Iain Macmillan Iain Macmillan Iain Stewart Macmillan (20 October 1938 – 8 May 2006) was the Scottish photographer famous for taking the cover photograph for The Beatles' album "Abbey Road" in 1969. After growing up in Scotland, he moved to London to become a professional photographer. He used a photo of Yoko Ono in a book he published in 1966 and was invited by Yoko to photograph her exhibit at Indica Gallery. She introduced him to John Lennon. John invited him to be the photographer for the cover of "Abbey Road". He worked with the Lennons for several years even staying for
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