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 Abbey Road E.P. The only "new" track is a cover of the song "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix, which was recorded during the sessions for "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" and included in a different mix as the b-side to "Fight Like a Brave". The same recording of "Fire", however, would be later included once again on the band's next studio album "Mother's Milk" in tribute to Hillel Slovak, the band's original guitarist who died of a heroin overdose and plays guitar on the track. The title and cover was a tribute to The Beatles' famous album "Abbey Road". Like the Beatles, the cover