make it more obvious why doncha? <BR>i'd never even noticed it before........<P>BEATLES UP IN SMOKE<BR> <P><BR>Poster companies in the US have airbrushed the Beatles' famous 'Abbey Road' album sleeve, in order to remove a cigarette from Paul McCartney's hand.<P>The alteration was made without the permission of Apple Records who own the right to the image and is thought to have done to appease anti-smoking campaigners in America.<P>"We have never agreed to anything like this," said a spokesman for Apple. "It seems these poster companies got a little carried away."<P>He told the BBC: "They shouldn't have done what they have, but there isn't much we can do about it now."<P>The famous shot, which shows The Beatles crossing the famous London road in 1969, is one of pop's most well known album covers.<P>Photographer Iain Macmillan was given just ten minutes to take the picture, which he did by balancing on a stepladder as the Fab Four walked over the now legendary zebra crossing.
