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
A Walk Down Abbey Road June 2002, one day before the scheduled first show of The Who's 2002 US tour. Additional musicians: Additional musicians: A Walk Down Abbey Road Alan Parsons "A Walk Down Abbey Road" was a concert tour which was launched in North America in 2001 to pay tribute to The Beatles and promote the hits of various headlining band members. Similar to Ringo Starr's "All Starr Band" tours, each successive year the band members swapped out and featured the songs of the new line-up. The first set included all band members assembled to play each other's hits. The second set featured all