LA landmark Rockaway Records recently acquired a pair
of tape recording consoles used extensively by The Beatles at E.M.I. /
Abbey Road studios while recording many of their classic albums
including “Revolver,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Abbey
Road” and many more. In addition to The Beatles, legendary artists
including Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple and more recorded music on
the consoles while working at E.M.I. / Abbey Road studios in the 1960s
and 1970s. It is believed that these are the only two surviving Beatles
E.M.I. / Abbey Road studios recording consoles that exist today. These
rare and historic consoles are currently for sale as-is from Rockaway
Records for $225,000.
“We’ve had a lot of
amazing memorabilia over the last 40 years, but this is probably the
most exciting and definitely the most important piece of
music memorabilia we have ever had!” – Wayne Johnson, Rockaway Records
owner.
In
its heyday, British recording giant E.M.I. Corporation manufactured
professional recording equipment and began building the BTR2 (British
Tape Recorder) console in 1953. Considered state-of-the-art mono
recorders at the time, the BTR2 consoles were used by E.M.I. / Abbey
Road studios starting in 1957 and throughout the 1960s and 70s. They
were the frontline mono machines when The Beatles began making records
there in 1962.
The BTR2 consoles were the machines used to record the
entirety of the band’s first 2 albums in mono: "Please Please Me" and
"With The Beatles", and also their first batch of hit singles, including
"Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "From Me To You", and "She Loves
You.”
The
BTR2 consoles were an extremely important and integral part of The
Beatles’ recording process, remaining in constant use by the elite team
of engineers and technicians employed at the studio on every album and
single throughout the band’s time recording there until 1969. There are
numerous photographs of the BTR2s in operation with one or more of The
Beatles in the shot during recording sessions for many of their albums
including “A Hard Day’s Night”, “Beatles For Sale”, “Revolver”, “Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, “Magical Mystery Tour”, “The White
Album” and “Abbey Road.”
In
addition to The Beatles, many other important artists recorded at
E.M.I. Studios during the time that the BTR2s were in use there,
including John Lennon (solo), George Harrison (solo), Ringo Starr
(solo), Pink Floyd, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, The Hollies,
Peter and Gordon, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Deep Purple, Jeff
Beck, Shirley Bassey, Connie Francis, and The Pretty Things.
CLASSIC
BEATLES ALBUMS INCLUDING ‘REVOLVER,’ ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
BAND,’ ‘ABBEY ROAD,’ ‘THE WHITE ALBUM’ AND MORE RECORDED ON CONSOLES –
OWN A PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY
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