The Beatles' Abbey Road was released 50 years ago today

[Stevicus]

This album cover was thought by some to contain clues of Paul McCartney's death.

This was actually the last album that they recorded together. Let It Be was released several months later, but had been already recorded before the Beatles recorded Abbey Road.

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"

 

[BSM1]

BTW, I saw an interview last year with the guy standing in the background. He just happened to be there that morning. If memory serves, I don't think he even knew who these guys were.

 

[Revoltingest]

BTW, I saw an interview last year with the guy standing in the background. He just happened to be there that morning. If memory serves, I don't think he even knew who these guys were.

Is this some sort of reversed image thingie?
All the cars are heading in the wrong direction!

 

[Stevicus]

Is this some sort of reversed image thingie?
All the cars are heading in the wrong direction!

It's England. They do everything backwards. But they still made some excellent music just the same.

 

[BSM1]

Is this some sort of reversed image thingie?
All the cars are heading in the wrong direction!

BTW, if you look closely you'll see the fifth Beetle in the pic.....

 

[rosends]

When Rarities was released with a version of Her Majesty that included the final chord, it was as if a huge itch had been scratched. Game changer.

 

[Revoltingest]

It's England. They do everything backwards. But they still made some excellent music just the same.

Speaking of which...

 

[Stanyon]

The Beatles were pretty much just a boy band that had a couple of good songs.

Heh heh heh

 

[Darkforbid]

 

[Bob Jones]

I remember that day. I was 19 and in college, President Nixon was in office, Woodstock was around the corner, all military deferments where cancelled, and just about every draft aged male student would soon be visited by an ROTC officer recruiter. But the music kept playing on.

 

[atanu]

This album cover was thought by some to contain clues of Paul McCartney's death.

This was actually the last album that they recorded together. Let It Be was released several months later, but had been already recorded before the Beatles recorded Abbey Road.

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"

The Dark Side of the Moon and Abbey Road were my first LPs purchased using scholarship money.

 

[Bob Jones]

The Dark Side of the Moon and Abbey Road were my first LPs purchased using scholarship money.

I remember also Led Zeppelin had released their first record as well as Black Sabbath.

 

[BSM1]

I remember that day. I was 19 and in college, President Nixon was in office, Woodstock was around the corner, all military deferments where cancelled, and just about every draft aged male student would soon be visited by an ROTC officer recruiter. But the music kept playing on.

I was already flunking out of college, and, with a draft number of 17, was talking to the Navy recruiter.

I remember also Led Zeppelin had released their first record as well as Black Sabbath.

"Communication Breakdown", I think... BTW, I discover Hendrix in boot camp that November.

 

[Bob Jones]

I had plenty of options to avoid the draft, like going to Canada. But I was not rich and neither would my parents approve such an undertaking. I felt a bit unpatriotic. I remember when the White Album was released. All of my friends went hysterical! "Lets do it in the road" was played so many times I think it wore our the needle of the stereo.

 

[Revoltingest]

I was already flunking out of college, and, with a draft number of 17, was talking to the Navy recruiter.

Hah!
I beat you with a lottery number exactly twice yours.
(I took some ROTC exam. I discovered I was a natural....for draft dodging.)

 

[Bob Jones]

Hah!
I beat you with a lottery number exactly twice yours.
(I took some ROTC exam. I discovered I was a natural....for draft dodging.)

How lucky you where!

 

[Revoltingest]

How lucky you where!

The luck arrived when Nixon cancelled the draft..
...greatest civil rights achievement of that century.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Fifty years? No, can't be. It had to be a decade or two. Okay three at the very most.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Is this some sort of reversed image thingie?
All the cars are heading in the wrong direction!

Nah, they are just parking on the wrong side of the road. The clue is how poorly some of them are parked. That Volkswagen is halfway up on the sidewalk.

 

[Bob Jones]

The luck arrived when Nixon cancelled the draft..
...greatest civil rights achievement of that century.

Was that in 1973?