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Recording and mastering studios, originally established by [l253617] in 1931, located in London, England, UK. Operating as [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/274057-EMI-Studios]EMI Recording Studios[/url] until 1984, when it legally changed its name to Abbey Road Studios. [b]For pre-1985 recordings that include "EMI" in the studio name, in whatever variation, please use [l=EMI Studios][/b]. Also appearing as: · Abbey Road · Abbey Road, London · Abbey Road Studio, St. John's Wood, London · Abbey Road Studios, London · Abbey Road (Studio 2) · Abbey Road Studio 2 · No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London · No.2 Studio, Abbey Road, London · Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios The studio complex consists of three main studios (Studios One, Two, Three) plus [l=The Penthouse] (since 1980) and the Gatehouse and Frontroom studios (since 2017) with respective control rooms. There also are four vinyl mastering, half-speed mastering and lacquer cutting rooms ("Room 5", "Room 6", "Room 7" and "Room 30"), each equipped with modified Neumann VMS 80 lathes. Additionally, there are two mastering / remastering rooms, a.o. for Dolby Atmos Music ("Room 35") and for enhancement/restoration ("Room 13"), plus many more rooms for production, mixing, and post-production. Until the early 1990s, the studio also had high-speed cassette duplication facilities. In June 1984, Abbey Road was the first UK studio to offer DMM technology by installing a Neumann VMS 82 lathe in "Room 5" (at that time lacquers were also cut on a VMS 70 with SX-74 cutter head). Copper cuts are marked with a stamped D. All lathes were later replaced by VMS 80. Current and former engineers employed by Abbey Road include: [a339601], [a=Greg Baggott], [a=Dee Batten], [a=Chris Blair], [a=Peter Bown], [a=Kathy Bryan], [a=Sally Drew], [a=Brian Fifield], [a=Simon Gibson], [a=Darrin Godwin], [a=Alex Gordon (9)], [a=Caroline Haigh], [a=Jared Hawkes], [a=Jennifer Howells], [a=Peter James], [a=Ian Jones (4)], [a=Simon Kiln], [a=Chris Ludwinski], [a=Sean Magee], [a=Lee Mansfield], [a=Peter Mew], [a=Richard Middleton (2)], [a=Harry Moss], [a=Adam Nunn], [a=Jørn Pedersen (2)], [a357287] (aka [a2494613]), [a=Tony Platt], [a=Simon Poole (5)], [a=Michael Sheady], [a=Miles Showell], [a=Eric Tomlinson], [a=Peter Cobbin], [a=Alan Parsons], [a=Allan Ramsay], [a=Steve Rooke], [a=Neil Sutcliffe], [a=Tracey Jackson], [a=Andrew Walter], [a=Nick Webb], [a=Alex Wharton], [a=Christian Wright] and [a=Hazel Yarwood].