Editing Abbey Road Studios (section)

==Sale attempt==
On 17 February 2010, it was reported that [[EMI]] had put the studios up for sale because of increasing debts. There was reported interest by property developers in redeveloping the site into luxury flats.<ref name="Times AR Sale">{{Cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article7029140.ece |title=End for Abbey Road? EMI puts Beatles' studios up for sale at £30m |newspaper=The Times |access-date=19 February 2010 |location=London |date=17 February 2010 |first1=Chris |last1=Smyth |first2=Helen |last2=Power |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614040214/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It had also been reported there was a possibility the studios could be purchased by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]<ref>{{Cite web |author=TJ |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-news/w-latest_news/w-news-should-national-trust-save-abbey-road-studios.htm |title=Should the National Trust save Abbey Road Studios |publisher=Nationaltrust.org.uk |access-date=19 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817154306/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-news/w-latest_news/w-news-should-national-trust-save-abbey-road-studios.htm |archive-date=17 August 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> to preserve what was in effect a historical building. A Save Abbey Road Studios campaign attempted to ensure the premises remained a working studio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop the legendary studios becoming luxury flats |publisher=Save Abbey Road Studios! |date=February 2010 |url=http://saveabbeyroadstudios.org/archives/date/2010/02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224000257/http://saveabbeyroadstudios.org/archives/date/2010/02 |archive-date=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 21 February 2010, EMI stated it planned to keep the studio and was looking for an investor to help finance a "revitalisation" project.<ref name="EMI AR Sale">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8527095.stm |title=Abbey Road studios 'not for sale,' says EMI |work=BBC News |access-date=20 February 2010 |date=21 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222053226/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8527095.stm |archive-date=22 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Listed-Ind">{{Cite news |title=Abbey Road studios to be listed by British authorities |date=27 February 2010 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/abbey-road-studios-to-be-listed-by-british-authorities-5525467.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726060358/http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/abbey-road-studios-to-be-listed-by-british-authorities-1912945.html |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, the British government declared Abbey Road Studios a Grade II [[listed building]] which protected it from major alteration.<ref name="Listed-Ind" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbey Road Studios Grade II Listed |date=23 February 2010 |publisher=The National Heritage List for England |id=1393688 |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/abbey-road-studios-grade-ii/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727044837/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/abbey-road-studios-grade-ii/ |archive-date=27 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following December, the pedestrian crossing at Abbey Road was listed on the National Heritage List.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beatles 'Abbey Road' crossing given heritage status |date=23 December 2010 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/beatles-abbey-road-crossing-given-heritage-status-2167647.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726064633/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/beatles-abbey-road-crossing-given-heritage-status-2167647.html |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Paul McCartney]], speaking to BBC ''[[Newsnight]]'' on 16 February 2010, said there had been efforts to save Abbey Road by "a few people who have been associated with the studio for a long time," although he did not name them or include himself among them. "I have so many memories there with the Beatles," McCartney said, "It still is a great studio. So it would be lovely for someone to get a thing together to save it."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/arts/music/18arts-MCCARTNEYEXP_BRF.html |title=McCartney Expresses Hopes for Abbey Road |last=Sisario |first=Ben |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 February 2010 |access-date=27 March 2010 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308160223/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/arts/music/18arts-MCCARTNEYEXP_BRF.html |url-status=live }}</ref>