People 'Come Together' for the 50th anniversary of the iconic Abbey Road album cover 🎵🎸
"The original album title was going to be Everest, named after the favourite brand of cigarettes smoked by Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' recording engineer," he says."Someone had the bright idea that they should go to Mount Everest for the picture. They basically said no, we're not going there, and they decided to call it Abbey Road and do the photo outside their studios.
Standing on a step-ladder, MacMillan took his six photos, says Porter. Three of the band walking, as they are in the famous image, in single file from left to right, and three in procession the other way. Released on 26 September 1969, it went on to spend 96 weeks in the UK charts, 17 of those at number one.
"People were looking for clues," says Porter."The picture is supposed to be of Paul's funeral procession, with George Harrison dressed as the gravedigger, Ringo Starr the undertaker, and John Lennon the preacher." McCartney, still very much alive today , spoofed the cover in 1993 for his Paul Is Live album. And he is not the only one. Red Hot Chili Peppers famously recreated the famous photo, naked save for some strategically placed socks, for 1988's The Abbey Road EP. Kanye West used the road for his live album Late Orchestration in 2006.
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