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"At first glance, Beatles fans who visit allposters.com probably won&amp;apos;t notice anything odd about a poster of the Abbey Road album cover, but closer inspection reveals that Paul McCartney&amp;apos;s cigarette has been removed from this iconic image. Allposters denies any involvement. The company that publishes and distributes the poster also denies altering the image. &amp;quot;We have never agreed to anything like this,&amp;quot; says a spokesman for the Beatles&amp;apos; company Apple, which is responsible for merchandise licensing. &amp;quot;It seems these poster companies got a little carried away.&amp;quot;\r\nOther musicians have received similar treatment: In 1994, blues legend Robert Johnson was depicted on a U.S. postage stamp sans smoke, and on 1998&amp;apos;s Tracks, a Bruce Springsteen rarities set, a pack of Marlboros disappeared from the cover photo of the artist. The year before, Simon and Garfunkel&amp;apos;s Old Friends box set showed Paul Simon apparently stroking his face. In fact, he was holding a cigarette that had been carefully excised.\r\nIt&amp;apos;s difficult to track down the people responsible for the retouching. Calls about Springsteen and Simon to both Sony Music and the artists&amp;apos; representatives drew either the ascription of blame to long-departed staff or no information at all.\r\nPhotographer Bob Gruen remembers seeing one of his 1974 John Lennon photos altered to remove a cigarette. &amp;quot;It made him look awkward,&amp;quot; says Gruen. &amp;quot;When they change these things, it&amp;apos;s not reporting the truth anymore.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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