08 August 1969

Friday

1969-08-08

Events

 * The Beatles take a break from recording their new album at EMI's Abbey Road studios in St Johns Wood, London to shoot a series of photographs for the album cover with photographer Iain Macmillan. A policeman held up the traffic as Macmillan, from a stepladder positioned in the middle of the road, took six shots as the group walked across the zebra crossing just outside the studio. Some extra photos were taken by Linda McCartney.
 * The photo session was done in the morning while recording continued in the afternoon and evening.
 * On 22 May 2012 one of the outtakes from the session sold at auction in London for £16,000.