Once the group decided that Nepal was out of the question, Paul McCartney then came up with the idea to take a photograph outside of EMI Studios on a break from recording. Everest became the working title of their then-unnamed eleventh album. Engineer Geoff Emerick was smoking Everest cigarettes in the studio, and the band eventually took a liking to the stark image of their silhouettes against a white mountain. The original working title for Abbey Road was Everest, and the legendary cover was never in the plan at all. From Mojo and Abbey Road – Norwegian Wood Paul McCartney, being barefoot, would serve as a clue to justify the “Paul Is Dead” rumour which grew in popularity after the release of “ Abbey Road“. When the album came out, people started looking at it and they said, ‘Why has he got no shoes on? He’s never done that before!’ Paul McCartney, from “The Beatles: Off the Record” by Keith Badman I only had to walk around the corner to get to the crossing because I lived nearby… for the photo session, I thought, ‘I’ll take my sandals off.’ Barefoot, nice warm day, I didn’t feel like wearing shoes. It was a hot day in London, a really nice hot day and I wore sandals. Shortly after the shoot, Paul McCartney studied the transparencies and chose the only one where all four Beatles were walking in time. A policeman held up the traffic as photographer Iain Macmillan, from a stepladder positioned in the middle of the road, took six shots as the group walked across the zebra crossing just outside the studio. From Facebook – 50 years ago today, The Beatles gathered at EMI Studios for one of the most iconic photoshoots of their career. Iain Macmillan was a freelance photographer and a friend to John Lennon and Yoko Ono.Ī policeman held up the traffic as Macmillan, from a stepladder positioned in the middle of the road, took six shots as the group walked across the zebra crossing just outside the studio. Photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic image that adorned their last-recorded album, Abbey Road. When I saw that photo, I did think to myself, ‘They’re sending a message.’ Geoff Emerick (engineer on Abbey Road) – From MusicRadar, 2014 interviewĪll four Beatles gathered at EMI Studios on the morning of Friday 8 August 1969 for one of the most famous photo shoots of their career. This was intentional on their part – they didn’t want to be seen as walking toward the studio. For people who don’t know the geography, they’re actually walking away from the EMI Studios – or Abbey Road, as everybody knows it now. The only hint they gave me or anybody was on the album cover, where they’re walking across the street. In 1993, Paul McCartney would recreate this photograph, still with Iain Macmillan, for his “ Paul Is Live” live album. Paul McCartney – From “The Beatles Anthology” book, 2000 So we got hold of the photographer Iain Macmillan, gave him half an hour and walked across the crossing. It’ll be done in half an hour.’ It was getting quite late and you always have to get the cover in ahead of the sound. The crossing was right outside, and we said, ‘Let’s just go out, get a photographer and walk out on the crossing. On this day, at 10 am, The Beatles gathered at EMI Studios to walk across the zebra crossing of Abbey Road, and photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic photo which would serve as the cover photograph of their album “ Abbey Road“.
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