Oldies... But Goldies

Front Cover

The Drawn Cover Once again, like Revolver, the front cover has been drawn rather than a photo of the group being used. Could this have been done because William was not quite ready to face the camera?

The Car at Dawn Just to the left of the main characters head there's a car driving with his headlights on behind what appears to be an early morning sunrise. A possible reference to the time of day Paul was driving before the fatal accident?

Cryptic Message #1 Next to the group of people sitting in the car to the left of the cover there is a board that says "THE END" and "ORIGINAL". Is this telling us that this is the end of the original Beatles?

Cryptic Message #2 If you take the first two letters of the word 'OLDIES' (that features so promimently on the bassdrum on the front cover) and move each one a letter forward in the alphabet you get the letters PM, or Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney dies?

The Sgt. Pepper Colours Look closely at the colours of the sunrise in the background. Do they seem familiar? For some reason, the colours used for the sunrise on this album cover are the *exact* same four colours of the uniforms worn by the Beatles on the Sgt. Peppers LP. One thing to take particular note of is the colour of the road that the car is driving on - the exact same colour as Paul's Pepper suit. Is this associating him with driving during a sunrise? Not only that, but if you invert the colours the road becomes blood red.

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The Back Cover

Dressed in Black
A trend was beginning to show from here onwards, and that is Paul is the only member dressed in black, or is wearing an item of black clothing. Why is this colour of mourning and death continually attributed to Paul?

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