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For 40 years from 1965, Highbury New Park was home to Wessex Studios.

Created by Beatles producer Sir George Martin ( who grew up on Drayton Park in Highbury ), the studios saw the recording of some of the best-known albums created by bands including Queen, Genesis, the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols and the Clash.

The building is now a block of residential apartments called " The Recording Studio " and located at 106, Highbury New Park.

( Refs: George Martin speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs ; The Independent, Nov 3 2004 ; the " Queen-Days of our Lives " documentary screened by BBC4 in April 2012.