Photos »
Gigwise RSS Feeds Bookmark and Share

Happy 40th Birthday Abbey Road - Amazing Parodies Of The Iconic Album Cover!

The Beatles photo celebrates a landmark...

  • Friday, August 07, 2009

Exactly 40 years ago on Saturday (August 8), John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison stepped out in unison onto the zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios in North London. History was made. The photograph, taken by Iain MacMillan, became one of the most famous, parodied and talked-about album covers of all time when 'Abbey Road' was released the following month. Here Gigwise takes a look at the parodies and celebrity mimics of the legendary album cover in celebration of its 40 years...

Previous Next
(2)
  • good example of how degraded rockers have become..not to mention a label that would actually put this out...

    ~ by Zowie 8/29/2009

    Reply to this comment

  • This LP was put out by Stax, the label that gave the world Otis Redding,Sam and Dave, Issac Hayes and many others.Booker T and the MGs were the back-up band.The Beatles were huge fans of Booker T and the MGs. The sent a limo to meet them when they did their 1967 Euro tour. McLemore Avenue is where the Stax studio was located(you can see it in the upper left) $20 says both Paul and Ringo played this LP within the last 6 months.The cover shows the reality of Memphis's inner-city.

    ~ by Ralph\\\'s Joint 9/15/2009

    Reply to this comment


     characters left [+]  


    Register now and have your comments approved automatically!

    • RT @Gigwise The Flaming Lips To Release Cover Of 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'!: With Peaches and Henry Rollins... http://bit.ly/10hDgx
      BarrelhouseBeat on Fri Oct 16 17:22:58 via Twitterrific
    • RT @Gigwise The Flaming Lips To Release Cover Of 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'!: With Peaches and Henry Rollins guestin.. http://bit.ly/10hDgx
      saikom on Fri Oct 16 16:59:44 via Twitterrific
    • RT @Gigwise: Lostprophets For Gigwise Webchat Next Week!: Chat to them online from 4pm (GMT) on Wednesday 21st October http://bit.ly/335NfE
      LostprophetsUSA on Fri Oct 16 16:19:49 via TweetDeck
    • @Gigwise Amazing! Did you know that Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" is the official song of US state Oklahoma?
      benyacobi on Fri Oct 16 16:18:34 via web
    • Wow! RT @Gigwise: The Flaming Lips To Release Cover Of 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'!: With Peaches and Henry Rollins... http://bit.ly/10hDgx
      wrisley on Fri Oct 16 16:18:11 via Echofon
    Artist A-Z   # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z