Beatles: Abbey Road - LP

Reissue of the famous Abbey Road album of one of the most important bands in music history. The iconic photo of the band crossing the pedestrian crossing was taken by photographer Ian Macmillan on September 27, exactly 50 years ago in 1969. Macmillan balancing on a ladder near the crossing in Abbey Road, where the famous recording studios of the same name are now photographs, with the fifth of them selected for the album cover.

Abbey Road wasn' t the band' s last album, because a year later in 1970 the album Let It Be was released, but this is the last album, on which all members of the band - John Lennon - still collaborated, Ringo Starr , Paul McCartney and George Harrison - together.
Abbey Road, which debuted at number one on the UK and US charts for 17 weeks, was pressed millions, earned a Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 for recording of unceasing quality and historical significance, and the album remains the best-selling studio album to this day. bands. The film from the album cover has become one of the most famous photos, and the iconic transition is a popular place for thousands of fans of the band every year. The studios were renamed Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI Recording Studios and became the most famous recording studios in the world.

All seventeen songs were newly mixed by producer Giles Martin - the son of legendary producer George Martin, who worked with the Beatles from the very beginning. “The magic comes from the hands who play the instruments, the interweaving of the Beatles' voices, the beauty of the arrangements,“ comments Martin' s re-edition. “Our job was just to make sure everything sounded so fresh and caught you as intensely as it was on the day the songs were first recorded.“ The basic set of songs is complemented by 23 studio and demo recordings, most of which have not been released before. There are hits on the album, such as Come Together, Here Comes The Sun, Oh! Darlingor Octopus' s Garden.

Deluxe editions of the album include a book with commentary by Paul McCartney , Beatles historian Kevin Howlett , notes on each of the songs, an essay by music publicist David Hepworth , which reflects the influence of the album, previously unreleased photos, most of which were captured by Linda McCartney , handwritten texts, Beatles correspondence, then advertising leaflets and much more.

Content: LP A1. Come Together A2. Something Written-By - Harrison * A3. Maxwell' s Silver Hammer A4. Oh! Darling A5. Octopus' s Garden Written-By - Starkey * A6. I Want You (She' s So Heavy) B3. You Never Give Me Your Money B4. Sun King B5. Mr. Mean Mustard B6. Polythene Pam B7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window B8. Golden Slumbers B9. Carry That Weight B10. The End B11. Her Majesty