COVER PHOTO _ ERIOPERATSIOON WEGEBAU / ABBEY ROAD

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road 

Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded,^[3] although Let It Be (1970) was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970.^[4] Abbey Road was mostly recorded in April, July, and August 1969, and topped the record charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. A double A-side single from the album, "Something" / "Come Together", was released in October, which also topped the charts in the US. 

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Cover photo

Apple Records creative director John Kosh designed the album cover. It is the only original UK Beatles album sleeve to show neither the artist name nor the album title on its front cover. EMI believed that the record would not sell without this information, but Kosh said that "we didn't need to write the band's name on the cover [...] They were the most famous band in the world".^[84] The front cover was a photograph of the group walking on a zebra crossing, based on ideas that McCartney sketched,^{[85][nb 4]} and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given ten minutes to take the photo while he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up traffic behind the camera. McCartney later examined with a magnifying glass each of the six photographs Macmillan had taken before deciding which would be used on the album sleeve.^[84][86]

In the image selected by McCartney, the group walk across the street in single file from left to right, with Lennon leading, followed by Starr, McCartney and Harrison. McCartney is barefoot and out of step with the others. Except for Harrison, who is dressed in denim, the group are wearing suits designed by Tommy Nutter.^[87] A white Volkswagen Beetle is to the left of the picture, parked next to the zebra crossing, which belonged to one of the people living in the block of flats across from the recording studio. After the album was released, the number plate (LMW 281F) was repeatedly stolen from the car.^{[nb 5]} In 2004, news sources published a claim made by retired American salesman Paul Cole that he was the man standing on the pavement to the right of the picture.^[90]