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Monday, 1 May 2017

Off To Abbey Road


Originally posted up on my previous blog, these were
a few images captured on a Sunday sunny morning
the sight of the famous Abbey Road studios where George
Martin and the Beatles recorded some of their finest
works. The actual road crossing itself seems almost to
be a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans. And in 2019
it will mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles recording
of their 1969 album Abbey Road.

Having first visited the road crossing in 2013, it was good
to see that the crossing had been repainted. And as
always this spot was fairly crowded as it usually is
on a Sunday. And it's always fun watching the tourists
from the comfort of your armchair crossing the famous
road via the 24 hour live webcam. In fact when I got
home myself on that Sunday I looked back on the mornings
webcam recordings and watched myself.

But it's never easy trying to get into position in the middle
of the road to get your ultimate shot of the zebra crossing
as you're having to dodge the oncoming traffic.
But it's always fun visiting there and the foreign
tourists seem to get a real buzz from it all.


 
Here's a funny gif above of The Beatles and found
somewhere on tumblr.
And I couldn't help noticing the four people below
crossing the road seem perfectly colour coded clothes
wise. And one of them even took his shoes and socks
off as did Paul McCartney on the day.
 

Click HERE to view the 24 hour Live Webcam at Abbey Road

Thursday, 25 May 2017

The Beatles on Vinyl.


With the interest in Vinyl Records still on the rise following last year's
vinyl releases of legendary Jazz albums, the first two of which I bought
(Miles Davis and John Coltrane), well Deagostini Records have just recently
released a whole collection of the Beatles on vinyl. And the first one to be
released with a super dooper gift box with lots of info was Abbey Road,
which I managed to pick up for £9.99.

The second Beatles vinyl LP in that collection at a heftier price of £16.99 is
the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, which by now is probably
already out and in the shops.
And what's interesting about the Sgt Pepper album is that it's going to be
mentioned a lot in the news as well as on tv and radio this week because next Thursday
on the 1st of June you'll be able to say those mortal words "It was 50 years ago today"
because Sgt Pepper was first released on June 1st 1967. So there you go, a little bit
of vinyl history. Hopefully I might still be able to pick up a copy.

Below is the short tv advert for this fine vinyl Beatles collection.