What is the reason for a web cam on Abbey Road in London?
Check out this live London webcam overlooking the Abbey Road Presetrian crossing, made famous bt the launch of the Beatles music album, Abbey Road. This Abbey Road webcam is overlooking the zebra crossing that was used by the Beatles to launch their new Abbey Road album The Abbey Road music album was one of the Beatles most popular albums and was the last one that they recorded by the Beatles Group This Abbey Road webcam in the centre of London is provided by Abbey Road Studios Sources: http://www.webviews.co.uk/network/camera/england/london/abbeyroadbeatlescam.
On Aug. 8, 1969, less than one month after Neil Armstrong made one giant leap for mankind, the Beatles took a few steps outside of the recording studio where they were working on their pentultimate album and turned a quiet road into one of the most famous streets in London. The group spent 15 minutes to shoot the album cover – an image that has been reproduced countless times since. From the BBC: The idea for the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album was initially to call it Everest, after the favorite brand of cigarettes smoked by their engineer Geoff Emerik. Then the thought of doing a Himalayan cover helped kill the idea, and instead they considered doing [the] shoot closer to home. “There’s a sketch Paul McCartney did with four little stick men crossing the Zebra,” says Brian Southall, author of the history of Abbey Road Studios. In the album photo, the Beatles appear to be walking down a quiet London street. But it is actually quite a busy intersection. Abbey Road Studios now has
