WHAT WOULD YOU THINK
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE ?
WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME ?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(often referred to simply as Sgt. Pepper)
is the eighth
studio album
by the English
rock band
Released on
May 26th 1967,
Sgt. Pepper
is regarded by
musicologists
as an early
concept album
that advanced the roles
of sound composition,
extended form,
psychedelic imagery,
record sleeves,
and the producer
in popular music.
The album had an
immediate
cross-generational impact
and was associated with
numerous touchstones
of the era's youth culture,
such as fashion,
drugs,
mysticism,
and a sense of
optimism and empowerment.
Critics lauded the album
for its innovations
in songwriting,
production
and graphic design,
for bridging
a cultural divide
between popular music
and high art,
and for reflecting
the interests of
contemporary youth
and the counterculture.
At the end of
August 1966,
the Beatles had
permanently retired
from touring
and pursued
individual interests
for the next three months.
During a return flight
to London in November,
Paul McCartney
had an idea for a
song involving an
Edwardian military band,
forming the impetus of
the Sgt. Pepper concept.
For this project,
they continued the
technological experimentation
marked by their
previous album,
Revolver
(1966),
this time without
an absolute deadline
for completion.
Sessions began on
November 24th
at EMI Studios
with compositions
inspired by
the Beatles' youth,
but after pressure
from EMI,
the songs
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
and
"Penny Lane"
were released as a
double A-side single
in February 1967
and left off the LP.
The album was then
loosely conceptualised as a
performance by
the fictional
Sgt. Pepper band,
an idea that was
conceived after
the recording of
the title track.
A landmark work
of British psychedelia,
Sgt. Pepper
is considered one
of the first
art rock LPs
and a progenitor to
progressive rock.
It incorporates a range of
stylistic influences,
including vaudeville,
circus,
music hall,
avant-garde,
and Western
and
Indian classical music.
With assistance from
producer
George Martin
and engineer
Geoff Emerick,
many of the recordings were
coloured with
sound effects
and tape manipulation,
as exemplified on
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds",
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
and
"A Day in the Life".
Recording was completed on
April 21st
The cover,
which depicts
the Beatles posing
in front of a
tableau of celebrities
and historical figures,
was designed by
the pop artists
Peter Blake
and
Jann Haworth.
Sgt. Pepper's release
was a defining moment
in pop culture,
heralding the album era
and the
1967 Summer of Love,
while its reception
achieved full
cultural legitimization
for popular music
and recognition for
the medium as a
genuine art form.
The first Beatles album
to be released
the same track listing
in both the UK
and the US,
it spent 27 weeks
at number one
on the
Record Retailer chart
in the United Kingdom
and 15 weeks
at number one on
the Billboard
Top LPs chart
in the United States.
In 1968,
it won four
Grammy Awards,
including
Album of the Year,
the first rock LP
to receive this honour;
in 2003,
it was inducted into
the National Recording Registry
by the
Library of Congress
for being
"culturally,
historically,
or aesthetically significant".
It has topped several critics'
and listeners' polls
for the best album
of all time,
including those published by
Rolling Stone magazine
and in the book
All Time Top 1000 Albums,
and the UK's
"Music of the Millennium" poll.
More than
32 million copies
had been sold worldwide
as of 2011.
It remains one of the
best-selling albums of all time
and was,
as of 2018,
the UK's
best-selling studio album
TRACKLIST
CD 1
(2017 Stereo Remix of original album)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)
A Day In The Life/ Inner Groove
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)
(Love Remix) [*]
A Day In The Life
(Love Remix) [*]
CD 2
(Session Highlights Part 1)
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Take 1)
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Take 4)
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Take 7)
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Take 26)
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Love Remix) [*]
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Stereo Mix 2015)
When I'm Sixty-Four
(Take 2)
When I'm Sixty-Four
(Alternative Mix)
Penny Lane
(Take 6 Instrumental)
Penny Lane
(Vocal Overdubs And Speech)
Penny Lane
(Vocal Bass Drums)
Penny Lane
(remix)
(A Very Suitable Ending Mix) [*]
Penny Lane
(Stereo Mix 2017)
A Day In The Life
(Take 1)
A Day In The Life
(Take 2)
A Day In The Life
(Orchestra Overdub)
A Day In The Life
(Hummed Last Chord, Takes 8, 9, 10, And 11)
A Day In The Life
(The Last Chord)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Take 1 Instrumental)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Take 9 And Speech)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Alternate mix)
Good Morning Good Morning
(Take 1 Instrumental, Breakdown)
Good Morning Good Morning
(Take 8)
Good Morning Good Morning
(Alternative Drum Mix)
Only a Northern Song
(Alt Mix)
(Just Vocals) [*]
CD 3
(Session Highlights Part 2)
Fixing A Hole
(Take 1)
Fixing A Hole
(Speech And Take 3)
Fixing A Hole
(Vocals Bass Drums)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
(Speech From Before Take 1; Take 4 And Speech At The End)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
(Take 7)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
(Instr)
Lovely Rita
(Speech And Take 9)
Lovely Rita
(Vocals Bass Drums)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
(Take 1 And Speech At The End)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
(Speech, False Start And Take 5)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
(Vocals/ Drums)
Getting Better
(Take 1 Instrumental And Speech At The End)
Getting Better
(Take 12)
Getting Better
(Just Vocals) [*]
Within You Without You
(Take 1 Indian Instruments)
Within You Without You
(George Coaching The Musicians)
Within You Without You
(Just Vocals) [*]
She's Leaving Home
(Take 1 Instrumental)
She's Leaving Home
(Take 6 Instrumental)
She's Leaving Home
(Just Vocals) [*]
With A Little Help From My Friends
(Take 1 False Start And Take 2 Instrumental)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)
(Speech And Take 8)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)
(Vocals Bass Drums)
You Know My Name
(Look Up The Number)
(Just Vocals) [*]
CD 4
(1967 Mono Mix of Original Album)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)
A Day In The Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Original Mono Mix)
Penny Lane
(Original Mono Mix)
A Day In The Life
(Unreleased First Mono Mix)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
(Unreleased Mono Mix - No. 11)
She's Leaving Home
(Unreleased First Mono Mix)
Penny Lane
(Capitol Records Mono Us Promo - Mono Mix)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Advert 1)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Advert 2)
BONUS
CD 5
Studio Sessions :
(The Making Of Sgt. Pepper's Album)
Fixing a Hole
(Speech and Take 3)
Penny Lane
(Alternate Mix Version 2)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Take 9)
With a Little Help from My Friends
(Take 1; False Start and Take 2)
With A Little Help From My Friends
(Organ, Lead And Backing Vocals)
Strawberry Fields Forever
(Take 26; Orchestral Score)
Lovely Rita
(Speech and Take 9)
She's Leaving Home
(Take 6)
She's Leaving Home
(Remix) [*]
When I'm Sixty Four
(Take 2 with intro and final cut)
Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite!
(Take 1, 4 And Speech at End)
Getting Better
(Take 12)
Only a Northern Song
(Outtake Take 3)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)
(Intro and fade out Final cut)
A Day In The Life
(Take 2, 9; The Last Chord with Inner groove)
Good Morning, Good Morning
(Take 1)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
(Take 5)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
(Remix) [*]
Within You Without You
(Take 1; Indian Instruments and Orchestra)
It's All Too Much
(Alternate mix)
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