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The Abbey Road E.P.

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342:: "It was the first sleeve picture I'd ever taken and I was a bit nervous. I had two cameras – one black and white, one colour. I could finish a roll of film in about 40 seconds so it should have been very quick. It was only when I got back home that I realised I hadn't put any film in the cameras." Clunn told the band's UK record company EMI, which organised the shoot, that the films had fallen out of his pocket and been run over by a lorry. "I actually got two new films and rode over them on a scooter as 'evidence'. I got a phone call about half six the next morning asking me to do it again... Fortunately, both the band and EMI bought the story." 1446: 243: 238: 233: 228: 223: 269:
as a way of introducing UK fans to the band's back catalog as they were touring the UK that year. Out of the five tracks included on this EP, four had already been previously released on the band's first three albums while the other would end up on their fourth album
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in single file, the twist being that they are all naked except for white tube socks covering their genitals. Wearing only socks in this manner was something they regularly employed in their stage shows at the time.
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British photographer Chris Clunn took the cover photo in February 1988. He had to do the shoot twice over consecutive days, because the first time he realised he'd had no film in his camera. Clunn told
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Some versions of 12" do not include "Fire" while the 7" version does not include "Fire" and "Catholic School Girls Rule"
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overdose and plays guitar on the track. All songs on the EP were also featured on the band's hits compilation,
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The Abbey Road E.P. (CD, EP, Comp) EMI-Manhattan Records CDP-7-90869-2 UK 1988
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The Abbey Road E.P. (CD, EP, Comp) EMI-Manhattan Records CDP-7-90869-2 US 1988
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The Abbey Road E.P. (12", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records, 12MT 41, E1-90869 US 1988
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The Abbey Road E.P. (12", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records K 060 20 2633 6 Europe 1988
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The Abbey Road E.P. (7", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records MT 41 UK 1988
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The Abbey Road E.P. (12", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records E1-90869 US 1988
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The only "new" track at the time of release was a cover of the song "
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Clunn said another idea for the shoot was to replicate the cover of
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Index

The Abbey Road

EP
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Genre
Funk rock
Label
EMI
Capitol
Producer
Andrew Gill
George Clinton
Michael Beinhorn
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Mother's Milk
AllMusic
EP
Red Hot Chili Peppers
EMI America
Mother's Milk
Hillel Slovak
heroin
What Hits!?
Fire
Jimi Hendrix
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Fight Like a Brave
The Beatles
Abbey Road

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