When The Beatles Crossed The Road
<p>Abbey Road was a street known only to North Londoners until The Beatles posed on the zebra crossing outside EMI Studios on 8th August, 1969. Photographer Iain MacMillan took just six snaps, one of which graced the front cover of their penultimate album, ‘Abbey Road’.</p><br><p>The image became instantly iconic, partly due to the decision not to name the band or the album on the front of LP. It even spurred a conspiracy theory that claimed that Paul McCartney was dead, and being played by a lookalike, attested to his by bare feet and the number plate on the vehicle behind him.</p><br><p>In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the picture nearly didn’t happen in St John’s Wood at all, but in NEPAL; dive into the ‘Paul Is Dead’ conspiracy; and check out the live feed of hapless tourists approximating the picture…&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p><p>• ‘Obituary: Iain MacMillan’ (The Independent, 2006): <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iain-macmillan-364645.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iain-macmillan-364645.html</a></p><p>• ‘Revisiting London's iconic album cover images’ (BBC News, 2008): <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43318498" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43318498</a></p><p>• ‘Beatles fans flock to Abbey Road for 44th anniversary’ (Telegraph, 2013): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVvSW-Qqmk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVvSW-Qqmk</a></p><br><p><strong>Thanks so much for supporting the show! We're your Octopus's Garden</strong></p><p><em>The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Edit producer: Sophie King</em></p><p><em>Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders.</em></p><p><em>Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
Abbey Road was a street known only to North Londoners until The Beatles posed on the zebra crossing outside EMI Studios on 8th August, 1969. Photographer Iain MacMillan took just six snaps, one of which graced the front cover of their penultimate album, ‘Abbey Road’.
The image became instantly iconic, partly due to the decision not to name the band or the album on the front of LP. It even spurred a conspiracy theory that claimed that Paul McCartney was dead, and being played by a lookalike, attested to his by bare feet and the number plate on the vehicle behind him.
In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the picture nearly didn’t happen in St John’s Wood at all, but in NEPAL; dive into the ‘Paul Is Dead’ conspiracy; and check out the live feed of hapless tourists approximating the picture…
Further Reading:
• ‘Obituary: Iain MacMillan’ (The Independent, 2006): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iain-macmillan-364645.html
• ‘Revisiting London's iconic album cover images’ (BBC News, 2008): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43318498
• ‘Beatles fans flock to Abbey Road for 44th anniversary’ (Telegraph, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVvSW-Qqmk
Thanks so much for supporting the show! We're your Octopus's Garden
The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Edit producer: Sophie King
Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders.
Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.
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