The Beatles Abbey Road album cover, who is who?!
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Which is
George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and John Lenon?
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Which is
George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and John Lenon?
From left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon. An interesting fact about the cover of the Abbey Road album is that people believe this was the sight of Paul McCartney's funeral procession. You can read more about the "Paul is Dead" hoax here: http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/IBP/Abbey...
left to right- George, Paul, Ringo, John.
They must be before your time.
'just visiting' is right - Liverpool, my adopted City
From left to right: George Harrison wearing jeans and a blue shirt. Paul McCartney wearing a grey suit (no shoes). Ringo Starr is in the black suit. John Lennon in the white suit.
"At some point, the album was going to be titled Everest, after the brand of cigarettes I used to smoke", recalls Geoff Emerick. The idea included a cover photo in the Himalayas, but by the time the group was to take the photo, they decided to call it Abbey Road and take the photo outside the studio, on 8 August 1969. The cover designer was Apple Records creative Director Kosh. The cover photograph was taken by photographer Iain MacMillan. MacMillan was given only ten minutes around 10 that morning to take the photo. That cover photograph has since become one of the most famous and most imitated album covers in recording history. A second version by Iain MacMillan was used on McCartney's solo album Paul Is Live. The man standing on the pavement in the background is Paul Cole (d. 13 February 2008), an American tourist who was unaware that he was being photographed until he saw the album cover months later. The zebra crossing today remains a popular destination for Beatles fans.
The Beetle
The Volkswagen Beetle parked next to the zebra crossing belonged to one of the people living in the apartment across from the recording studio. After the album came out, the number plate was stolen repeatedly from the car. In 1986, the car was sold at an auction for $23,000 and is currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.
For the Paul is Dead people:
This album cover was the clincher. The front shows a funeral procession and depicts John as the preacher (in white), Ringo as a mourner (in black), George as the gravedigger (in work clothes) with Paul as the deceased.
REALITY: No basis for this interpretation; preachers, gravediggers and mourners do not wear typologically identifiable clothing in all situations.
Paul is in bare feet, is out of step with the others, has his eyes closed, and is the only one shown smoking, holding a cigarette in his right hand when he is a left hander.
REALITY: Alternate takes of this album cover photo show Paul with sandals on and in step with the others, eyes open. Many candid photos exist showing that Paul, although a lefty, holds the ciggie in his right.
VW license says "28 IF" (Paul's age, had he lived. Actually, he'd be 27 at the time of the cover, but this is covered by pointing out that in many Indian religions, one is considered 1 year old at the date of birth, and so he would in fact have been "28 IF").
REALITY: Indian religions date from actual birth of child. Some Chinese traditions are said to date this way, but there's no indication that the Beatles knew of this or believed in it.
On the back, a crack runs through "The Beatles", indicating a split in the group.
REALITY: "Abbey Road" was actually a revival for the group, after the disastrous experience with the "Let It Be" project. But the group was destined to break up anyway, and ironically it was the real live Paul who tried to hold it together!