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Post by beacon on May 16, 2012 4:01:55 GMT -5
beaconfilms2011.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/abbey-road-cover.htmlwww.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/15/backwards-abbey-road-beatles-photo?newsfeed=trueA rare photograph showing the Beatles walking the "wrong way" across the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing is expected to fetch up to £9,000 at auction. The version that found its way on to the 1969 Abbey Road album has the band walking from the photographer's left to right. In the version up for sale John Lennon, splendid in white suit and shoes, leads the group from right to left. Other differences are likely to tantalise Beatles fans, particularly Paul McCartney's footwear. On the album he has bare feet, but in this shot he is wearing chunky sandals. The cigarette, which he holds on the album version, is either missing or hidden. The photograph was one of just a handful taken outside the Abbey Road studios in St John's Wood, north-west London, during the rapid shoot by the late Iain Macmillan as a police officer held up the traffic. This print is one of 25 created and is being sold by a private collector. Sarah Wheeler, of Bloomsbury Auctions, in London, said: "Macmillan had 10 minutes to do the shoot and he took six photographs of the Beatles walking backwards and forwards across the zebra crossing. He was standing up a ladder to take the pictures. "The photo has been called an icon of the 1960s. I think the reason it became so popular is its simplicity. It's a very simple, stylised shot and is a shot people can relate to." The auction takes place on 22 May.
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Post by linus on May 16, 2012 14:37:59 GMT -5
And let's not forget this photo was taken the day of the Manson Family Tate murders.
Also interesting, With The Beatles was released the day JFK was shot.
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Post by seasaltcaramel on May 17, 2012 9:05:00 GMT -5
And let's not forget this photo was taken the day of the Manson Family Tate murders. Also interesting, With The Beatles was released the day JFK was shot. i wonder when they met lloyd?
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Post by doublefantasy1980 on May 17, 2012 18:52:15 GMT -5
What a suprise, Paul is actually wearing flip flops.
"I showed up that day in sandles, flip flops and .. it was so hot that I kicked them off and walked across bare footed .."
Wasn't lying there.
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Post by whammo on Jun 23, 2012 21:26:47 GMT -5
What a suprise, Paul is actually wearing flip flops. "I showed up that day in sandles, flip flops and .. it was so hot that I kicked them off and walked across bare footed .." Wasn't lying there. Because walking on hot asphalt is so much more comfortable barefoot.
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Post by doublefantasy1980 on Jun 24, 2012 3:43:19 GMT -5
First of all, why would you wear flip flops when you're wearing a suit?
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Post by cherilyn7 on Jun 26, 2012 17:37:48 GMT -5
Its noticeable that "Paul" has his head down; this could knock off a couple of inches in height. It just doesn't seem right that someone would wear flip flops or bare feet with a suit. Their clothes do appear to have been carefully chosen......the zebra crossing would appear to symbolise the crossing of the river Styx?
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Post by iameye on Jul 1, 2012 6:55:51 GMT -5
Obviously, the shoes simply fell off his feet because he had to walk up and down Abbey Road millions of times.
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Post by B on Jul 3, 2012 8:19:44 GMT -5
He was getting ready to lift off.
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Post by iameye on Jul 3, 2012 8:38:41 GMT -5
He was getting ready to lift off. And now it's Time to land
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Post by linus on Jul 10, 2012 16:03:31 GMT -5
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Post by seasaltcaramel on Jul 11, 2012 15:55:40 GMT -5
someone else died along with aldous that day. now who could it have been? i honestly cant remember. but it was similar to john lennons death "overshadowing" the death of darby crash.
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Post by linus on Jul 11, 2012 16:44:28 GMT -5
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