Abbey Road's Beatles equipment in photo exhibition

A collection of photographs featuring ordinary-looking recording equipment that helped create music history is to go on display in London.

A new Abbey Road photography exhibition will explore "almost a century of music history".

The recording studios in north London are closely associated with The Beatles, and fans of the Fab Four will get a look at the inside of the Sgt Pepper album's mono master tape, alongside a famous Neumann U48 microphone used on countless vocals.

Abbey Road said the exhibition, which is free, is a "reflection on how music photography not only captures moments of creation, but shapes how music is seen, felt and remembered in our own lives".

There will also be photos of the Studer J37 4-track machine that recorded the1967 Beatles album all to tape, and of the Sgt Pepper drum designed by Sir Peter Blake.

A collection of images taken at Abbey Road Studios by photographers, as well as images from finalists and award winners of the Music Photography Awards will also be on show from 11 August at London's Iconic Images Gallery.

Abbey Road managing director Sally Davies said: "For the first time, this exhibition explores almost a century of music history through the tools brought to life by legends and the images that define the Abbey Road story."

"Photography has never simply documented music; it has shaped its mythology, captured its most enduring moments and transformed sound into culture," Davies said.

"Whether it's the detail in a fine art photograph, honouring our roots with iconic image-makers, or working with a new wave of creators, we hope to present an Abbey Road, reframed."

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