Tomorrow marks the 53rd anniversary of the last album The Beatles ever recorded: Abbey Road. In honor of this fab anniversary, I’ve got links to six online articles about this legendary album and a video that documents the closing medley.
Then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions and the weekly Sunday Comic! Enjoy!
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Sunday Links
The Beatles Bible: Abbey Road - This lists all of the credits and has quotes about the album from producer George Martin, George Harrison and Paul McCartney.
50 years of Abbey Road: 50 facts you might not know about The Beatles’ seminal album - I didn’t know a lot of these, very interesting!
‘Abbey Road’ Album Cover: Behind The Beatles’ Most Famous Photograph - Behind the album cover…that would be an interesting topic for all albums!
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘Abbey Road’ - I thought I knew everything about The Beatles and this album, but there was a couple things that I learned from this list!
Beatles’ epic ‘Abbey Road’ remains the greatest mic drop in pop music history, 50 years later - This article reveals that Rolling Stone had another review in addition to the one above. Critic Ed Ward described the album as “a rather tenuous line between boredom, Beatledom, and bubblegum.” I have no idea what Ed Ward is doing these days, but I’m guessing he may be saying the following words: “Would you like some fries with that?”
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney Reunite at Abbey Road to Honor 50th Anniversary of Beatles’ Album - The remaining Fab Two reunite for the anniversary of Abbey Road. The article also reveals that McCartney and Starr have recorded a song together with Joe Walsh for an album by Ringo that’s going to be released at the end of October.
The Surprising Story of Abbey Road’s Side 2 Medley - A documentary about the closing medley that John Lennon thought was “junk”
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The MBIP Coming Attractions
Monday: Tomorrow is going to be a preview of The 9th Annual Amber Birthday Extravaganza. This year it’s a Pabst-themed birthday party!
Tuesday: This will be the full post of The 9th Annual Amber Birthday Extravaganza. It was a super-fun party so tune in to see photos of this annual celebration of Amber’s birthday!
Wednesday: We’ll be starting our Goldbelly series on this day, so don’t miss it!
Thursday: I’m not sure what I’m doing on this Thursday.
Friday: I’m still trying to think of a series idea for Friday. Tune in to see if I’ve thought of something this week!
Saturday: We’ll be looking at something in Peoria’s past this Saturday.
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Sunday Comic
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: Jimi Hendrix, Meatballs and Bill Murray Stories.