The Abbey Road E.P. is an EP by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in the UK in May 1988 through EMI America 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 Mother's Milk in tribute to Hillel Slovak, the band's original guitarist who died of a heroin overdose and plays guitar on the track. All songs on the EP were also featured on the band's hits compilation, What Hits!?.
Clunn said another idea for the shoot was to replicate the cover of Please Please Me, where the Beatles are looking down over the stairwell inside EMI's London headquarters in Manchester Square. "We decided against that because they [the Chili Peppers] couldn't get their todgers out," Clunn said.
Track listing
Release history
- The Abbey Road E.P. (CD, EP, Comp) EMI-Manhattan Records CDP-7-90869-2 US 1988
- The Abbey Road E.P. (12", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records E1-90869 US 1988
- The Abbey Road E.P. (12", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records, 12MT 41, E1-90869 US 1988
- The Abbey Road E.P. (12", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records K 060 20 2633 6 Europe 1988
- The Abbey Road E.P. (7", EP) EMI-Manhattan Records MT 41 UK 1988
- The Abbey Road E.P. (CD, EP, Comp) EMI-Manhattan Records CDP-7-90869-2 UK 1988
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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"