article_snippet.sent: whose father Sir George Martin produced The Beatles, said: 'Abbey Road Studios has been a hive of creativity and source of world-class recordings for more than 80 years. '
article_snippet.sent: The artists using Abbey Road Studios have sold countless millions of records and have helped create popular culture as we know it today.
article_snippet.sent: The band recorded around 90 per cent of The band music there between 1962 and 1970 .
article_snippet.sent: The first custom-built studio complex of Abbey Road studios kind, Sir Edward Elgar used Abbey Road studios in Abbey Road studios early years to record some of Sir Edward Elgar famous pieces.
article_snippet.sent: The facility had been fashioned out of a 16-room residence at 3 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood which had been bought by record company EMI in 1929.
article_snippet.sent: In total, around 90 per cent of the legendary band's music was recorded at Abbey Road studios.
article_snippet.sent: Among the famous artists to have recorded at Abbey Road are the Spice Girls, Pink Floyd, Cliff Richard, Queen and Shirley Bassey.
article_snippet.sent: In 2010 rumours began circling that cash-strapped EMI were looking to sell Abbey Road studios.
article_snippet.sent: A year later cash-strapped EMI sold cash-strapped EMI recorded music division for £1.2billion to the French-owned Universal Music Group.
article_snippet.sent: Abbey Road Studios has hosted every major name in music in the last 80 years but