article_snippet.sent: Despite receiving around 500,000 visitors a year, mostly to walk the famous crossing, the studio doors have been shut to those not recording ever since 1931 - that is, until now, thanks to a new collaboration with Google.
article_snippet.sent: View from the outside: More than 500,000 people knock on the doors of Abbey Road studios every year only to be told that it is closed to the public .
article_snippet.sent: Because it is a working studio it is closed to the public.
article_snippet.sent: because it is a working studio it has never been open to the public, despite receiving 500,000 visitors a year .
highlights_snippet.sent: The world famous studios have never before been open to the public .
  