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
Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles The sleeve features liner notes by George Harrison and there is a photo of Atkins wearing a "Beatle wig" on the back cover. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 112 on the Pop Albums charts. Atkins never recorded with the Gretsch "Country Gentleman" 12-string guitar that was made especially for him and is pictured on the cover. The recording was nominated for Best Instrumental Recording (other than Jazz) at the 1967 Grammy awards. Writing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "an entertaining, if ultimately