Everest (cigarette) 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. 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. In 2009, contraband cigarettes worth 3.1 million US Dollars were
The Beatles bootleg recordings Lot", "Come and Get It", "Dig a Pony" (unedited version), and two medleys from the "Get Back" / "Let It Be" sessions: "Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle and Roll" and "Not Fade Away / Bo Diddley". In 1981, in-house engineer John Barrett was given the task of cataloguing the complete collection of tapes from the band's seven-year career with EMI. This led to two projects: a public audio-visual presentation at Abbey Road Studios called "The Beatles Live at Abbey Road" (which opened on 18 July 1983) and a planned outtakes album which was to be called "Sessions". In addition