Abbey Road News

Abbey Road Online Mastering Launched

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We are delighted to announce that the Abbey Road Online Mastering service is now live, meaning that it�s never been easier to have your music mastered at Abbey Road.At only �90 per digital track, Online Mastering is an extremely efficient method of utilising Abbey Road's mastering facilities via the internet. Simply upload tracks onto our secure server and select products and services as required. Your tracks are then mastered by one of our world-renowned team of engineers, using our combination of unique vintage and state-of-the-art equipment, and returned either as a download via the same website or by post for physical items. Additional copies can also be produced on CD or vinyl format. For full details and to register, visit www.abbeyroadonlinemastering.com

'Abbey Road' booth at E3 Games Convention for Beatles: Rock Band

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The forthcoming The Beatles: Rock Band game was previewed recently at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 in Los Angeles. At the convention, the demo booth for the game was designed to look like Abbey Road -- including a mock-up of Studio Two, where The Beatles recorded the vast majority of their music. You can see pictures of the �Abbey Road� booth here.The Beatles: Rock Band by Harmonix / MTV Games is due for release on 9th September 2009.

New Guus Meeuwis album, recorded in Studio Two, at #1 in Holland

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Guus Meeuwis recently recorded his latest album NW8 for EMI in Studio Two with Chris Bolster, and we�re delighted to say that it is currently top of charts in his native Holland. The album entered the charts at Number 1 and has been there for three weeks. 

Classical BRITS 2009 Winners

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The Classical BRIT Awards 2009 took place last night at the Royal Albert Hall and we�re thrilled to have worked with some of the winners.Howard Goodall won Composer of the Year for his album Eternal Light: A Requiem for EMI Classics. The album was recorded in St Michael's Church, Oxford, using the Abbey Road Mobile, produced by Simon Kiln and engineered by Jonathan Allen. In addition, his recent Enchanted Voices album for Classic FM was engineered by Andrew Dudman and mastered by Simon Gibson. Enchanted Voices has been at the top of the specialist classical charts for 8 weeks and is the highest-selling (non-compilation) choral CD of 2009 so far.Alison Balsom won the Female Artist of the Year for her EMI Classics recording of Haydn/Hummel: Trumpet Concertos with the Bremen Chamber Orchestra. The album was recorded in Bremen by Arne Akselberg and Richard Hale with Abbey Road�s Mobile Recording Unit.Libera were nominated for Best Young Performer/Group. Their 2008 album Eternal: The Best of Libera was mastered at Abbey Road by Simon Gibson, but unfortunately they narrowly missed out on the night, with the award going to Alina Ibragimova.For a full list of award winners, please visit the Classical BRITS website.

Keane in 3D - Behind the Scenes

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On 2nd April, Keane performed in Studio One of Abbey Road in the first ever live 3D webcast.Watch the video below to see interviews with the band and behind the scenes footage of what made the performance possible. You can also read Abbey Road engineer Kris Burton's blog on the show here.

BBC Music Magazine DVD of the Year

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The BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009 were presented recently at Kings Place in London and we are delighted to announce that Donizetti�s La Fille du R�giment, recorded and mixed by Jonathan Allen for the Royal Opera House, has won the BBC Music Magazine Jury Award DVD of the Year 2009.Featuring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Fl�rez, Presto Classical say �an evening of pure joy in the company of a first-rate cast at the Royal Opera House is captured to perfection on this DVD�.Donizetti - La Fille du R�giment is available from Virgin Classics.For a full list of award winners, please visit BBC Music Magazine. 

Abbey Road Brilliance Pack nominated in Resolution Awards 2009

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We�re thrilled to say that the Abbey Road Brilliance Pack has been nominated for Best Plug-in at the Resolution Magazine Awards 2009.The result of requests from readers and manufacturers to �rubber stamp� equipment to differentiate it and to credit excellence where it is due, Resolution Awards 2009 celebrate �Quality and Innovation� in professional equipment shipped in 2008.The Brilliance Pack comprises faithful software emulations of the RS127 and RS135 �presence� EQ units, used extensively on many landmark recordings at Abbey Road.Only registered readers of Resolution magazine are eligible to vote through the website after logging in with their unique reader code and postcode. Voting will close at the end of May.For a full list of nominations and to vote, please visit the Resolution website.The Brilliance Pack is available to purchase from www.abbeyroadplugins.com

60th Anniversary of the 7� Single

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Earlier this week saw the 60th anniversary of the 45rpm 7� single, the first of which was released by RCA in the US on 31st March 1949. With our long history of cutting records, Abbey Road has a special association with the 7� single, and remains one of the few studios in the UK which still offers a vinyl mastering service. The BBC have created a photo gallery documenting the vinyl production process, from recording studio to record shop, and visited us recently to take some pictures of the initial cutting process in our mastering rooms. You can see the full gallery at the BBC website.

Special offer on Abbey Road Mastering

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Even if you are unable to come to Abbey Road itself, it's still easy to have your music mastered at our famous studios. Simply send us your unmastered music, and we will master it to your liking and return it to you promptly. We are able to offer a rate of �90 per track for unattended mastering sessions at Abbey Road, with a one week turnaround. This rate includes access to world-renowned Abbey Road engineers and equipment.  Offer ends April 30th 2009 and is limited to availability.Please contact our bookings manager, Lucy Launder, quoting 'Remote Mastering offer' for further information, availabilty and remote access details. Email lucy.launder@abbeyroad.com or telephone +44 (0)20 7266 7237.

New "Madama Butterfly" recording No.1 in UK Classical Charts

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We�re delighted to say that EMI Classics� new recording of Puccini�s Madama Butterfly, recorded in Rome by Abbey Road�s Jonathan Allen, went straight to No. 1 in the UK Classical Charts upon release two weeks ago.Performed by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Angela Gheorghiu and conducted by Antonio Pappano, the album was last week named as the Telegraph�s classical CD of the week. The Telegraph�s Rupert Christiansen says of the recording, �a few years ago the doomsayers were proclaiming that the age of recording opera in the studio was dead, but here it appears to be alive and kicking� it is very impressive in many respects, not least because of the ideal clarity and warmth of the sound engineering.�Additional praise of the recording: "Immaculately recorded, spacious and evocative." - The Times"The sound is spectacularly good; spacious, warm, and superior to any previous set." - Music Web International"The sound of EMI's studio recording is immaculately clean, with excellent balance and a realistic ambience." - All Music GuideYou can read more details and purchase the album via the EMI Classics website.