20 Manchester Square (London)

United Kingdom / England / London

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Between 1960 and 1999, the record company EMI based its headquarters in a modernist block at 20 Manchester Square. (The building has now been demolished, and EMI headquarters has moved to Hammersmith.)
It was here, hanging over the rails of the stairwell, that the Beatles were photographed by Angus McBean for the cover of their debut album Please Please Me (1963). They returned to recreate the pose six years later, far more hairy and haggard, for an image that would later appear on the front of their 1967-1970 compilation LP. When EMI moved to Hammersmith at the turn of the millennium, the building was completely demolished, but its iconic staircase was reinstalled at the company’s new HQ.

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Coordinates: 51°31'1"N -0°9'13"E

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