Classic Albums Live: The Beatles: Abbey Road

Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded. Abbey Road incorporates styles such as rock, pop, blues, and progressive rock, and makes prominent use of the Moog synthesiser and guitar played through a Leslie speaker unit. It is also notable for having a long medley of songs on side two that have subsequently been covered as one suite by other notable artists. Abbey Road was an instant commercial success, eventually selling over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums.

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Message from Craig Martin:

"what an album! i spent years of my life just staring at the cover i thought i knew the album, then we started rehearsing it and it’s tough, i mean really tough the sound, the tone, the arrangements there’s no way to phone this album in you have to love this album to perform this album properly we do we’ve all read so much into the way the beatles ended but this album is the testament it shows how giving and caring they were with each other the four of them deeply involved with each others songs that’s beautiful, that’s the power of music abbey road was released in october 1969 as a generation said goodbye to 10 years of heavy change this album led us all across a new road and into another decade ‘come together’ unites us we raised children alongside ‘here comes the sun’ our parents didn’t mind ‘something’ and always true to message paul’s send off was full of beauty - “the love you make…” and wasn’t that just like the beatles? to conclude with messages of love and sunshine we know how to play this album we care about this album"

-Craig Martin, Founder, Classic Albums Live

Songs from Abbey Road album:

Come Together Something (George Harrison) Maxwell's Silver Hammer Oh! Darling Octopus's Garden (Ringo Starr) I Want You (She's So Heavy) Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) Because You Never Give Me Your Money Sun King Mean Mr. Mustard Polythene Pam She Came in Through the Bathroom Window Golden Slumbers Carry That Weight The End Her Majesty