Abbey Road Cover Gladness

The front cover was a photograph of the group walking on a zebra crossing, based on ideas that McCartney sketched, taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo while he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up traffic behind the camera. Macmillan took six photographs, which McCartney examined with a magnifying glass before deciding which would be used on the album sleeve.

55 years ago today The Beatles took their iconic walk across Abbey Road for their final album cover, and it’s fascinating to see the two drawings from the day:

First Paul McCartney’s in which your mind is blown he’d thought it out in this much detail, for such a loosey-goosey “let’s just take a photo” moment.

And Mal Evans, their loyal bff/roadie, which seems to have John Lennon shouting “wait where the fuck are we going?” 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Also, dafuck - did everybody at the time have the exact same calendar books???