Everest (cigarette) Mount Everest for the album cover. The group, however, did not want to undertake the long trip and travel to Mount Everest for the photo shoot. Paul McCartney drew a sketch with four little stick men crossing the zebra crossing on Abbey Road. The group liked the idea and McCartney suggested they just go outside, take the photo there and name the album after the street. On 8 August 1969, photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic album cover photograph of the group walking on the zebra crossing outside the studio. In 2009, contraband cigarettes worth 3.1 million US Dollars were
Abbey Road a traffic safety awareness advertisement against jaywalking, using the cover and a caption that read: "If they can, why can't you?" The cover image has been parodied on several occasions, including by McCartney on his 1993 live album "Paul Is Live". The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "The Abbey Road E.P." parodies the cover, with the band walking near-naked across a similar zebra crossing, although the musical content is different. "Abbey Road" initially received mixed reviews from music critics, who criticised the production's artificial sounds and viewed its music as inauthentic. William Mann of the "London Times" said that the album