Abbey Road by Orion, Cameron, Gabriel Roland, Toom, Grace Lingad, kevin a, Djimi Gonbonzoghoti, Steve Braman, Tim Temmerman
June 22nd, 2006 3:35 PMIt was a beautiful day, and a great opportunity to get some folks into the game, so we set up a important work meeting, got a huge group comprised of all five groups, and spent some time snapping the following pictures; thanks to the help of Djimi's awesome camera.
Gabe was familiar with the original cover, and insisted that we get the order and symbolism right in both sets; the lightest colored clothing first, barefoot in third, and the casual clothes last. Although we were not entirely prepared costume wise, we did our best, and came up with some great results. Two groups of four, a sepia-toned alternate, and massive 8 person group photo.
Good times.
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Erm, don't want to be a prude, but someone should remove that last image before a big company sues an open ended game..
Via Wikipedia
"At some point the album was going to be titled Everest, after the brand of cigarettes I used to smoke," recalls Geoff Emerick. The idea included a cover photo of The Beatles in the Himalaya, but by the time the group had to take the photo, they decided to call it Abbey Road and take the photo outside the studio on August 8, 1969. The cover designer was Apple Records creative Director Kosh. The cover photograph was taken by photographer, Iain MacMillan. MacMillan was given only ten minutes around 10:00AM that morning to take the photo. That cover photograph has since become one of the most famous and most imitated album covers in recording history. The cover also supposedly contains clues adding to the "Paul Is Dead" phenomenon: Paul is barefoot, with eyes closed, out of step with the others, and holds a cigarette in his right hand, though he is left handed, and the car license plate "LMW 281F" supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he was still alive. (While the "I" in "28IF" is actually a "1," it is hard to tell on the cover. As an aside, Paul was only 27 at the time of Abbey Road's release, though some take this to mean he would have been 28 "if" he had lived despite the fact that McCartney has supposedly been dead for years at this point.) "LMW" is said to stand for "Linda McCartney Weeps." Paul had married Linda Eastman during the White Album sessions. The four Beatles on the album cover, according to the "Paul is Dead" myth, represent Jesus (John, long-haired and bearded, dressed in white), the Undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the Corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot--like a body in a casket), and the Gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt). The man standing on the pavement in the background is Paul Cole, an American tourist who was unaware that he was being photographed until he saw the album cover months later.
You should have crossed the street carrying the Tic-Tac-Toe Board!