who was on the back cover of abbey road? (WRONG ANSWERS ONLY) (or right if you think you know)

Abby does Abbey Rd. 🍿

About Maxwell's Hammer, my Dad did not like rock and roll but when he heard Maxwell's he changed his mind and became a Beatles fan lol

I love Abbey Road. In fact it's not only my favorite Beatles album but my favorite album period. It's a masterpiece.

I have no idea how old this very charismatic woman is, but she speaks with the wisdom and insight of a 108 year old sage who’s seen and heard it all. This is one of the best Beatles analysis videos I’ve seen out of hundreds. Bravo!

Next two albums predictions: - In The Court of the Crimson King - Led Zeppelin II - Then Play On - The Band - Arthur (Or, The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)

Abbey Road is the Beatles’ 9th Symphony. A final masterpiece achieved in difficult circumstances by the greatest composers of their time. Both the 9th Symphony and Abbey Road have amazing and joyful finales that put a giant exclamation point on the artists’ magnificent career. Despite the struggles, Beethoven and the Beatles finish with a triumphant masterpiece. Excellent video - as always.

Abigail, you have an old soul. I don't know if this is what you're going for, but you look like a cool 60's chick. You are gorgeous! Loved the video, and your rendition of "Her Majesty".

What can I say Abby.. just about the best ever Side 2 ever in the history of rock music. 😍

I'M that diehard Silver Hammer fan, thank you very much.

My daughter just gifted me a copy of the remastered vinyl version of Abby Road for Christmas. It sounds better than ever and is in my top 3 favorite Beatles albums.

Beautiful Abigail, we grew up believing that John was the preacher, Ringo was the undertaker, Paul was the corpse and George was the grave digger - I'll bet it's different in other regions of the country : ) your videos are always so well done and informative thanks

John Lennon (yawns) : "What are we going to do about the cover, lads?" Ringo Starr : "Well, why don't we go outside and walk backwards and forwards over the zebra crossing and take a few snaps?" Paul McCartney : "Okay. And I'll take my shoes and socks off to make it look a bit more interesting!" George Harrison : "I don't want to go outside 😞"

Thx, Abigail. What I enjoy the most is that youth, like you, is still discovering/enjoying the Beatles still at present. Sorry to my lovely daughters who were unknowingly indoctrinated from berth, but is was for their best.

The backgrounds in She's So Heavy always made me think of this as a Winter album

Yowza, with that replica blue dress! The Beatles are my favorite group. This is one of the albums of my lifetime. Thanks for making a video celebrating it!

I like Abigail's presentation - humorous, smart, and eloquent.

Abigail NAILS this. Until trying to reorganize "The Long One". Your closing is pure perfection!!!!!! The parting gift to each other.

As witty as ever and it was a really nice touch singing 'Her Majesty' before the end. Pure class from beginning to end.

I've always preferred late era Beatles. The White Album was probably the first that I bought for myself and I definitely got a lot of mileage out of it, but Abbey Road is a masterpiece. There are numerous points in it that reduce me to tears and I make a point to give it a proper uninterrupted listen once a year.

New to the channel. I've had an opportunity to go back and watch a number of these Vinyl Monday episodes. Your research is outstanding, and your writing is excellent. I can't imagine how much time you invest putting each of these episodes together. Just know it's appreciated. I watch primarily for the in-depth analysis and interesting factoids, but your reviews are really the gravy on the mashed potatoes. Keep up the great work! Subscribed.

Abbey Road is tied with All Things Must Pass as my if-necessary one-and-only "desert island recording". I've saved it to play it through my great ear buds with an MP3 player at the end of several trips on the way home, either on the airplane or in the shuttle/Uber/Lyft. It just transports me to a wonderful different place and time and eliminates any negativity from the rigors of travel. Several times, the album has still been playing when it's time to land or arrive at my house, and I want the journey to last a little longer, even if its hot or bumpy or uncomfortable, in order to let the album finish - that's how powerful and enjoyable it is. Thanks Abby for your perspective on it!

Come on Abi not one single note should be changed on this masterpiece.

The soundtrack to my early childhood when everything in life seemed perfect.

LOL !! Love your ending !!

This was a wonderfully informative and enjoyable video about my favorite band!

Glad I played it to the very end - GREAT CLEVER ENDING ABBY! Brought a smile to my face!

Abby - your conversant knowledge is stunning and admirable. I love your work..!!! Keep up the good work. You are terrific..!

Your vids keep getting better - and they started out excellent. Must salute the Queen of Lovely Rita Fans on a (I insist!) near perfect "I Want You" scream and completely perfect end-of-episode. Glad I stuck around 😅

Abi you are a wordsmith! You nailed it on “Here comes the sun” - “So much of the Beatles most iconic moments were rooted in joy. This is the most joyful of all.”

Definitely my favourite & most played Beatles album. Such a great insight, thank you. 1969 was a Great year for music. The amount of great album tunes & vinyl 45's I have from that year is over 50

Okay. No arguments please. Ms Devoe, you KNOW YOUR STUFF! Instant subscribe!

Agreed about the back cover shot Abby----really helps give the album a summery feel and the person photographed had good taste. A moment in time well captured. I'm glad to to see you giving it props.

Vinyl Monday is awesome ❤

What a top review. So much love and fun in it. Thanks.

when I was 14 this album came out and I wrote a 24 page epic poem listening for 5 days to only the melody on side 2. I just got a copy of it last year. To the lads...!

This album is a masterpiece, but I feel that way about all of them. I can’t choose!

It’s not a crosswalk; it’s a zebra crossing. That’s what we call it in the UK. 😊

Bahaha. Maxwells silver hammer is one of my favorites.

Hello Abigail. I love your videos. I just want to say that Nikki Hopkins played with both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles as well. Nikki plays keyboard on Revolution.

Excellent video! Thanks 😊

It's right up there with my favourite albums.

Great insights! You sound convincing on "Her Majesty" at the end of this.

For me this album is a summary statement of everything The Beatles ever did and every idea they had. They didn't even need to record full songs to prove it. Genius

Great episode. Thanks

Whenever I hear EMI, I can't stop thinking of Johnny Rotten's snarky snarl "EMI". Just got into King Crimson a few years ago.

My introduction to your channel and I'm SO all about it. You are doing something unique in the KZfaq music nerd genre and thanks for that! Yea....... sometimes I toy with referencing this album without Maxwell and adding Don't let me down where you did and moving Money is a great solution that I hadn't thought of well done! That said I relistened recently and had a "oh I guess I like Maxwell afterall" moment so maybe it should stay as is. Lock it in boys!

I just want to get this quick thought in about Abbey Road. Abbey Road is a much better album for The Beatle to go out on than Let It Be. Abbey Road is the nice beautiful bow that is wrapped around a box of amazing body of work. It is the finally of a firework display. You can say they went out on a blaze of glory and a wonderful way to end the most remarkable work of artistical music expression in modern popular music. Now each every member of the band can go on to their solo work after having climb the Mt. Everest of what an artist can reach. The Beatles showed that not only the heights of Mt. Everest but the sky was the limits in music creativity.

George is my Beatle too. It brings me tears of joy to hear you praise him so earnestly.

Thank you for posting this on my birthday. I knew you still loved me. ❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

Paul: "I've blistas on me...feet!" ... Ringo: "Bloody hell..."

I'm jealous of your great record collection!!

Excellent job on this review! 🎉

Great analysis of probably my number one Beatles album though both Revolver & the White Album run it close. Your knowledge of the band is very impressive and I have to say this is probably the best analysis of a Beatles album I've seen on KZfaq. I was born in 1969 and would love to go back there just for a few days.

Abby crossing Abbey Road, it's about time!!

✨Thank you got Vinyl Monday😊

Brilliant ending 😊

Great video, Abby. I'm 60 years old and have been a fan of The Beatles since the mid 70s. I would love to have had a daughter like you that I could listen to/discuss The Beatles with. My 19 years old son has no interest in the Beatles or classic pop/rock music. I love him but I wish he was a bit more like me in terms of musical taste.

First time watching your channel, and this video has hooked me. And now I'm obsessed with the idea of moving "...Money" to side one and having "Don't Let Me Down" replace it in The Long One. Brilliant idea. Looking forward to delving into your past Vinyl Monday videos, keep up the great work.

The End..."I love how you can tell who played what"...well congratulations, sport! Because after decades of listening I've never really figured it out. I've always assumed John played the overdriven one...the other two are really similar. This is how I think it goes... Paul George John...repeat in that order until they finish. If I'm wrong, somebody that KNOWS for sure come in and set me straight. Perhaps you, Abigail?

I've always been under the impression that each verse of COME TOGETHER was about one of the Beatles . . . obviously, the verse with "Ono sideboard" and "bag production" and "walrus gumboot" is the verse John wrote about himself.

I like what Ron Schaumburg, author of Growing Up With The Beatles (written in the late 70s, and one of the first Beatle books I ever read when I was discovering the Beatles at the age of eleven in 1984) said about the abrupt beginning of "Mean Mr. Mustard": it's as if someone's drunken uncle kicked open the door to stumble into a party.

Nice touch with "Her Majesty" at the end.

You gotta love a young girl who uses The Monkees' Circle Sky for her transition music.

Dear God! Who are you? Ive spent at least 50 odd years reading books ,articles and reviews. And this thing you done here.... Im crying really sobbing. Someone has come along with wit and a waaaay deeper understanding of this (and possibly more when I get to it). album. And I go way back to Ralph J. Gleason as far as critic reviewers go. I mean who needs other people's opinions (well I guess we do). This is pure platinum content. Now Im looking for the Patreon. Or coffee. Where do I spend money. I need to give you money (😅). Seriously Thank you sooo much you made my very existance worth it.

I love this album. It's my all-time favorite, but now you got me thinking about Don't Let Me Down. Damn!

Such a great album!

Nice touch at the end.

She's so heavy has to be my favourite beatles tune..

this was my first exposure to the beatles when i was a teen, and i didn't realize how much it affected my music taste going forward. i really love hiss album a lot

This is my first time watching your videos and this is certainly a great revisit of one of the most influential records of all time. Thanks!

Watching Vinyl Monday is the only thing I like about Mondays. Great video. I really enjoyed this.

Great stuff as usual. Love the end.

my second favourite album of all time

The weirdness in recording/release order at the end drives my OCD mind crazy. Great review of this masterpiece.

Your thumbnails are awesome

I’m glad you’re finally talking about my favourite album ever!

Love your her Majesty closing❤

I love how Ringo is the best-dressed Beatle on the cover. His suit is so great.

I have that orange, Bob Dylan song, book over your left shoulder. The thickness of the book alone tells you how many songs Dillon wrote.

Informative and entertaining.

'69 was, indeed a great year for music, and the Fall of '69 gave us Abbey Road and In the Court of the Crimson King. Your 3rd album? Several great records from which to choose: The Band's Brown Album Zappa's Hot Rats Led Zeppelin II Ummagumma (which you keep bringing up . . . . !) Self-titled albums from both Free and David Bowie Monster from Steppenwolf , and Let It Bleed from that garage band. I dunno, I just think that 1965-1976 was such a sweet twelve years.

You got it!

You make 30 minutes feel like 30 seconds! Bravo 🎉🎉🎉. I would love for you to give a course on KZfaq presentations(How To Do Them). Great job. So incredibly expressive and easy to listen to!!❤❤❤

12:44 The Les Paul: "Lucy" OK, so... She started as a 1957 gold top Les Paul with a Bigsby, it seems (Gibson has some doubts about it). She belonged to John Sebastian then Rick Derringer. She was refinished to a natural red. Derringer felt it changed the guitar too much so he sold her to a guitar shop. Eric Clapton bought her, but didn't use her much, then gave her to George Harrison. During the recording of the 'White Album', Harrison was focused on sitar, so he asked Clapton to come in and record a solo for 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' on Lucy. Harrison also used her for the solo on the album version of Let It Be. Later, she was stolen from Harrison's home, sold to a guitar store, then bought by a Mexican musician who took her to Mexico. Harrison had to trade another red (or maybe sunburst) Les Paul and a P-bass to get her back. George apparently kept her after that, but I can't find any info on where she exactly is currently. In 2013, Gibson released a limited edition (100) copy of Lucy. It came with a copy of the 'White Album'. I saw one had been re-sold for $17,000.

She's So Heavy made this album; grunge before grunge. It's why Paul fronting a new Nirvana song felt so right. The rest of the album is a drunk man tugging on beards at a bar singing Octopus Garden directly into your ear. You're enjoying everything about the experience except that there's a drunk man tugging on your beard while singing in your ear.

First Comment Possibly my fave album Of all time

Your channel is real quality-unbeleivable. Maxwell is Paul looking back to the glory of Pepper(I guess).😸

Hello and thank you for the great in depth video Abigail 😃 this was very interesting I love that you also talk about little anecdotes and stories from the album. That’s what makes an album really Interesting to me. Subscribed

Thank you, Abby. Always bittersweet memories buried deep in these grooves. Teenagers who'd been growing up with the Beatles band autumn 1969 did not know "The End" was the end. As you said about "Here Comes the Sun," we thought we were hearing a new beginning.

First, I'd like to tell you that I just discovered your channel and I love it. Now my comment has to do with what you said about George writing the hits. I think it has to do with the fact that most of his compositions were rejected by Lennon-McCartney. He was allowed a couple of songs per album at most so whatever got through had to be excellent. This is also why, after the breakup, he was the most productive former Beatle. No wonder he needed a triple album for All things must pass.

Another great episode Abby. Thank you from the UK.

Our first album in the house Christmas 1969. The first thing I learned was the clues of Paul's " death" on the cover. In 9th grade a Chinese Art teacher played it all day and all year.

Hands up those who stayed in class until the very end (not The End) of the episode and heard the smart/nice surprise Abby gave us. If ever you wanted to hear her sing...

Abbey Road is my favorite musical work.

From and earlier song: "We take a walk. The sun is shining down. Burns my feet as they touch the ground."

Great video and funny homage to Lennon's Rock N Roll Circus Stones intro

I've only recently heard Pauls bass lines isolated on "Something". He's doing some very inspired playing indeed. I had the opportunity to meet Robert Moog in the Ninties. He lived in Black Mountain NC just outside of Ashville. He was more an engineer than a musician, but he was a very nice and considerate man.

Hi Abby to me this record is a masterpiece every song is beautiful

Fun and comprehensive review of this great album! And btw your fav Beatles albums are spot-on.