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| | Boston.com / Travel / Beatles' not the only footprints on Abbey Road |
 | | However, the studios' best-known aspect is always open to the public -- the "zebra crossing" (owned by the City of Westminster) that lies just outside, and which is featured on one of the most famous album covers of all time. |
 | | The studios opened in stately fashion on Nov. 12, 1931, with Sir Edward Elgar, by then one of Britain's most distinguished composers, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in a historic recording of "Land of Hope and Glory.". |
 | | In the 1970s, several Abbey Road bands came close to matching some of the Beatles' achievements, notably Pink Floyd ("Dark Side of the Moon," 35 million sales to date, was recorded here) and Queen, but none would enjoy the influence, and popular and critical acclaim, of the four lads from Liverpool. |
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