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"Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that English musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses.
The album's title is a response to the "Paul is dead" rumours after the 1969 release of the Beatles' penultimate studio album, Abbey Road.The photograph used for the cover is from the same August 1969 photo session as the photo used for the Abbey Road album cover, with some digital manipulation.
Shortly after the album's release, the cover became part of the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory that was spreading across college campuses in the US. According to followers of the rumour, the cover depicted the Beatles walking out of a cemetery in a funeral procession.
A cover version of Larry Williams' "Bad Boy" was the sole new track for the UK market, [54] although it had already been released in the United States, on the Capitol album Beatles VI in June 1965. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Thirteen of the fifteen other songs had been issued as singles, all of which had topped the national chart compiled by Record Retailer ...
In 1999, Australian Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little recorded a cover version of "Into Temptation" for a rock-indie covers album entitled Messenger. In 2000, Nuevo Flamenco musician Jesse Cook closed the album Free Fall with a cover of "Fall at Your Feet". In 2000, Belgian band Clouseau released a single of their cover of "Weather with You".
The album cover shows a group of middle-aged nudists posing in the middle of a forest. The group consists of five women and three men. The album cover was completely pixelated for its iTunes release, [21] and many online news outlets overlaid a black box over the explicit areas. [22] The replacement cover for Ritual de lo Habitual.
The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has a widely recognized album cover that depicts several dozen celebrities and other images. The image was made by posing the Beatles in front of life-sized, black-and-white photographs pasted onto hardboard and hand-tinted.
The Shazam recorded a cover version of Revolution #9 which appears as the final track on their mini-album "Rev9" released in 2000. [59] In 2008, the contemporary classical chamber ensemble Alarm Will Sound transcribed an orchestral re-creation of "Revolution 9" which they performed on tour [ 60 ] and recorded on their 2016 album "Alarm Will ...