Hundreds of Beatles fans flock to Abbey Road on album photo’s 50th anniversary

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Hundreds of fans gathered at London’s Abbey Road to mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles walking across its zebra crossing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>John Lennon&comma; Ringo Starr&comma; Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison were photographed striding single file over the crossing on August 8 1969&comma; and the image went on to become one of the most recognised covers in music history for their Abbey Road album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beatles lookalike band the Fab Four were joined by fans of the group on Thursday&comma; halting traffic in the process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The band arrived at the location in a replica of Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls Royce car and fans posed for pictures on the spot during the gathering&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The zebra crossing has become a destination for fans of the Liverpool group over the past five decades&comma; many making the pilgrimage from all over the world every year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The anniversary stunt was arranged by Beatles London tour guide Richard Porter&comma; who said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Every hour of every day there are fans on the crossing&period; I’ve seen lots of different sights on the crossing too – from couples having their wedding photos taken&comma; to people going across naked&excl;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Photographer Iain Macmillan snapped six shots of the band walking over the road’s black and white stripes&comma; and the fifth was selected as the cover shot for Abbey Road&comma; the Beatles’ penultimate studio album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The album was also the last the foursome recorded together as a band&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gathering came as it was announced the album is getting a special re-release to mark its 50th anniversary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The record&comma; which was officially released in September 1969&comma; will be presented with new mixes and will be expanded with previously unreleased session recordings and demos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is the first time Abbey Road has been remixed and presented with additional session recordings and demos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abbey Road’s Super Deluxe box set presents 40 tracks on four discs housed in a 100-page hardbound book&comma; which contains varied content such as track-by-track details and session notes&comma; the cover art and photo shoot&comma; and an essay by music journalist and author David Hepworth looking at the album’s influence through 50 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The book is illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs&comma; including many taken by Sir Paul’s late wife Linda McCartney&comma; never before published images of handwritten lyrics&comma; sketches&comma; and a George Martin score&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2964cd63a3">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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