Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. Named after the location of EMI Studios in London, the cover features the group walking across the street's zebra crossing, an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music. The album's initially mixed reviews were contrasted by its immediate commercial success, topping record charts in the UK and US. The lead single "Something" / "Come Together" was released in October and topped the US charts. The album incorporates genres such as blues, rock and pop, and makes prominent use of Moog synthesizer, sounds filtered through a Leslie speaker, and tom-tom drums.
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Abbey Road
Abbey Road | Introduction
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who did george harrison wrote the song something for
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Pattie Boyd
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She is an English model and photographer.
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who sang the above mentioned song?
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Joe Cocker
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which album is it a part of?
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"Abbey Road"
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can you name some of the other tracks from it?
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"Come Together"
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can you describe in brief the famous photograph that appeared on the cover of this album?
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The front cover was a photograph of the group on a zebra crossing based on ideas that McCartney sketched
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Iain Macmillan
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Apple Records creative director Kosh designed the album cover. It is the only original UK Beatles album sleeve to show neither the artist name nor the album title on its front cover, which was Kosh's idea, despite EMI claiming the record would not sell without this information. He later explained that "we didn't need to write the band's name on the cover ... They were the most famous band in the world". The front cover was a photograph of the group on a zebra crossing based on ideas that McCartney sketched and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road.
Abbey Road | Cover photo
At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo while he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up traffic behind the camera. Macmillan took six photographs, which McCartney examined with a magnifying glass before deciding which would be used on the album sleeve. In the image selected by McCartney, the group walk across the street in single file from left to right, with Lennon leading, followed by Starr, McCartney, and Harrison. McCartney is barefoot and out of step with the others. Except for Harrison, the group are wearing suits designed by Tommy Nutter.
Abbey Road | Cover photo
John Lennon privately left the group six days before the album's release; Paul McCartney publicly declared the band's break-up the following April.
Abbey Road | Introduction
The same recording of "Fire", however, would be later included once again on the band's next studio album "Mother's Milk" in tribute to Hillel Slovak, the band's original guitarist who died of a heroin overdose and plays guitar on the track. The title and cover was a tribute to The Beatles' famous album "Abbey Road". Like the Beatles, the cover depicts the four bandmembers walking across a zebra crossing in single file, the twist being that they are all naked except for white tube socks covering their genitals. Wearing only socks in this manner was something they regularly employed in their stage shows at the time.
The Abbey Road E.P. | Introduction
A white Volkswagen Beetle is to the left of the picture, parked next to the zebra crossing, which belonged to one of the people living in the block of flats across from the recording studio. After the album was released, the number plate (LMW 281F) was repeatedly stolen from the car. In 2004, news sources published a claim made by retired American salesman Paul Cole that he was the man standing on the pavement to the right of the picture.
Abbey Road | Cover photo
According to Mark Lewisohn, Ian MacDonald, Barry Miles and Kevin Howlett The Beatles Additional musicians Production
Abbey Road | Personnel
After the tense and unpleasant recording sessions for the proposed "Get Back" album, Paul McCartney suggested to music producer George Martin that the group get together and make an album "the way we used to do it", free of the conflict that had begun during sessions for "The Beatles" (also known as the "White Album"). Martin agreed, but on the strict condition that all the group – particularly John Lennon – allow him to produce the record in the same manner as earlier albums and that discipline would be adhered to. No one was entirely sure that the work was going to be the group's last, though George Harrison said "it felt as if we were reaching the end of the line".
Abbey Road | Background
The album's cover is a parody of the cover for The Beatles album "Abbey Road", showing Mr. Horse (in place of John Lennon), Muddy Mudskipper (in place of Ringo Starr), Stimpy (in place of Paul McCartney), and Ren (in place of George Harrison) walking across the street.
You Eediot! | Introduction
Once again after Notebook, there was no group photo on the album cover, only a small black-and-white picture of Shirley Jones to the left and one of David Cassidy to the right.
Crossword Puzzle | Introduction
"Abbey Road" also provides the cover parody (referencing the image of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road in various ways, such as "Kliff McBurtney" wearing bear slippers, and a van with the plate "28KLIFF"), and most of the track list, with opener "Come Together" and the 16-minute medley on the album's Side B. Among the exclusions were "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" - which Beatallica had already spoofed as "Ktulu (He's So Heavy)" - and the George Harrison compositions "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something", denied the inclusion by his estate.
Abbey Load | Introduction
Paul McCartney drew a sketch with four little stick men crossing the zebra crossing on Abbey Road. The group liked the idea and McCartney suggested they just go outside, take the photo there and name the album after the street. On 8 August 1969, photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic album cover photograph of the group walking on the zebra crossing outside the studio.
Everest (cigarette) | "Abbey Road" album name
Furthur, a jam band including former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, played the entire "Abbey Road" album during its Spring Tour 2011. It began with a "Come Together" opener at Boston on 4 March and ended with the entire medley in New York City on 15 March, including "Her Majesty" as an encore.
Abbey Road | Cover versions
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by incorporating a medley. Lennon ultimately said that he disliked "Abbey Road" as a whole and felt that it lacked authenticity, calling McCartney's contributions "[music] for the grannies to dig" and not "real songs", and describing the medley as "junk ... just bits of songs thrown together".
Abbey Road | Recording history
The original copy of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" album cover shows Paul McCartney, third in line, holding a cigarette. United States poster companies have airbrushed this image to remove the cigarette from McCartney’s hand. This change was made without the permission of either McCartney or Apple Records, which owns the rights to the image.
Photographic manipulation | Beatles Abbey Road 2003
In mid-1969, Lennon formed a new group, the Plastic Ono Band, in part because the Beatles had rejected his song "Cold Turkey". While Harrison worked with such artists as Leon Russell, Doris Troy, Preston and Delaney & Bonnie through to the end of the year, McCartney took a hiatus from the group after his daughter Mary was born on 28 August. On 20 September, Lennon told the other Beatles he was leaving the group, six days before "Abbey Road" was released. The single "Something"/"Come Together" followed in October, while Lennon released the Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" the same month.
Abbey Road | Release
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. Named after the location of EMI Studios in London, the cover features the group walking across the street's zebra crossing, an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music. The album's initially mixed reviews were contrasted by its immediate commercial success, topping record charts in the UK and US. The lead single "Something" / "Come Together" was released in October and topped the US charts. The album incorporates genres such as blues, rock and pop, and makes prominent use of Moog synthesizer, sounds filtered through a Leslie speaker, and tom-tom drums.
Abbey Road | Introduction
The album's cover collage was created by the artist Peter Blake, designer of The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" album artwork (album package design for Weller was supervised by his long-term associate Simon Halfon).
Stanley Road | Artwork
The album cover was designed by pop artist Peter Blake, whose work includes the band's "Face Dances" and The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album covers. It is a patchwork of 25 squares: 22 squares showing different coloured images placed around three squares forming the word "WHO" in the centre of the album cover. The 22 squares depict some of the band's influences and symbols of their career and culture:
Who (album) | Cover artwork
All songs on the EP were also featured on the band's hits compilation, "What Hits!?".
The Abbey Road E.P. | Introduction
I wound up really liking it." The original cover was eventually used for the first pressing of the album's vinyl edition. "Alternative Press" called the finalized cover "the pop-punk "Abbey Road"," calling it "instantly recognizable, extremely identifiable and absolutely iconic in certain circles". Wentz elaborated on the selection of that particular image and not the record's original cover: "It makes me wonder: How many of these things are just accidental moments? [...] If we had a bigger budget, we probably would have ended up with a goofier cover that no one would have cared about."
Take This to Your Grave | Artwork
There were two proposed artworks for the cover, including one colour collage cover and one with a black and white photo of the group in the courtyard of Abbey Road Studios. In 2014, a complete slick set for the black and white cover was auctioned on eBay by Beatles collector Perry Cox; the bidding stopped at US $2,910.00, which failed to meet the reserve. This was the complete artwork, including the front cover, the back cover, and the inner sleeve. This was as far as production ever reached before the entire project was cancelled by EMI Records and no album was pressed for it.
Sessions (Beatles album) | Cover art
The Other Side of Abbey Road is a 1970 studio album by American guitarist George Benson of songs from the Beatles' 1969 album "Abbey Road". It was his last album for A&M Records. Online music service Rhapsody praised the album, calling it "winning", a "delightful release", and citing it as one of their 20 favorite cover albums.
The Other Side of Abbey Road | Introduction
"Abbey Road" is the eleventh studio album by English rock band the Beatles and was released on 26 September 1969. Geoff Emerick, the band's audio engineer, used to smoke Everest cigarettes and hence the group had decided to name the album after the brand of cigarette and title it either "Mount Everest", "Everest" or "Ever Rest" (since packets had a silhouette of Mount Everest on them and the Beatles liked the imagery). Originally the band intended to take a private plane over to the Himalayas to shoot a photograph of Mount Everest for the album cover. The group, however, did not want to undertake the long trip and travel to Mount Everest for the photo shoot.
Everest (cigarette) | "Abbey Road" album name
Abbey Road most commonly refers to the eleventh studio album by The Beatles. Abbey Road may also refer to:
Abbey Road (disambiguation) | Introduction
The songs on "Abbey Road" have been covered many times and the album itself has been covered in its entirety. One month after "Abbey Road"s release, George Benson recorded a cover version of the album called "The Other Side of Abbey Road". Later in 1969 Booker T. & the M.G.'s recorded "McLemore Avenue" (the location of Stax Records) which covered the "Abbey Road" songs and had a similar cover photo. Additionally, several artists have covered some or all of the side-B medley, including Phil Collins (for the Martin/Beatles tribute album "In My Life"), The String Cheese Incident, Transatlantic and Tenacious D (who performed the medley with Phish keyboardist Page McConnell).
Abbey Road | Cover versions
and the M.G.'s recorded "McLemore Avenue" (named for the street where Stax Records was located), on which they performed instrumental cover versions of thirteen of the songs on "Abbey Road", condensing twelve of them into three medleys. The album's front cover is a parody of the front cover of "Abbey Road"; the back cover, with the blurred image of a mini-skirted woman at the edge of the photo, also mirrors that of "Abbey Road". In 1970 Booker T. & the M.G.'s sat in with Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) for a jam, and they were the opening act for that band's January 31 performance at the Oakland Coliseum, which was recorded for the CCR album "The Concert".
Booker T. &amp; the M.G.'s | Reinterpreting The Beatles' "Abbey Road" and gig with CCR
The albums were released exclusively for sale at the two performances and on the Abbey Road Studios website. Damon Albarn's long-term partner Suzi Winstanley designed the front cover.
Live at the De De De Der | Introduction
The Abbey National Building Society (now Santander UK) was founded in 1874 as, "The Abbey Road & St John’s Wood Permanent Benefit Building Society", in one Baptist Church, on Abbey Road. EMI's Abbey Road Studios is located at the south eastern end, at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood. The Beatles, Brockhampton, and many other famous popular music performers, have recorded at this studio, and the Beatles named their last studio LP after this street. The album’s cover photograph, shows the four group members walking across the zebra crossing, just outside the studio entrance. As a result of its association with the Beatles, since 1969, this part of Abbey Road has been featured on the London tourism circuit.
Abbey Road, London | History
The original rear album cover features a collage of photos including one of the band with producer Chip Douglas and engineer Dick Bogert. However the photo was mislabeled: it identifies Hank Cicalo as sitting next to Chip Douglas. This is known as the "Producers Cover". Colgems/RCA corrected the error by substituting a different photo rather than revising the caption. Peter, Micky and Mike were sporting light beards while Davy's shoulder-length hair had been cut off; this has come to be known as the "Beard Cover". This is the corrected version because it was standard practice for RCA to add an "RE" to the catalog number when any one side of a record sleeve had a revision.
Headquarters (The Monkees album) | Album cover
Lennon met Ono at the Indica Gallery on 9 November 1966, and she later introduced him to Macmillan. In 1969, Lennon invited him to photograph the "Abbey Road" cover. The Beatles recorded most of their music at the EMI Studios on Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London, and they decided to name their last album after the road. Later EMI changed the name of the studio to the Abbey Road Studios. Paul McCartney gave Macmillan a sketch a couple days before the shoot showing where and what the picture should look like. Macmillan added his own sketch in the top corner to confirm the layout.
Iain Macmillan | 1966–1971
The "Beard Cover" has a catalog number of COS/COM-103 RE.
Headquarters (The Monkees album) | Album cover
The Beatles did little promotion of "Abbey Road" directly, and no public announcement was made of the band's split until McCartney announced he was leaving the group in April 1970. By this time, the "Get Back" project (by now retitled "Let It Be") had been re-examined, with overdubs and mixing sessions continuing into 1970. Therefore, "Let It Be" became the last album to be finished and released by the Beatles, even though its recording had begun before "Abbey Road". "Abbey Road" sold four million copies in its first two months of release. In the UK, the album debuted at number one, where it remained for 11 weeks before being displaced for one week by the Rolling Stones' "Let It Bleed".
Abbey Road | Release
George suggested only Indian gurus, about six of them, and Ringo said, "Whatever the others say is fine by me" and didn’t suggest anyone. It's an insight into their characters. All kinds of people were suggested. Hitler was there; he is actually in the set-up, but he is covered by the Beatles themselves as we felt he was too controversial. The same applied to Jesus. There were only two of their contemporaries on the cover. Bob Dylan was suggested by John and I put on Dion because he is a great favourite of mine.
List of images on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Introduction
He also illustrated the albums' booklets.
Robert Crumb | Album covers
All songs written by Lennon–McCartney, except "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" by George Harrison, and "Octopus's Garden" by Richard Starkey.
The Other Side of Abbey Road | Track listing
The first sessions for "Abbey Road" began on 22 February 1969, only three weeks after the "Get Back" sessions, in Trident Studios. There, the group recorded a backing track for "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" with Billy Preston accompanying them on Hammond organ. No further group recording occurred until April because of Ringo Starr's commitments on the film "The Magic Christian". After a small amount of work that month and a session for "You Never Give Me Your Money" on 6 May, the group took an eight-week break before recommencing on 2 July. Recording continued through July and August, and the last backing track, for "Because", was taped on 1 August.
Abbey Road | Recording history
Therapy? Additional musicians Production
Greatest Hits (The Abbey Road Session) | Personnel
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name "Crosby, Stills, and Nash". To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash (album) | Cover
The Abbey Road E.P. is an EP by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in the UK in May 1988 through EMI America as a way of introducing UK fans to the band's back catalog as they were touring the UK that year. Out of the five tracks included on this EP, four had already been previously released on the band's studio albums, although the band's first two albums "The Red Hot Chili Peppers" and "Freaky Styley" were not released in the UK until 1990, thus it provided a way of introducing tracks to new listeners. The only "new" track is a cover of the song "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix, which was recorded during the sessions for "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" and included in a different mix as the b-side to "Fight Like a Brave".
The Abbey Road E.P. | Introduction
This is a list of notable artists who have recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
List of artists who have recorded at Abbey Road Studios | Introduction
The rest of the recording was lost until its rediscovery and release in a remixed form in 2004 as "Keep Them Freaks a Rollin': Live at Abbey Road 1969".
Edgar Broughton Band | Career
Pepper". "Abbey Road" reflected a compromise in the diverging artistic visions of Lennon and McCartney but became the Beatles' best-selling album. In Stark's description, some critics came to view the LP as the band's "farewell to their fans and an attack on 'selfishness and self-gratification'", particularly through McCartney's closing statement in the side two "Long Medley".
Cultural impact of the Beatles | As dedicated recording artists
The escalation of the "Paul is dead" rumour became the subject of intense analysis on mainstream radio and contributed to "Abbey Road"s commercial success in the US. Lennon was interviewed in London by New York's WMCA, and he ridiculed the rumour but conceded that it was invaluable publicity for the album. The cover image has been parodied on several occasions, including by McCartney on his 1993 live album "Paul Is Live". The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "The Abbey Road E.P." parodies the cover, with the band walking near-naked across a similar zebra crossing. In 2003, several US poster companies airbrushed McCartney's cigarette out of the image without permission from Apple or McCartney.
Abbey Road | Abbey Road crossing and "Paul is dead"
"Because" was inspired by Lennon listening to Ono playing Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the piano. He recalled he was "lying on the sofa in our house, listening to Yoko play ... Suddenly, I said, 'Can you play those chords backward?' She did, and I wrote 'Because' around them." The track features three-part harmonies by Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, which were then triple-tracked to give nine voices in the final mix. The group considered the vocals to be some of the hardest and most complex they attempted. Harrison played the Moog synthesizer, and Martin played the harpsichord that opens the track.
Abbey Road | "Because"
The Road was a rock band that was formed in 1967. They had a hit in Greece with a cover of the Zombies song "She's Not There". They released further singles on the Kama Sutra label. They broke up in the 1970s.
The Road (group) | Introduction
In 2011, iTunes named the Dear Abbeys' cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" as an essential song of the a cappella genre.
The Dear Abbeys | National Champions and "Abbeys Road": 2003-2006
A video containing footage of the concert as well as interviews and bonus music videos for the first four singles of "Late Registration" was also released under the same name. The cover photograph (taken by photographer Andrew Meredith) is a reference to the Beatles' cover of their 1969 album "Abbey Road", which features the four band members walking across a crosswalk on the well known street. The album has been cited as the most well-known instance of hip hop and classical music coming together.
Late Orchestration | Introduction
EMI, however, pressed the record in Britain, while the album cover was printed by Technik. Apple got around the sleeve packing problem by hiring several Apple scruffs to package the album. Apple employee Jack Oliver had the Apple scruffs packing the record into sleeves "in the basement of the old Apple shop". The Beatles' song "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" ("Abbey Road", 1969) refers to the day that some Beatles fans climbed into Paul McCartney's house through an upstairs bathroom window and raided his wardrobe for a pair of trousers, which they took turns wearing. They also stole a framed photograph, which they later returned at McCartney's request.
Apple scruffs | Introduction
The feature of forming the band and recording a single was intended to give a voice to the feelings of isolation and imprisonment suffered by the elderly. The Zimmers' logo is a parody of The Beatles' logo, as is the image of them walking across Abbey Road. On 7 April 2012, the band performed the Beastie Boys' "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" on "Britain's Got Talent". The band toured in 2013, performing in Warrington on 25 May that year.
The Zimmers | Introduction
This is a list of artists associated with The London Group:
List of artists associated with The London Group | Introduction
Bush explained that the band gave Ross a complete freedom over the concept of the artwork. Apart from suggesting the album's title as an idea, Bush said that the other members had not participated much in creating the cover art.
We've Come for You All | Background and recording
On 8 August 1969, around 11:30 am, Macmillan climbed up a stepladder about 10 feet in the air in the middle of Abbey Road and took six pictures of the Beatles crossing the street. A policeman was hired to control traffic. The Beatles usually came to the studio around 2–3 pm, so the earlier hour was chosen to avoid fans. First Photo: John leads the group from left to right followed by Ringo, Paul, and George. They kept this order throughout all the photos. There is a Mercedes pulling out of the studio behind them. John is looking away from the camera and Paul and George are in mid step.
Iain Macmillan | 1966–1971
As with all OMD's early sleeve art, it was created by Peter Saville Associates and features a photograph by Richard Nutt of the cloud-covered peak of Marsco, in the Red Cuillin hills, overlooking Glen Sligachan on the Isle of Skye with Allt Dearg Mòr in the foreground. The album's title refers to the band Organisation, a precursor to Kraftwerk. The album is notable for its melancholy tone. The band said that at the time they had been heavily influenced by Joy Division; this can be seen by the use of jarring drum sounds and moody songs on "Organisation". Also notable is OMD's move away from pure Gary Numan-Kraftwerk-ian pop, embracing a grander sound, making an increasing use of acoustic instruments, and introducing sound collages.
Organisation (album) | Album information
The album's sleeve was designed and illustrated by English artist Roger Dean, who had designed artwork for the band since 1971, including their logo. In his 1975 book "Views", Dean picked the cover as his favourite for Yes, and the recording he enjoyed the most. He revealed his intention of depicting "a giant 'gothic' cave" for the sleeve, "a sort of fortified city for military monks". Speaking about the cover in 2004, he said: "I was playing with the ideas of the ultimate castle, the ultimate wall of a fortified city. That was more of a fantastical idea. I was looking for the kinds of things like the Knights Templar would have made or what you'd see in the current movie "Lord of the Rings".
Relayer | Sleeve design
The front cover photograph was taken by Sigurd Olivier and features a cat named 'Sirikit'. The graffiti on the wall was drawn by the McCullagh brothers father. The band photographs on the back cover were taken by Humphrey Clinker.
McCully Workshop Inc. (album) | Artwork
The image of the Beatles on the Abbey Road crossing has become one of the most famous and imitated in recording history. The crossing is a popular destination for Beatles fans, and a webcam has operated there since 2011. In December 2010, the crossing was given grade II listed status for its "cultural and historical importance"; the Abbey Road studios themselves had been given similar status earlier in the year. Shortly after the album's release, the cover became part of the "Paul is dead" theory that was spreading across college campuses in the US. According to followers of the rumour, the cover depicted the Beatles walking out of a cemetery in a funeral procession.
Abbey Road | Abbey Road crossing and "Paul is dead"
Original US and UK pressings of "Abbey Road" do not list "Her Majesty" on the album's cover nor on the record label, making it a hidden track. The song title appears on the inlay card and disc of the 1987 remastered CD reissue, as track 17. It also appears on the sleeve, booklet and disc of the 2009 remastered CD reissue, but not on the cover or record label of the 2012 vinyl reissue.
Abbey Road | "Her Majesty"
Robert Christgau, having been disappointed with the Band's debut, had expected to dislike the record and even planned a column for the "Village Voice" to "castigate" their follow-up. Upon hearing the record, however, he declared it better than "Abbey Road", which had been released four days following, writing that the Band's LP is an "A-plus record if I've ever rated one." He ranked it as the fourth best album of the year in his ballot for "Jazz & Pop" magazine's annual critics poll. The album was later included in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in "" (1981).
The Band (album) | Reception
The front cover was shot by Phil Franks the day after the Basingstoke gig accident. Franks had already taken some photos from the Lyceum gig, but felt he needed something more for the front cover. The band showed up late having been in hospital earlier that day, and only 30 minutes were available for a shoot. Unable to get a satisfactory photo in the studio, Franks took the band round to his flat, grabbed a polystyrene mannequin head from a bin, put a 1,000 watt bulb in the kitchen light fitting, and improvised the shot. Franks credited the sleeve designer, "Rolling Stone" art director Jon Goodchild, for making the cover a success.
The Yes Album | Artwork
The album's title is a response to the "Paul is dead" rumours after the 1969 release of the Beatles' last studio album, "Abbey Road". The cover is a digitally altered photo from the August 1969 photo shoot for the "Abbey Road" album cover. Intentional differences between the two are:
Paul Is Live | Title and cover
The cover has a black-and-white picture of a blond Hitler Youth member beating a drum, which was drawn by guitarist Bernard Sumner (called "Bernard Albrecht" on the poster sleeve) and the words "Joy! Division" printed in a blackletter font. The cover design, coupled with the nature of the band's name, fuelled controversy over whether the band had Nazi sympathies. When the EP was re-released on 12-inch vinyl, the original cover was replaced by artwork featuring scaffolding.
An Ideal for Living | Record cover
That same day, the band signed a renegotiated recording contract with Capitol Records, guaranteeing them a higher royalty rate. The sensitivity of the negotiations with Capitol led to Klein and McCartney urging Lennon to keep his announcement private, which Lennon agreed to do.
Break-up of the Beatles | "Abbey Road" and Lennon's departure
Returning to Abbey Road in the autumn of 1971, the band were reunited with Jarratt and Brown, plus engineer (and Sgt Pepper's veteran) Richard Lush. Most of the new LP was recorded in Studio Two at the same time that John Lennon was making his "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" LP in Studio One and Keays vividly recalls the thrill of peeking in as Lennon was recording "Working Class Hero". This is most likely inaccurate as John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was released in 1970. Keays might possibly be confusing this with his trip to Abbey Road the previous year. John Lennon's "Imagine" album was being recorded in 1971.
A Toast To Panama Red | Recording
Who Covers Who? is a tribute album to the rock band The Who. It was released in 1993 in the UK and the following year in the US.
Who Covers Who? | Introduction
The album's sleeve was designed and illustrated by Paul Whitehead who had also designed the cover for "Trespass" and the band's next album, "Foxtrot". The cover depicts characters and scenes based on "The Musical Box" and Coxhill, the manor house with a croquet lawn, itself based on the Victorian home Gabriel grew up in. When the group originally saw Whitehead's painting, they said it didn't look old enough, so he varnished it with honey which made it look like it was an antique from the 19th century. When originally released, the cover shocked some people, because of the severed heads pictured on it.
Nursery Cryme | Cover
The album's original title was "The Who Looks Back". On the front cover the Who are looking at four children, one of whom is Who manager Bill Curbishley's younger brother Paul. The panoramic photograph featured on the inside cover of the gatefold vinyl packaging is an exterior shot of the side of the Railway Hotel, a pub that was sited on the bridge next to Harrow & Wealdstone station in north-west London. The Railway Hotel was a popular hangout for Mods and soon after Keith Moon joined the band, the Who became a regular attraction there from June 1964, performing every Tuesday night.
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy | Artwork and photographs
It is the Beatles' only album recorded exclusively through a solid-state transistor mixing desk, which afforded a clearer and brighter sound than the group's previous records. Side two contains a medley of shorter song fragments. The sessions also produced a non-album single, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" backed with "Old Brown Shoe". Producer George Martin returned on the condition that the Beatles adhere to the discipline of their earlier records. They found the album's recording more enjoyable than the preceding "Get Back" sessions, but personal issues still permeated the band. Production lasted from February to August 1969, and the closing track "The End" marked the final occasion that all four members recorded together.
Abbey Road | Introduction
The cover art was done by Dennis Bellile while the band's logo was designed by Craig Yoe (Yoe-Yoe Studio).
Come and Join Us | Cover art
This was partially on the advice from his management to go into tax exile, during which he was not to set foot in the UK until April 1971, but after touring to France, Italy, Russia, and Japan, he cut the tour short:
Donovan | Open Road band
Initially, the group wanted to release an album cover using an edited image from a Holy Communion card, showing children joining hands. The image had been photocopied several times, so it had become distorted. The art direction was by John Maybury, a college friend of Morris. Their manager, Stevenson, was unable to determine who owned the copyright and advised that the band would be bankrupted if they were sued as a result. Polydor also became nervous about copyright infringement, so the artwork was pulled at the last minute; the record company's executives also disliked its religious nature. A UK tour had already been scheduled to coincide with the release of the album, so there was no possibility of delaying the release.
Join Hands | Cover artwork, release and tour
In 1961 their single cover version of "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" reached number 21 in the UK chart, spending ten weeks in the listings. The group toured with Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, as well as sharing a stage with The Beatles in 1963 opening for Chris Montez. In 1964, they moved to Columbia Records, but none of their three following singles charted. Band member Gordon Mills' success as a songwriter soon convinced him to move on, and the group broke up in 1965; soon after, Mills wrote "It's Not Unusual" for Tom Jones. Don Paul became a record producer, and Ronnie Wells went into the restaurant business.
The Viscounts (British band) | Introduction
Credits for "The Abbey Road Sessions" adapted from album liner notes.
The Abbey Road Sessions (Kylie Minogue album) | Personnel
The single's cover art was a still from the film "Dunkirk" (1958) featuring British actor Sean Barrett, praying but looking sufficiently as though he was holding his crotch to have the sleeve banned in the United States, where a photograph of the band backstage at the 1984 Glastonbury Festival, which had previously appeared on the gatefold inside the "Hatful of Hollow" compilation, was used instead. It is the only time a portrait of the band has appeared on the cover of one of their releases. Morrissey called it "an abhorrent sleeve – and [given] the time and the dedication that we put into the sleeves and artwork, it was tearful when we finally saw the record..."
How Soon Is Now? | Artwork and matrix message
The Beatles undertook the recording of "Abbey Road" with a sense of discipline and cooperation that had largely been absent while making the White Album and "Let It Be". Having temporarily left the group in January 1969 partly as a result of McCartney's criticism of his musicianship, Harrison exhibited a greater level of assertiveness regarding his place in the band, particularly while they worked on his compositions "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". In addition, like Lennon and McCartney, Martin had come to fully appreciate Harrison as a songwriter, later saying: "I first recognised that he really had a great talent when we did 'Here Comes the Sun.' But when he brought in 'Something,' it was something else ...
Something (Beatles song) | Recording and production
The album cover features artwork by Julia Andrews-Clifford and a photograph of Herbert by Ian Wallman.
Letters I Haven't Written | Production
The concept for the "Backstreet Symphony" album cover was originally proposed by guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley, who asked his mother Christine Morley to produce an initial sketch of the scene. The cover depicts James, a "tramp" and a female in an alleyway, photographed by Andy Earle in London's Artillery Passage. Bassist Mark "Snake" Luckhurst described the artwork as "An example of Thunder's take-no-prisoners attitude", recalling that while the EMI Records marketing team opposed its lack of inclusion of the band, "The band put their foot down and said no. They liked the concept and said they wanted to stick with it".
Backstreet Symphony | Artwork and concept
A settlement was reached in 1973 in which Lennon promised to record three songs from Levy's publishing catalogue for his next album. "Come Together" was later released as a double A-side single with "Something". In the liner notes to the compilation album "Love", Martin described the track as "a simple song but it stands out because of the sheer brilliance of the performers".
Abbey Road | "Come Together"
It has been a tradition for visitors to pay homage to the band by writing on the wall in front of the building even though it is painted over every three months. In December 2010, the zebra crossing at Abbey Road was given a Grade II listed status. Notable producers and sound engineers who have worked at Abbey Road include George Martin, Geoff Emerick, Norman "Hurricane" Smith, Ken Scott, Mike Stone, Alan Parsons, Peter Vince, Malcolm Addey, Peter Brown, Richard Langham, Phil McDonald, John Kurlander, Richard Lush and Ken Townsend, who invented the studio effect known as automatic double tracking (ADT).
Abbey Road Studios | 1950s–1970s
The album cover photo was taken by Chad Griffith and shows a brown leather-bound manuscript album containing sheet music, lying on a wooden table. The manuscript album cover contains the title words "Back" and "Pages" separated by the band's stylized logo.
Back Pages | Artwork
George Martin was an honorary fellow of the Zoological Society of London, which owns the London Zoo. Martin thought that it might be good publicity for the zoo to have the Beatles pose outside the insect house for the cover photography of the album. However, the society turned down Martin's offer, and instead, Angus McBean was asked to take the distinctive colour photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI's London headquarters in Manchester Square. Martin was to write later: "We rang up the legendary theatre photographer Angus McBean, and bingo, he came round and did it there and then.
Please Please Me | Artwork and packaging
Notable former members of the group include Sir Peter Pears, Sarah Connolly, Judith Bingham and Harry Christophers.
BBC Singers | Introduction
On the album cover, the singer is credited as "Yusuf" with a promotional sticker identifying him also as "Cat Stevens".
Roadsinger | Cover art
"Europe '72", like other Grateful Dead cover art, was designed by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse (known as Kelly/Mouse studios). The album was originally published as a triple-LP with an accompanying booklet. In contrast to the band's previous albums, the artwork is set against white, mostly-empty panels of (originally) a triple gatefold sleeve. The front cover shows a large "Truckin'" foot stepping across the Atlantic to Europe. The back cover depicts the corresponding "Truckin' Fool" smashing an ice cream cone against his forehead. Airborne drops of ice cream are drawn as a text ambigram, indistinctly spelling the word "LIVE". The inside credits list all 43 members of the touring entourage such as Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia.
Europe '72 | Cover
In 1958, Studio Two at EMI became a centre for rock and roll music when Cliff Richard and the Drifters (later Cliff Richard and the Shadows) recorded "Move It" there, and later pop music material. EMI is closely associated with the Beatles, who recorded almost all of their albums and hits there between 1962 and 1970 using the four-track REDD mixing console designed by Peter K. Burkowitz. The Beatles named their 1969 album "Abbey Road", after the street where the studio is located, following which the studio was renamed as Abbey Road Studios. Iain Macmillan took the album's cover photograph outside the studios, with the result that the nearby zebra crossing has become a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans.
Abbey Road Studios | 1950s–1970s
This edition was limited to 3,000 copies, of which 2,700 were sold exclusively on the band's nine-date North American tour in October and November 2012. The album's cover art is a stylised map of Croydon town centre, designed by Manchester art collective Dorothy. Band member Bob Stanley explained, "They had done this map of a fictional area with all these road names, which were songs. I just got in touch with them and I was like, 'I love this, would you want to do one that was tailor made for us with all of our favorite songs?' They said yes.
Words and Music by Saint Etienne | Release
There are many so-called "tribute" singers who just seem to go through the motions. Gary, however, shows how it could be and should be done, but then it's Gary who has the talent, and boy, does it show."
The Best of Abbey Road | Critical reception
The album's cover was designed by Peter Saville and is based on a poster by the Italian Futurist Fortunato Depero. The shape created by the top three lines is an 'F' (lying on its back), which refers to Factory Records/Factory Communications Limited and the bottom two lines create an 'L' (lying on its front), the Roman numeral 50, the original catalogue was FACT 50. The blue colour of the lines was chosen by the band; the first copies in the US had the same design in brown on an ivory background.
Movement (New Order album) | Artwork
The cover art is an image of the title character "Mr Kneebone" and was painted by Jolyon Robinson. It was commonly believed to be an image of the group's lead vocalist, Bernard Fanning, but the band notes that this was never the intention while acknowledging the coincidental likeness. As the band are all avid cricket supporters, inside the album sleeve the band thanks, among others, Australian cricketers Mark and Steve Waugh.
Mr Kneebone | Cover art
Agreement could not be reached, so both Klein and the Eastmans were temporarily appointed: Klein as the Beatles' business manager and the Eastmans as their lawyers. Further conflict ensued, however, and financial opportunities were lost. On 8 May, Klein was named sole manager of the band, the Eastmans having previously been dismissed as the Beatles' lawyers. McCartney refused to sign the management contract with Klein, but he was out-voted by the other Beatles.
The Beatles | "Abbey Road", "Let It Be" and separation
The back cover of the US release is a black-and-white photo montage of the band members accompanied by a short personality sketch of each (infamous among Who fans for Keith Moon's humorous assertion that he was keen on "breeding chickens"). A track listing, a couple of paragraphs touting the band, an ad for their first album, and a technical blurb are also crowded onto the back cover of the US release.
A Quick One | Cover art
Recording was completed on 21 April. The cover, which depicts the Beatles posing in front of a tableau of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Introduction
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Abbey Road". The song "Band on the Run" was partly inspired by a remark George Harrison had made during one of the many business meetings the Beatles attended in 1969, in an effort to address the problems afflicting their Apple Corps enterprise. Four years later, the album's creation coincided with what author Peter Doggett terms McCartney's "moral victory in the debate over Allen Klein", as Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr now became embroiled in litigation against Klein – the business manager they had appointed to run Apple in 1969, despite strong opposition from McCartney.
Band on the Run | Recording
"The Beatles" was recorded between 30 May and 14 October 1968, largely at Abbey Road Studios in London, with some sessions at Trident Studios. Their time in Rishikesh was soon forgotten in the tense atmosphere of the studio, with sessions occurring at irregular hours. The group's belief that they could do anything led to the formation of a new multimedia business corporation, Apple Corps, an enterprise that drained the group financially with a series of unsuccessful projects. The group block-booked time at Abbey Road through July. The open-ended studio time led to a new way of working out songs. Instead of tightly rehearsing a backing track, as in previous sessions, the group recorded all the rehearsals and jamming, then added overdubs to the best take.
The Beatles (album) | Approach and aesthetic
McLemore Avenue is a 1970 album by Booker T. & the M.G.s, consisting entirely of mostly instrumental covers of songs from the Beatles' album "Abbey Road" (released only months earlier, in September 1969). The title and cover are an homage to the Beatles album, 926 East McLemore Avenue being the address of the Stax Studios in Memphis, as Abbey Road was for EMI Studios in London, which was soon renamed Abbey Road Studios. Booker T. Jones said, "I was in California when I heard "Abbey Road", and I thought it was incredibly courageous of The Beatles to drop their format and move out musically like they did.
McLemore Avenue | Introduction
recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Don Bodin | Introduction
The group's history begins in 1962 near the ruins of Howth Abbey, when it was founded by Abbey Tavern owner Minnie Scott-Lennon, who decided to add a sing-along music attraction to her establishment. The idea was immediately successful, and as the group became locally popular an album was released on Pye Records in 1965.
Abbey Tavern Singers | Beginnings
The Abbey Road Sessions is an extended play by English rock band Embrace. The EP was released in the form of a 2-CD set as a limited edition version of their single "My Weakness Is None of Your Business". The first CD came in a cardboard double gatefold CD sleeve and was available in record shops. In place of a second CD there was a card insert with the words: "Abbey Road Sessions Part 2 (for insertion into wallet) will be available later in the year details to follow". The second CD, Abbey Road Sessions Part 2, had three more tracks and was only available by mail order from the band.
The Abbey Road Sessions (EP) | Introduction
It was instead covered by Badfinger, while McCartney's original recording appeared on "Anthology 3". The original backing track to "Something", featuring a piano-led coda, and "You Never Give Me Your Money", which leads into a fast rock-n-roll jam session, have appeared on bootlegs.
Abbey Road | Unreleased material
To fit the square format of the cover, he put Ringo Starr in the bottom right corner, "since he was the last to join the group. He was also the shortest". Paul McCartney described the result as "very moody", adding: "people think he must have worked at [it] forever and ever. But it was an hour. He sat down, took a couple of rolls, and he had it." The original concept was to paint the picture from edge to edge, with no bleeding, title or artist credit – a concept that went against music industry practice and was immediately vetoed by EMI.
With the Beatles | Packaging
Soon after the sessions for "Abbey Road", Lennon's heroin use inspired him to record "Cold Turkey" with his and Ono's conceptual group, the Plastic Ono Band, after the Beatles had rejected the song for release as a single. The formation of the Plastic Ono Band was conceived as an artistic outlet for Lennon and Ono, but the enthusiastic reception afforded their performance at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival on 13 September 1969 ostensibly crystallised Lennon's decision to leave the Beatles, which he made on the flight back to London. During a band meeting at Apple on 20 September, he informed McCartney, Starr and Klein of his decision (Harrison was not present at the meeting), telling them he wanted a "divorce".
Break-up of the Beatles | "Abbey Road" and Lennon's departure