters cut this swinging slice of R&B in the summer of 1958. ________________________________________________________________________

Pink Floyd
Arnold Layne
(1967)

By the time Pink Floyd entered EMI's flagship studio in January 1967, they had already been crowned kings of the British underground scene. Syd Barrett's tale of a cross-dressing Cambridge clothes thief paved the way for their psychedelic masterpiece The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - recorded at Abbey Road later that year. ________________________________________________________________________

The Beatles
All You Need Is Love
(1967)

Abbey Road will always belong to The Beatles. Picking one celluloid moment from their eight years in their St John's Wood haven is almost impossible, but for the purposes of this playlist we've plumped for the Our World broadcast from 1967. With George Martin at the controls and members of the rock cognoscenti sat at their feet, it's the Beatles doing what they do best at their home from home. ________________________________________________________________________

The Pretty Things
Baron Saturday
(Originally recorded 1968)

The Pretty Things were ahead of the game when they entered Abbey Road in 1968. The result of these sessions was *S.F. Sorrow, a grand rock opera recorded with Beatles' engineer and Floyd producer Norman Smith. Here's one of that album's highlights. ________________________________________________________________________

Roy Harper
One Man Rock'n'roll Band
(1970)

Harper has called the second track from the masterful *Stormcock "a sardonic poke at war". Written during a trip to California, its strange drop-tunings and cast list of characters were finally committed to tape at Abbey Road in 1970. ________________________________________________________________________

Kate Bush
Delius (Song Of Summer)
(1980)

Kate Bush spent six months ensconced in Abbey Road recording and producing Never for Ever. It would become her biggest success to date. Here's her celestial salute to composer Frederick Albert Theodore Delius. ________________________________________________________________________

The Smokin' Mojo Filters
Come Together
(1995)

As Britpop reached its zenith Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Paul McCartney, Steve Cradock, Steve White and Carleen Anderson entered Abbey Road to re-record John Lennon's Come Together for the War Child charity. Check out fleeting appearances from Johnny Depp and Kate Moss.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 2:56 PM GMT 19/02/2010

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