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              [Picture] Making History: The Shot Before The Beatles “Abbey Road” Iconic Cover

              Perhaps the most iconic image by The Beatles, the memorable ‘Abbey Road’. Unseen by many, here is the shot taken prior to the shot that we all have come to know and love. What is truly amazing about this image is the innocence of the moment. They are oblivious to the importance of the image which is about to be captured. Moments later, the cover of Abbey Road was made and sealed into history.

               

               

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              The Abbey Road Cover

              The image in itself speaks volumes. Can you imagine being an onlooker to that specific moment? I wonder about what is going on in their minds. We’ll never know.

              As a bonus, here are some additional outtakes from the shoot itself.

               

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              January 28, 2012
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              • Anonymous

                Hate to be a stickler but based on direction of the shadow falling in each image, they have already crossed the street and are about to go back the other way to try it again.
                BTW, just found your site recently and I come back nearly every day. Keep up the great work!

              • http://www.facebook.com/freeloosedirt Fred Rockwood

                @robtannenbaum:disqus  I’ve been there, and that’s definitely the “starting” side of the street. (here’s a photo I took of my son http://www.flickr.com/photos/freeloosedirt/5287535165/ )

              • Gilly Ribeiro

                This one MUST be on your sidebar as a favourite!!! ;-)
                Congrats FStoppers!

              • Anonymous

                Does Paul have slippers on in the first shot?

              • http://www.facebook.com/michal.havel Lachim Levah

                thats true man! maybe it was taken from the same position as the legendary cover picture :)

              • Anonymous

                Impossible for them to be standing on the starting side.  Shadows do not lie.  So this was either after the iconic shot, or before they crossed, to only cross back and take the iconic photo.

              • http://profile.yahoo.com/SULF7V3A57BLQ5KK3RXVJ43FKM tdeddy

                THANK YOU SO MUCH,,I LOVE THE BEATLES,,,,GREAT GUYS,,I MEET THEM AT BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL,,WHERE I WORK  IN 1964…THANK YOU MICHAEL

              • http://profile.yahoo.com/SULF7V3A57BLQ5KK3RXVJ43FKM tdeddy

                GREAT NPICTURES,,,THANKS   SVEND

              • http://www.patrickhallphotography.com Patrick Hall

                what makes you think they didn’t cross the street first before “starting”?

              • http://profiles.google.com/cottonj Joseph Cotton

                There must be, like, ten million photos of the Beatles.  This is just another one.  Even the album cover shot is just another picture of the group.  Or is there some galactic symbolism that I missed?  

              • annie will

                Yes, you’re a bell-end. Now go away

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paddy-Wack-McCormick/100000486898259 Paddy Wack McCormick

                every picture is Galactic..  THE BEATLES ARE FAB…Chill out. PEACE and LOVE  ..

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paddy-Wack-McCormick/100000486898259 Paddy Wack McCormick

                Every Picture is Galactic.. THE BEATLES ARE FAB ..Chill out ..PEACE and LOVE.. 

              • Bart Chapman

                Paul took his shoes off on the last pass by the way!  He is wearing shoes in this photo.

              • michele Bryan

                They actually look like “look-a-likes”…not the actual Beatles.

              • http://www.facebook.com/GhislainLeduc Ghislain Leduc

                Do you know what camera was used for that picture? The professional photographer  Iain Macmillan used an Hasselblad with a 50mm lens. It’s being said it was shot at f/22 1/500 wow, it was a bright day! :) 

                I can’t wait to get my hand on such a camera. I’m definitively not saying that the camera made the shot, it has nothing to do about it.

              • nycvc

                Great pics!  Beatles live on and on and on and on….Thanks for the post!
                cvc

              • aqps

                Paul took his shoes off on the last pass by the way !
                But
                Paul had his shoes off because… he had passed away ! 

                ;-))

              • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/GALE7RQZQEVWFNLAGKLDNT75YY Mike

                history!

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