The Beatles Bible - Topic: Abbey Road cover!

mwep on Abbey Road cover!

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:34:53 +0100

I do know a little about the 3 guys at the back on the left, they where painter and decorators simply taking a break and out of knowhere the Beatles appeared. I know the names of two, one was called steve milward, one was called Ted, unfortunatley I don't recall the name of the third.

Zig on Abbey Road cover!

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:33:29 +0100

Nice - thanks, Joe.

Joe on Abbey Road cover!

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:21:28 +0100

See also: http://www.snapgalleries.com/e.....-sessions/

Zig on Abbey Road cover!

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:44:10 +0100

I found this article today (oh boy). It goes into detail about not only the photo that was used, but the 5 shots that were not.

Pretty intersting...

MeanMrsMustard on Abbey Road cover!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:42:23 +0100

MrBig said:

MeanMrs.Mustard said:

Amphion said:

They must be the only human beings non Beatle, to appear on a Beatles album cover!

What about this?

I think they meant living, not cardboard

Hmmm...

MrBig on Abbey Road cover!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:41:40 +0100

MeanMrs.Mustard said:

Amphion said:

They must be the only human beings non Beatle, to appear on a Beatles album cover!

What about this?

I think they meant living, not cardboard

MeanMrsMustard on Abbey Road cover!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:08:28 +0100

Amphion said:

They must be the only human beings non Beatle, to appear on a Beatles album cover!

What about this?

Dear Prudence on Abbey Road cover!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:04:32 +0100

Amphion said:

Interesting stories, but I guess the debate could go on for ever, with many people claiming to be the one's in the photo. On the left hand side, just infront of the parked car, next to the white overalled trio, is a man preparing to cross the road. Further down Abbey Road, next to the seventh car on the right are a couple walking towards the camera. There are two policemen in the front seats of the van. Its not so easy to see on the CD cover, but I have been looking at a giant poster of Abbey ...

Joe on Abbey Road cover!

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:16:02 +0000

Phew. Finished the Abbey Road piece: http://www.beatlesbible.com/al.....bbey-road/

If there are any errors that need correcting, or if I've missed anything major out, please leave a comment at the foot of the article. It's quite a long piece and I still have a muddled head, so there's bound to be something I've missed.

Joe on Abbey Road cover!

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:38:48 +0000

Yep! Hangover, bed at 4am last night. Not a chance I could set foot in a pub today... I'm trying to write a feature on Abbey Road but I'm not finding it too easy

mjb on Abbey Road cover!

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:05:03 +0000

Joe said:

Here's a pic I'd never seen before: http://www.thebeatles.com/#/im....._08_1969_4

On an unrelated note, my wife just got back from our local pub where she ate what was listed on the menu as "Wild Honey Pie" - she described it as "a vegetarian thing made up of rice, peppers and... stuff".

That's an interesting shot. How drab it looks in black & white!

And why didn't you go down the pub with your wife? Are you feeling unwell

Joe on Abbey Road cover!

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:27:49 +0000

Here's a pic I'd never seen before: http://www.thebeatles.com/#/im....._08_1969_4

It was apparently taken on the same day as the Abbey Road shot. Outside the studio is a group of people - it doesn't look like The Beatles but I suppose the photo could have been taken by Iain Macmillan before the shoot began at 10am. It looks like it's from the exact same spot that the Abbey Road pic was taken, so I presume it was from up IM's ladder. The cars are all different, though, so it was probably some time before (or maybe after).

On an ...

Amphion on Abbey Road cover!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:53:22 +0000

The car imfront of the white beetle looks rather dirty on the giant poster, which may suggest that it belomgs to somebody involved in the work at the property where the three overalled people are!!!

The fact that the photographer was up a ladder, begs the question, at what point would the car approaching the crossing on the right hand side, (in fact, there's a train of vehicles coming our way) have been stopped???

Joe on Abbey Road cover!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:15:53 +0000

Or if you believe the Paul Is Dead rumours, "LMW 28IF" stands for "Linda McCartney weeps" and that Paul would have been 28 if he'd survived (he'd actually have been 27). More: http://www.beatlesbible.com/fe.....is-dead/4/

Abbey Road is album of the month for February. I need to get writing!

Amphion on Abbey Road cover!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:25:07 +0000

Interesting stories, but I guess the debate could go on for ever, with many people claiming to be the one's in the photo. On the left hand side, just infront of the parked car, next to the white overalled trio, is a man preparing to cross the road. Further down Abbey Road, next to the seventh car on the right are a couple walking towards the camera. There are two policemen in the front seats of the van. Its not so easy to see on the CD cover, but I have been looking at a giant poster of Abbey Road... and ...