One of the intriguing items to hit December 2023 auctions is the recording console that The Beatles used for their legendary album Abbey Road.
The EMI TG12345 Mk I console was installed at Abbey Road Studios in 1968 and used to record the Fab Four’s final studio album the following year.
Later on, this same console was also used on solo projects from all four members of the band including George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and songs from Paul McCartney‘s McCartney.
After being disassembled in 1971, parts of the console were used at a school in north London before being discarded and then miraculously recovered by a tape machine maintenance engineer.
The console has now been placed back together to largely the same form as it was in when stationed at Abbey Road in the late 1960s.
On December 14, a dedicated sale of the console will take place at Bonhams Knightsbridge in London, titled Sound of The Beatles: The ‘Abbey Road’ Console.
