The Beatles Bible

The Beatles united for a final photographic session on this day. It was also the last occasion in which all four members were together for band duties; thereafter their only meetings were business-related. Read more »

All four Beatles gathered at EMI Studios on the morning of Friday 8 August for one of the most famous photo shoots of their career. Photographer Iain Macmillan took the famous image that adorned their last-recorded album, Abbey Road. Read more »

The final location of The Beatles' Mad Day Out, in which hundreds of photographs were taken around London in the course of a day, was 7 Cavendish Avenue, Paul McCartney's house in St John's Wood, north London. Read more »

After leaving St Pancras Old Church and Gardens, The Beatles travelled to east London to Wapping Pier Head and Wapping High Street, for the sixth location of the Mad Day Out photoshoot. Read more »

After striking numerous poses on a traffic island in Old Street, north London, The Beatles travelled to St Pancras Old Church and Gardens near Regent's Park, where some of the best-known photographs of the Mad Day Out were taken. Read more »

The fourth location in the Mad Day Out, in which The Beatles were photographed in various places around London, was in Old Street, a busy thoroughfare in the north of the city. Read more »

After their photography session at the Mercury Theatre in Notting Hill, The Beatles' Mad Day Out continued towards Highgate Cemetery in north London. Read more »

The second location in The Beatles' Mad Day Out photography extravaganza took place at the Mercury Theatre at 2 Ladbroke Road in Notting Hill, London. Read more »

In the early summer of 1968, Paul McCartney telephoned esteemed war photographer Don McCullin to ask him to spend a day photographing The Beatles. The group was in need of new publicity images, and wanted to get away from the recording studio temporarily. Read more »

The Beatles were photographed by Richard Avedon on this day. The shoot took place at a photographic studio in a penthouse in Thompson House, 200 Gray's Inn Road, London. Read more »

Prior to a late night recording session at Abbey Road, The Beatles visited Michael Cooper's London photographic studio where the cover photographs for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were taken. Read more »

During a short break in the sessions for Revolver, Ringo Starr took part in a photoshoot for The Beatles Book magazine. Read more »

On this day a photo session which was to become a notorious part of The Beatles' history took place: the infamous 'butcher cover' pictures were taken. Read more »

Ringo Starr had his portrait taken by US photographer Richard Avedon. The shoot took place at a photographic studio in a penthouse in Thompson House, 200 Gray's Inn Road, London. Read more »

In the morning of 5 March 1963, prior to recording their third single From Me To You, The Beatles took part in a photography session in London. Read more »

In December 1961 The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein contacted a local wedding photographer, Albert Marrion, to see if he could take some pictures of the group. Read more »