Beatles: Abbey Road - CD

Reissue of the famous Abbey Road album by one of the most important bands in music history. The iconic photo of the band crossing a pedestrian crossing was taken by photographer Ian Macmillan on 27 September exactly 50 years ago in 1969. Balancing on a ladder a short distance from the crossing in Abbey Road, home to the now famous recording studios of the same name, Macmillan captured just six photographs, with a fifth chosen for the album cover.
Abbey Road was not the band's last album, because a year later in 1970, Let It Be was released, but this is the last album, with all the band members still working together - John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison - together.
Abbey Road, which debuted at number one on the UK and US charts, where it stayed for 17 weeks, sold millions of copies, earned the band a 1995 induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame for a record of unflagging quality and historical significance, and the album remains the band's best-selling studio album to this day. The image from the album cover has become one of the most famous photographs and the iconic crossing is a much-visited spot by thousands of the band's fans every year. The studios were renamed from the original EMI Recording Studios to Abbey Road Studios and became the most famous recording studios in the world.
All seventeen tracks were newly mixed by producer Giles Martin - son of legendary producer George Martin, who worked with the Beatles from the very beginning. "The magic comes from the hands that play the instruments, from the blending of the Beatles' voices, from the beauty of the arrangements," comments Martin on the re-release. "Our job was just to make sure everything sounded as fresh and grabbed you as intensely as the day the songs were first recorded. " The core set of songs is supplemented by 23 studio and demo recordings, most of which have not been previously released. The album features hits such as Come Together, Here Comes The Sun, Oh! Darling or Octopus's Garden.
Deluxe editions of the album include a book with commentary by Paul McCartney, Beatles historian Kevin Howlett, notes for each of the tracks, An essay by music writer David Hepworth, that reflects the influence of the album, previously unpublished photographs, most of which were captured by Linda McCartney, handwritten texts, Beatles correspondence, advertising leaflets of the time and much more.

Playlist

Come Together / Something / Maxwell' with the Silver Hammer / Oh! Darling/Octopus' s Garden / I Want You (She' (s So Heavy) / Here Comes The Sun / Because / You Never Give Me Your Money / Sun King / Mean Mr Mustard / Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window / Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End / Her Majesty