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However, the album had a Beatlesque sound, particularly in the song " Sub-Rosa Subway ".

This, coupled with the lack of biographical details offered up by Klaatu, helped inspire a rumour concocted by Providence Journal reviewer Steve Smith in February 1977 that the album might be an anonymous project by The Beatles themselves.

The rumour turned into a global phenomenon with Beatle fans being fed " clues " by radio stations and print media alike.