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
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