40 Years Of Abbey Road Photo - 8/8/2009: We Want The Beatles скачать видео бесплатно


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... and we got, erm, Sgt Pepper's Only Dartboard Band.

It was forty years ago today...!!! at 11.30 to be precise

I saw one of the original photos - signed and numbered by the author, Ian Macmillan - at one of the London galleries fo 10 thousand pounds recently.

The Beatles decided to shoot the photograph in August 1969 while recording music for the last time together. For the shot, photographer Iain Macmillan stood on a stepladder and police held up traffic while the Beatles walked back and forth across the street just 10 minutes. Only six pictures were taken in all.

Iain Stewart Macmillan (Oct 20, 1938 - May 8, 2006) was the Scottish photographer. After growing up in Scotland, he moved to London to become a professional photographer. He used a photo of Yoko Ono in a book he published in 1966 and was invited by Yoko to photograph her exhibit at Indica Gallery. She introduced him to John Lennon. John invited him to be the photographer for the cover of Abbey Road.

Iain was given a sketch by Paul MacCartney a couple of days before the shoot showing where and what the picture should look like. Iain added his own sketch in the top corner to confirm the layout. The Volkswagen? Iain said "The car just happened to be standing there. It had been left there by someone on holiday. Nobody with any connection to The Beatles. A policeman tried to move it away for us, but he couldn't". On Aug 8, 1969 around 11:30am, Iain climbed up a stepladder about 10 feet in the air in the middle of Abbey Road and took six pictures of the Beatles crossing the street. A policeman was hired to control traffic. The Beatles usually came to the studio around 2-3pm so the earlier hour was chosen to avoid fans.

First Photo. John leads the group from left to right followed by Ringo, Paul and George. They kept this order throughout all the photos. There is a Mercedes pulling out of the studio behind them. John is looking away from the camera and Paul and George are in mid step. Paul is wearing flip-flop sandals!

Second Photo. They walk back in the same order. Good spacing but only John has a full step.

Third Photo. Left to right again, full steps this time but they are all too far left. There is now a traffic backup. There is a taxi, two vans and a double decker bus waiting to come forward. Paul is now barefoot.

Fourth Photo. Walking right to left, once again Paul Ringo and George all in mid step. The traffic has gone through but the bus has stopped to watch. This photo is the cover of "Abbey Road" by Brian Southall.

Fifth Photo. The Cover! The only photo where we see Paul smoking. The only one with their legs in perfect formation. The three men on the left above Paul's head are Alan Flanagan, Steve Millwood and Derek Seagrove. They were interior decorators returning from a lunch break. On the right side between John and Ringo's head is Paul Cole an American tourist.

Sixth Photo. Ringo slightly too far behind John.

After the shoot Iain went to find a road sign for use on the back cover. It was taken on the corner with Alexandra Road. During photographing the sign a girl in a blue dress walked through the shot. Iain was angry but later it was chosen as the back cover. The wall with the sign was demolished several years later.

Iain worked for John and Yoko till 1971 doing such work as:

The cloud on the album cover for Live Peace in Toronto.

Photos on the album Some Time in New York City.

The wedding cake in the Wedding Album.

Yoko's book Flies.

The cover photo on Yoko's book Grapefruit.

The merging heads of John and Yoko on the vinyl single Happy Xmas (War is Over).

Комментарии

12 years назад

Keeton Geer

Continuing this theme, please enjoy the posted video, "40 years in 3 minutes", which revisits the Beatles' GET BACK and GLASS ONION via historical landmarks and even some local 8mm footage of the time.

13 years назад

John Babcock

The Beatles do and will always exist because of their music and worldwide influence my friend. Long after you are gone and buried people will be showing up at places like this to celebrate their legacy.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

It's not a 'pedestrian crosswalk', it's called a 'zebra crossing' in England and I have visited many many times when in NW8 which includes actually working at EMI Studios as a freelancer. Please don't lecture me about something which is in MY home town and thousands of miles from the redneck town you live in. There isn't anything to 'get' and if you're going to spout about The Beatles it's called a ZEBRA CROSSING in the UK. The GOOF is all yours my friend!

14 years назад

wanderer1955

Hey Philtration & dutchgoing, you both need to get a room!!

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Oh dear I think we've seen plenty of your bitter twisted little world, the fact that you've posted soo many times means you must have an abnormal amount of spare time on your hands or must have made yourself incredibly unpopular in some way. People tend to shy away from the completely toxic things in life... l o l You seem to have a problem with other people having a good time, that doesn't of course preclude a fun day out at a zebra crossing of course....Yawn!

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Did you get all upset because somebody criticised your favourite band? What a shame. Still, nice to see you're taking a bit of comment so well. Ha ha ha ha....

14 years назад

Philtration

Like your boring video gibberish about "Your cannon has wheels" or "Were off to find a disco and a DJ"? You take yourself far too seriously and you made it your mission to rip on this video and the people who posted their comments here. If you don't like it then fine but no one really cares and you wanted them to care so badly. You came across as an ass and I would suspect that it is because you really are one in person. Enjoy yourself.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

You shouldn't really post here after scoring you know, it reads like brain-dead gibberish frankly.

14 years назад

Philtration

dutchgoing here. The other day I baked a loaf of bread! Why wont someone praise my efforts? Why cant the world celebrate the marginally talent among us so that I can fell as special as me mum said that I am? I ordered some French trousers on the Internet the other day and I breathlessly await their arrival. Fancy French knickers and a bottle of wine. Oh my! Ta ta for now!

14 years назад

Philtration

dutchgoing here. I am very excited about the thought of the Muslims taking over the U.K. and bowing down to their outdated customs. I have come to realize that like the Muslim, I too hate women and I cannot wait for one of them to violate me. Oh God let me be a smelly camel mans hump! Ta ta for now!

14 years назад

Philtration

dutchgoing here. I cannot imagine why anyone would take to the streets in support of artistic achievement. I would rather mince about the streets lighting fireworks with another man while celebrating the changing of the calendar. Oh look! It was 2008 and now it is 2009! Simply amazing! Ta ta for now!

14 years назад

Philtration

dutchgoing here. The other night I must have had too many vodka martinis because I could not remember a single thing from the party. I am quit sure that I had a smashing time because when I awoke I shat blood and a man's wristwatch. Not a very expensive one but stylish nonetheless. Ta ta for now!

14 years назад

Philtration

I really don't give a flying fuck about your opinion one way or the other and neither does anyone else. That is what bothers you. You want attention and no one cares about your sad little world. Just another little boy who believes that if he says poo-poo everyone will finally notice him. You 15 minutes are up so move along already.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Don't delude yourself into thinking you're some kind of spokesman. If you feel so strongly about it you should have been there shouldn't you? Air travel is cheap. I'd be quite happy to show you the REAL London, no joke. Ok you don't care about my opinion, let's call it quits, I just found the vid rather annoying that's all.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Opps restricted I meant. Anyway it's people like you who have confirmed my dislike of the Beatles anyway. I used to be something of a fan but I wouldn't be seen at a public gathering like this if my life depended on it. You sound like an American from somewhere where they grow potatoes a lot. Am I right?

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Well that's proof that you must really loathe yourself. Your one-track point of view, resticted vocabulary and constant resort to shouting other people down shows it.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Just a lot of abuse because you like dishing out abuse for it's own sake, not got a lot to do with music has it. Seems you're allowed to express your opinion as you wish but nobody else gets a point of view do they? You are a bigot.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

Part of my having a life already thanks for asking involves doing far more interesting things than having a fun day out at a pedestrian crossing with a lot of middle-aged people.

14 years назад

dutchgoing

What's boring about cooking, especially cooking YOU don't know anything about. If you actually watched my videos you'll see they are not about fireworks at all. Trust really anal white people to be into a band that ceased to exist 4 decades ago and who then get really UPSET when somebody points out their sad obsession. Yes the Beatles were great, other great things have happened since though.

14 years назад

Philtration

All of these comments coming from a boring fuck who posts videos of stupid fireworks and cooking.

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