Producer John Coates and Director Jack Stokes (the two wearing suits) visited Abbey Road on September 25, 1967, interrupting the “Fool on the Hill” recording session.
They had an appointment with The Beatles to show them their Heinz Edelmann portraits, which had only recently been approved by the executives at King Features.
John holds up his likeness, and a George cel can be seen on the piano.
Photos from this session taken by Koh Hasebe, with Rumiko Hoshika reporting for Music Life in Tokyo, became famous for including the first known photo of John Lennon with Yoko Ono.
But for us they are more interesting as possibly capturing the first time the real-life Beatles saw themselves as their Yellow Submarine personas.
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