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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Nicky Rampley-Clarke

Ramshackle Canonbury studio where Dire Straits and The Police recorded set for conversion into house

With its narrow, ramshackle façade, remarkable mainly for its rundown appearance in the increasingly well-heeled neighbourhood of Newington Green, you would never guess that some of the top tracks of the 20th century were recorded at 2a Grosvenor Avenue.

But originally built as a recording studio in 1970, the building was where everyone from Squeeze and Elvis Costello to The Damned and Sham 69 went to record.

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