The “Abbey Road” Photo Turns 40

noah | August 7, 2009 12:30 pm

Forty years ago tomorrow, photographer Iain MacMillan took the photo that would be the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road, spawning Paul McCartney death rumors in the immediate and a Webcam in the Internet-enabled years. It also inspired a bunch of “homages,” one of which sticks out above all the rest:

518n192w0kl_sl500_aa240_
The tracklisting for Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers Play The Music Of The Beatles would seem to indicate that this album—which was released in 2001, wow—is not a compilation of mastermixes, but instead some disappointingly straight covers. This does not swing my mood, Jive Bunny! Abbey Road Album Cover Parodies [Am I Right] [Liverpool Daily Post; HT The Awl]