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The Sgt. Pepper mono master

The Independent: Abbey Road photography exhibition ‘explores almost a century of music history’

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

...For the first time, fans will also get a look at the inside of the Sgt Pepper mono master tape, alongside the famous Neumann U48 microphone used on countless vocals, the Studer J37 4-track machine that committed it all to tape, and the piece of pop-art history that is the Sgt Pepper drum designed by Sir Peter Blake.

The exhibition will also feature a collection of images taken at Abbey Road Studios by photographers including Jill Furmanovsky, Norman Parkinson and Terry O’ Neill, as well as images from finalists and award winners of the Music Photography Awards.

New York Post: Yoko Ono to become the longest homeowner inside NYC’s storied Dakota upon sale of $8M penthouse

Yoko Ono has long been known as an artist and an activist — and now the 93-year-old is on the cusp of adding another title to her name: the Grande Dame of the Dakota. 

Indeed, Ono will become the Dakota’s longest current homeowner when an apartment at the building’s tippy top completes its sale, The Post has learned. She moved into the storied Upper West Side property — the first luxury apartment building in America — with her late husband John Lennon 53 years ago.

That penthouse, which asked $8 million for sale and is now under contract, was owned by the late art patron Steven Rubin, who bought at the Dakota in the late 1960s and added more space in subsequent years, according to statements by his daughter. The final price to be paid for that perch, as well as its new owner, are not yet known.