Paul Morley visits the world's first purpose built recording studio, and possibly the most famous of all – Studio 3, Abbey Road.

Inaugurated by Sir Edward Elgar, the studio was used to record everyone from Adam Ant, The Bolshoi and Nick Cave, to Pink Floyd and The Beatles.

With the help of engineers and producers, composers and those that keep the studios running on a day to day basis, Paul explores how the relationship classical music has with the recording studio differs from the one that pop music enjoys.

Series exploring the history of popular music through some of the iconic recording studios in which classic albums were created.

Without recording studios, music as we know it would simply not exist. They play a crucial role in the structure and fabric of the music recorded there - the sounds moulded by the studio space itself.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012. Show less