Abbey Road "we didn't need to write the band's name on the cover ... They were the most famous band in the world". The front cover design, a photograph of the group on a zebra crossing, was based on ideas sketched by McCartney, and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios in Abbey Road. At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo whilst he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up traffic behind the camera. Macmillan took six photographs, which McCartney later examined with a magnifying glass before deciding which of
Paul Is Live Paul Is Live Paul Is Live is a live album by Paul McCartney, released in 1993 during his New World Tour in support of the album "Off the Ground". The album cover is based on that of Beatles' 1969 album "Abbey Road" and contains multiple references to the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory. The album's title is a response to the "Paul is dead" rumours after the 1969 release of the Beatles' last studio album, "Abbey Road". The cover is a digitally altered photo from the August 1969 photo shoot for the "Abbey Road" album cover. Intentional differences between the