It’s not easy getting a record deal from a label, considering that even the legendary Beatles struggled to convince numerous executives to sign them in. Recently, during the premiere of Mary McCartney’s ‘If These Walls Could Sing,’ Ringo Starr shared with the Scottish Sun how challenging it was for the band to find a label and how the Abbey Road Studios were there to save them.
It might be safe to say that Abbey Road had been pretty welcoming when the four lads of the Beatles were looking for any place to record their tunes, but the record executives weren’t so sure about the band’s talents. So, when Ringo was asked how important was Abbey Road Studios in the Beatles’ career, the drummer decided to pay some tribute.
“They have a little bit for us,” Starr said as he discussed what was so special about the famous recording studio. “We were just blessed that we got a record deal because of George Martin, and he was working out of here because we were refused by many record labels. And George took a chance, and then we came here, and we did ‘Love Me Do,’ and we went on from there.”
Even though the band tried their luck with other studios later in their career, their first essential years were spent recording in Abbey Road. The drummer noted, “Then, a little later on, we tried a couple of other studios, but for the first six years, we were here. We knew the place, we felt the place, and it worked out really well.”
When the Beatles were looking for any record label to sign them in and get into a studio to record, Abbey Road saved the day. Ringo noted that even though the band looked for other studios in their later career, the Beatles’ career started in the halls of the Abbey Road Studios, so it had a unique place in the Beatles’ career.
