Photo Hoax: #1 - The Beatles Abbey Road Poster

In the original photo used for the Beatles Abbey Road album cover, Paul McCartney (Second from left) was holding a cigarette. US Poster companies airbrushed the image to remove the cigarette from McCartney's hand.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2681219.stm

Excerpt- "United States poster companies have airbrushed the classic Beatles Abbey Road album cover to remove a cigarette from Paul McCartney's hand. The move was made without the permission of either McCartney or Apple Records, which owns the rights to the image. The original copy shows a barefoot McCartney third in line on the famous road crossing holding a cigarette. But politically correct US poster companies have airbrushed out the offending cigarette, to the delight of anti-smoking campaigners..."

Example: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Beatles-Abbey-Road-Posters_i2687971_.htm

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Music

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