An evening with Abbey Road Live & The Specials

Last night I was fortunate enough to spend the evening volunteering for Abbey Road Live as they recorded The Specials in concert at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC). A double album of the evenings show is created and sold after the performance ends.


The live audio is routed from the FOH to a converted Royal Mail van kitted out with a mobile studio.

An engineer mixes the audio live and burns it to a CD once the concert ends. This master CD is then duplicated on mass using multiple CD burners. The CD's are immediately packaged and sold to the public as they exit the venue.

The evening was extremely interesting. I learnt a great deal about the logistics of the job and how Abbey Road Live operate. The team are great and it was a pleasure to help them.