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The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ Recording Console Is Going on Sale


The original EMI TG 12345 prototype console, used to record the Beatles 'Abbey Road,' has been restored and is headed to auction.

Aspiring producers and mixing engineers — especially those with sizable budgets or deep pockets— will have an opportunity to buy the one-of-a-kind EMI recording console used by the Beatles when it goes on sale next week, Oct. 29, on Reverb. An array of artists stopped by to record, including Better Joy, Jmonq, Duke Garwood, Sam Simmonds, Rosalie Cunningham, Sara Hartman, and Hana Brooks. Back in 2017, the TG12345 MK IV console — which was used to record Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, as well as projects by Kate Bush, the Cure, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr — sold for $1.8 million at auction.

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