Beatles album of the week - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[AKA]

It was twenty years ago today
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style,
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile
So let me introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, often credited as the first "concept album," kicked 1967's "Summer Of Love" into full-throttle. Released on June 1, 1967, it marked the first time America and Britain experienced the same Beatles album. From this point forward, the "American version" concept was dead (with a few exceptions, one of which we'll get into next week).

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band contained thirteen tracks:

Side One:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon/McCartney)
With A Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Lennon/McCartney)
Getting Better (Lennon/McCartney)
Fixing A Hole (Lennon/McCartney)
She's Leaving Home (Lennon/McCartney)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Lennon/McCartney)

Side Two:
Within You, Without You (Harrison)
When I'm Sixty-Four (Lennon/McCartney)
Lovely Rita (Lennon/McCartney)
Good Morning, Good Morning (Lennon/McCartney)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Lennon/McCartney)
A Day In The Life (Lennon/McCartney)

Since I'm incredibly tired after a five-hour drive across the state, I'll post more on this revolutionary album later. In the meantime, here's Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review from the All Music Guide:

With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song. Not once does the diversity seem forced — the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita." There's no discounting the individual contributions of each member or their producer George Martin, but the preponderance of whimsy and self-conscious art gives the impression that Paul McCartney is the leader of the Lonely Hearts Club Band. He dominates the album in terms of compositions, setting the tone for the album with his unabashed melodicism and deviously clever arrangements. In comparison, Lennon's contributions seem fewer, and a couple of them are a little slight but his major statements are stunning. "With a Little Help from My Friends" is the ideal Ringo tune, a rolling, friendly pop song that hides genuine Lennon anguish, ala "Help!;" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" remains one of the touchstones of British psychedelia; and he's the mastermind behind the bulk of "A Day in the Life," a haunting number that skillfuly blends Lennon's verse and chorus with McCartney's bridge. It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this. After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow — rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.

Previous albums:
Please Please Me (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?threadid=100547) (1963)
With The Beatles (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?threadid=101481) (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?threadid=102404) (1964)
Beatles For Sale (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102919) (1964)
Help! (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103610) (1965)
Past Masters Volume One (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104326) (1988)
Rubber Soul (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105066) (1965)
Revolver (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105824) (1966)

See also:
Magical Mystery Tour (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&postid=1670602) (1967)
Yellow Submarine (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107978) (1969)
The Beatles (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108635) (1968)
Let It Be (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109387) (1970)
Past Masters Volume Two (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110082) (1988)
Abbey Road (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110655) (1969)

Beatle Facts (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&postid=1686371)

[Brian]

My absolute favorite is "With a Little Help From My Friends." One of my favorite Beatles songs ever. I also like "Lovely Rita" second best.

[Jrnygrl]

Love this album, one of their best, a difficult choice because I love Fixin a Hole, A Day in the Life, Benefit for Mr. Kite, but I picked "When I'm Sixty Four."

:wave:

[AKA]

More Pepper facts:

By this point, The Beatles had given up touring, which allowed them to become much more creative in the stuido.

Recording sessions for Sgt. Pepper spanned 129 days.

"Fixing A Hole" marks the first time a Beatles song for EMI wasn't recorded at Abbey Road Studios. It was recorded at Regent studios, because Abbey Road wasn't available that night.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first album to contain two continuous sides of music, in which there are no gaps between the tracks.

Another Sgt. Pepper first: printed lyrics. The words to the album can be found on the back cover (pictured below).

Sound effects during the title track and "With A Little Help From My Friends" were taken from a "Beyond The Fringe" stage recording (band warming up and audience laughter) and The Beatles' own concerts at The Hollywood Bowl (crowd cheering).

It is widely believed that "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is about LSD, but that's simply not the case. It was inspired by a painting drawn by John's four-year-old son, Julian, who gave the portrait the famous six-word name.

The musical score for "She's Leaving Home" was composed by Mike Leander.

George is the only Beatle present on "Within You, Without You."

The first album track to be completed, 'When I'm Sixty-Four' was wrapped up ten days before the end of 1966. The song had been written by Paul some years previously - the Beatles had performed it acoustically in the Cavern Club when their amplifiers broke down; now newly revived and suitably polished, recordings began on December 6, 1966. A possible reason that this song was brought out and recorded on Sgt. Pepper is the fact that Paul's father turned 64 the year this song was recorded.

Considerable tape echo in their headphones encouraged the Beatles to add moans, sighs, screams and the sound of a comb and toilet paper at the end of "Lovely Rita."

John Lennon's inspiration to write "Good Morning, Good Morning:" a Corn Flakes commercial! Meet The Wife, referenced here ("it's time for tea and Meet The Wife") was a British sitcom from the era.

Studio microphones at the end of "A Day In The Life" made so sensitive, one can hear an air conditioner and a chair moving across the floor if one turns the volume up high enough. The 40-second piano coda was acheived by striking three pianos simultaneously.

The short burst of unintelligible noise after the end of "A Day In The Life" - nonsense chatter, recorded, chopped up and reassembled at random - was taped by the Beatles on April 21, 1967, and it originally appeared in the concentric run out groove on 1960s pressings of the vinyl album. Before this, there appears a few seconds of a 15 kilocycle whistle added, at John Lennon's suggestion, especially for any dogs that might be listening.

[AKA]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band is the first album to have a gatefold (pictured below).

[AKA]

"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" was inspired by an antique poster advertising a circus (pictured with John, below). Here's is the text of that poster:

PABLO FANQUE'S CIRCUS ROYAL
Town-Meadows, Rochdale

Grandest Night of the Season!
and positively the
LAST NIGHT BUT THREE!
being for the
BENEFIT OF MR.KITE,
(late of Well's Circus) and
Mr. J. Henderson,
the celebrated somerset-thrower!
Wire dancer, vaulter, rider, etc.
On TUESDAY Evening, February 14, 1843

Mssrs. Kite and Henderson, in announcing the
following Entertainments ensure
the Public that this Night's Production will be
one of the most splendid ever produced in this Town,
having been some days in preparation.

Mr. Kite will, for this night only, introduce the celebrated
HORSE ZANTHUS!
Well known to be one of the best Broke horses
IN THE WORLD!!!

Mr. HENDERSON will undertake the arduous Task of
THROWING TWENTY-ONE SOMERSETS,
on the solid ground.
Mr. KITE will appear, for the first time this season,
On The Tight Rope,
When Two Gentlemen Amateurs of this Town will
perform with him.
Mr. HENDERSON will, for the first time in Rochdale,
introduce his extraordinary
TRAMPOLINE LEAPS and SOMERSETS!
Over Men & Horses, through Hoops, over Garters
and lastly through a Hogshead of
REAL FIRE! In this branch of the profession
Mr. H challenges THE WORLD!

And here are the finished lyrics to the song.

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
(Lennon/McCartney)

For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will all be there
Late of Pablo Fanques Fair-what a scene

Over men and horses hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world!
The celebrated Mr. K.
Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate

The Hendersons will dance and sing
As Mr. Kite flys through the ring don't be late
Messrs. K and H. assure the public
Their production will be second to none
And of course Henry The Horse dances the waltz!

The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid ground
Having been some days in preparation
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill.

[Jrnygrl]

Originally posted by AKA
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band is the first album to have a gatefold (pictured below).

This is what made The Beatles great artist, they were always the first or innovators of marketing themselves. Somethings didn't always work, but the things that did made them who they were. I wish I had the vinyl version of this.

[Dean Winchester]

I've never been a huge Beatles fan, but Sgt. Pepper is the album that IMO justifies their worth.

I went with A Day In The Life, but I also love Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

[Central Perk]

I like so many songs on this album, but ultimately I decided to vote for Getting Better.

[AKA]

Alternate versions of songs from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:

Beatles:
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
-1999 remix - Yellow Submarine Songtrack

"With A Little Help From My Friends"
-1999 remix - Yellow Submarine Songtrack

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
-Edit of takes 6, 7, and 8, 1967 - The Beatles Anthology 2
-1999 remix - Yellow Submarine Songtrack

"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!"
-Takes 1 and 2, 1967 - The Beatles Anthology 2
-Take 7 - The Beatles Anthology 2

"Within You, Without You"
-Instrumental version, 1967 - The Beatles Anthology 2

"When I'm Sixty-Four"
-1999 remix - Yellow Submarine Songtrack

"Good Morning, Good Morning
-Take 8, 1967 - The Beatles Anthology 2

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
-Take 5, 1967 - The Beatles Anthology 2

"A Day In The Life"
-Album version with clean intro (sans opening crossfade), 1967 - 1967-1970
-Edit of takes 1, 2, and 6, 1967 - The Beatles Anthology 2

Solo:
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
-Live; Los Angeles, 1989 - Paul McCartney - Tripping The Live Fantastic

"With A Little Help From My Friends"
-Live; Montreux, 1992 - Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band - Live From Montreux
-Live; New York City, 1998 - Ringo Starr - VH1 Storytellers
-Live; venue and date unknown - Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band - The Anthology... So Far
-Live; Chicago, 2001 - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo And His New All-Starr Band

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
-Live; Madison Square Garden in New York, 1974 - John Lennon and Elton John - available on Elton John's To Be Continued... box set
-Studio recording, 1975 - Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (John Lennon, backing vocals)

"Getting Better"
-Live; venue unknown, 2002 - Paul McCartney - Back In The U.S., Back In The World

"She's Leaving Home"
-Live; venue unknown, 2002 - Paul McCartney - Back In The World

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
-Live; venue unknown, 2002 (performed as part of a medley with "The End") - Paul McCartney - Back In The U.S., Back In The World

[Shine]

I pick "A Day In The Life". This might just be the best song that John Lennon ever wrote.

[diezman]

I could easily pick any track of this wonderful album! I'll take A Day In The Life however

[Steve M.]

I chose "A Day In the Life" because it's so intense and poetic, though all of John's songs from Sgt. Pepper are great, mainly because at the time he was deriving lyircs and ideas from any imaginable source. Only John Lennon could have written songs based on a child's painting, a Victorian carnival poster, a cereal commercial, and a bunch of newspaper articles. :)

Also, "A Day In the Life" has that great improvised orchestral sound. :D

[Steve M.]

Other fun facts about Sgt. Pepper:

The working title of the LP was One Down, Six To Go.

"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" were originally intended for the album, but when the Beatles and George Martin were pressured to put out new product in early 1967, they made these songs a double-A-sided single. "Penny Lane" went to number one in America, but the single went only to number two in Britain, held back by Enbglebert Humperdinck's "Release Me." :eek:

Mohandas K. Gandhi was to appear on the album cover but was painted out because EMI didn't want to offend folks in India by showing Gandhi standing around with Sonny Liston and Diana Dors and the like.

Albert Einstein was included on the cover, but the picture used for the sleeve only shows his hair - poking out from behind John Lennon's right shoulder. We're so sorry, Uncle Albert! :D

A cutout of Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, positioned almost directly below that of Bobby Breen, was obstructed by George Harrison in the photo chosen for the sleeve.

Both Bowery Boys Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall were to appear on the Sgt. Pepper cover, but Gorcey's image was painted out. He requested a fee.

"She's Leaving Home" was written about a runaway named Melanie Coe.

"Getting Better" was inspired by Jimmy Nicol's stock answer to fitting in as a temporary replacement for Ringo on the Beatles's 1964 world tour.

[Steve M.]

Various Sgt. Pepper covers:

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - Jimi Hendrix (performed live three days after the album's U.K. release! :D )

"With a Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66

"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John

"She's Leaving Home" - Joel Grey ( :eek: )

"When I'm Sixty-Four" - Keith Moon

Didn't someone cover "A Day In the Life" (not counting the Bee Gees, who did it for the 1978 Sgt. Pepper movie - I'm not including covers from that cinematic horror! :mad: ) ?

[Penny Lane]

A Day In The Life. A close second would be When I'm Sixty Four. Paul wrote When I'm Sixty Four when he was only 17 years old! And in just 2 short years he will be 64!:eek:

[Pitooey]

I love this album. When it came out I use to just stare at it for hours on end. I enjoyed guessing the people on the album.

This is by far one of my all time favorite albums. :)

[AKA]

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Sgt. Pepper Cover: Who's Who?

Use this guide with the attached graphic below.

1. Sri Yuketswar Giri, guru
2. Aleister Crowley, dabbler in sex, drugs and magic
3. Mae West, actress
4. Lenny Bruce, comic
5. Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer
6. W.C. Fields, comic
7. Carl Gustav Jung, psychologist
8. Edgar Allen Poe, writer
9. Fred Astaire, actor/dancer
10. Richard Merkin, artist
11. The Varga Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas)
12. Huntz Hall. actor
13. Simon Rodia, creator of Watts Towers
14. Bob Dylan, musician
15. Audrey Beardsley, illustrator
16. Sir Robert Peel, former British prime minister
17. Aldous Huxley, writer
18. Dylan Thomas, poet
19. Terry Southern, writer
20. Dion Di Muci, singer
21. Wallace Berman, actor
22. Tony Curtis, actor
23. Tommy Handley, comic
24. William S. Burroughs, writer
25. Marilyn Monroe, actress
26. Sri Mahavatara Babaji, guru
27. Stan Laurel, comic
28. Richard Lindner, artist
29. Oliver Hardy, comic
30. Karl Marx, philosophist
31. H.G. Wells, writer
32. Sri Paramahansa Yagananda, guru
33. T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence Of Arabia), soldier
34. Stuart Sutcliffe, artist, former Beatle
35. The Petty Girl (by artist George Petty)
36. Max Miller, comic
37. The Petty Girl (by artist George Petty)
38. Marlon Brando, actor
39. Tom Mix, actor
40. Oscar Wilde, writer
41. Tyrone Power, actor
42. Larry Bell, artist
43. Dr. David Livingstone, missionary/explorer
44. Johnny Weismuller, swimmer/actor
45. Stephen Crane, writer
46. Issy Bonn, comic
47. George Bernard Shaw, writer
48. H.C. Westermann, sculptor
49. Albert Stubbins, soccer player
50. Sri Lahiri Mahasaya, guru
51. Lewis Carroll, writer
52. Sonny Liston, boxer
53. Wax figure of George Harrison
54. Wax figure of John Lennon
55. Wax figure of Ringo Starr
56. Wax figure of Paul McCartney
57. Albert Einstein, genius
58. Bobby Breen, singer
59. Marlene Dietrich, actress
60. Legionairre (from the Order of the Buffalos)
61. Diana Dors, actress
62. Shirley Temple, child actress

[AKA]

As Steve mentioned, Leo Gorcey was taken out of the album cover because he requested a fee. In this picture from an alternate shot of the cover photo, you can see the removed Gorsey image:

[AKA]

Here's the image of Ghandi, also removed. Ghandi was taken out at EMI's insistence. EMI felt his inclusion may offend Beatle fans in India.

[crystals]

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is my favorite, but I also like "A Little Help From My Friends".

[AKA]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as is the case with all Beatles LPs before it, was released in both stereo and mono. On CD, however, it's only available in stereo, with the mono mix mostly forgotten.

However, the mono version of Sgt. Pepper is considered by many (including yours truly) to be the definitive version. The Beatles, producer George Martin, and engineer Geoff Emerick spent weeks fine-tuning Sgt. Pepper's wonderful mono mix, after which, The Beatles left and the stereo mix was mixed in just hours.

Here are some differences in the mono version:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Most notably, the crowd sounds fade in and out differently in the mono version -- often more abruptly -- than in stereo. Also, the lead guitar is stronger during Paul's "I don't really want to stop the show" section. Finally, there's a funky backwards guitar part at the end of the opening song just before "Billy Shears."

With A Little Help From My Friends
The mono version features a flangey/ADT effect on Ringo's voice during some choruses.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The whole recording has more phasing here than in stereo, especially during the chorus.

Fixing A Hole
This mono mix has a longer fade than the stereo mix.

She's Leaving Home
The mono version's tone is different than that of its stereo counterpart, due to it being sped up slightly. It gives the song a slightly less dreary feeling.

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
During the instrumental break after, "And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz...," there is more of the organ tape in mono than in stereo. The timing of the effects are also different.

Within You, Without You
The laughter at the end of the song is louder and longer in the mono mix.

When I'm Sixty-Four
In mono, the backing "oohs" are slightly louder.

Lovely Rita
At the very end, the voice is louder. What sounds like "baby" or "believe it" is more distinct in the mono mix than in the stereo mix.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
At the very beginning of the mono version of this track, someone says something that is not audible in the stereo mix. After John (?) says, "bye," there are more drumbeats here before the song properly begins. The crowd noises are more abrupt here, fading in and out. The "whoo" at the beginning of the vocal is louder here, too. Paul can be heard screaming an ad-lib at the end of the mono version. This is buried in the stereo mix. Paul is screaming:

We're the band, we're the band, we're the band! Yeah, you know we're the band!

A Day In The Life
In mono, Mal Evans' counting across the orchestral sections is more audible here than in the stereo mix. Some percussion also appears to be louder.

[AKA]

"I definitely felt the need to compete with the Beatles."--Brian Wilson

"I figure no one is educated musically 'til they've heard Pet Sounds."--Paul McCartney

"Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper wouldn't have happened ... Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds."--Beatles producer George Martin

A big inspiration for Sgt. Pepper is The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, released the year before (May 16, 1966). Sgt. Pepper wouldn't exist as it is had it not been for this monumental album.

Inspired by the American version of Rubber Soul, Brian Wilson and lyricist Tony Asher set out to create something different than the stereotypical Beach Boys music. And that they did. Wilson was tired of writing shallow lyrics about cars, surfboards, and chicks. It was time to get deeper, more personal.

Pet Sounds contains thirteen tracks:

Side One:
Wouldn't It Be Nice (Wilson/Asher)
You Still Believe In Me (Wilson/Asher)
That's Not Me (Wilson/Asher)
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Wilson/Asher)
I'm Waiting For The Day (Wilson)
Let's Go Away For Awhile (Wilson)
Sloop John B (Traditional; arranged by Wilson)

Side Two:
God Only Knows (Wilson/Asher)
I Know There's An Answer (Wilson/Sachen)
Here Today (Wilson/Asher)
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Wilson/Asher)
Pet Sounds (Wilson/Asher)
Caroline, No (Wilson/Asher)

Here's what Brian, himself, has to say about creating Pet Sounds:

In December of 1965, I heard the album Rubber Soul by the Beatles. It was definitely a challenge for me. I saw that every cut was very artistically interesting and stimulating. I immediately went to work on the songs for Pet Sounds.

I called in a collaborator named Tony Asher and we spent two months working on and off together. He proved to have the lyrical ability to work with me. In January, I started making the instrumental tracks for the album. I made each track a sound experience of its own. I was obsessed with explaining, musically, how I felt inside. This, I thought, could be the beginning of a new type of sophisticated-feeling music. I definitely felt the need to compete with the Beatles.

After doing twelve tracks and totally exhausting some of my musical creativity, I proceeded to play the tracks to the boys, who had just gotten home from the road. They all flipped for the tracks and the songs. I did most of the singing on Pet Sounds because I needed to directly express my feelings to people. It was a special project because the music world had heard from me through the Beach Boys, but I needed to get this one album out to my fans and the public from my heart and soul.

I was in a loving mood for a few months and it found its way to recorded tape. My voice turned up sweet this time. "Caroline, No" was my favorite on this album. The boys filled out the album with me and we had a classic on our hands. I experimented with sounds that would make the listener feel loved. The album was artistically set out in front of other albums and was, in truth, at that time, my biggest and best production. It was the first time I used more traditional and inspired lyrics which emitted feelings from my soul and not the usual "Beach Boy" kind of approach. Pet Sounds was an album alone.

I think "Don't Talk" was good for me to make, giving me peace of mind and spiritual satisfaction, knowing that many people would feel like I did. "That's Not Me" was so great that I couldn't get enough listens.

A voice or a song can be so comforting to someone who really needs it. I have always had an ear out for good voices. When you make a great album, it is good for your confidence and it tells you that you can continue to record in that same spirit. I really fulfilled a dream with this album.

Just before we did "God Only Knows," Carl and I had prayer sessions asking the Lord for guidance and maximum love vibes for this crucial single. It was the first time that anyone ever used the word "God" in a commercial song... at least this is what we were told. During the production of Pet Sounds I dreamt I had a halo over my head. This might have meant that the angels were watching over Pet Sounds.

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by AKA
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Sgt. Pepper Cover: Who's Who?


10. H.L. Mencken, writer


According to the CD booklet, that's artist Richard Merkin, not H.L. Mencken. :)

[Pitooey]

Love your posts AKA - Reading this is bringing me back Way back....

The Beatles RULE!!! :)

[musicradio77]

I have the Sgt. Pepper album on a record and cassette.:) The album was definiely a classic. "A Day in a Life" was the last cut off the album with a famous ending chord which is 1:30 long. The ending chord was also used in the remix of "The End" from the album "Abbey Road" is from the "Anthology 3" in which the chord had its reverse and then a normal chord ending.:eek: If you want to hear the final verse in "Sgt. Pepper" with electric guitar, here it is:
http://www.modzone.net/sgtpep.mp3

Here are these 2 pictures. One is an 8-Track tape that I don't have featured the long version of "Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)" and a reel-to-reel tape of the same album I don't have either.:)

http://www.rarebeatles.com/8track/8xt2653.jpg

http://www.rarebeatles.com/reel/rrpep2.jpg

[AKA]

Originally posted by Steve M.
According to the CD booklet, that's artist Richard Merkin, not H.L. Mencken. :)

I know. I used a source that was a bit more detailed that the 20th Anniversary CD booklet, but in doing so, I got more than a few entries wrong (all corrected now).

Originally posted by Pitooey
Love your posts AKA - Reading this is bringing me back Way back....

The Beatles RULE!!! :)

Thanks, JennyLee. I enjoy making them!

[AKA]

Elsewhere in 1967, John Lennon and Paul McCartney provided backing vocals for the Rolling Stones single, "We Love You." Backed with "Dandelion," "We Love You" peaked at number 8 in the UK charts, but flopped Stateside, reaching only number 50.

We Love You
(Jagger/Richards)

We don't care if you only love "we"
We don't care if you only love "we"
We love you. We love you, and we hope that you will love "we" too
We love "they". We love "they", and we want you to love "they" too

We don't care if you hound "we" and love is all around "we"
Love can't get our minds off
We love you, we love you

You will never win "we"
Your uniforms don't fit "we"
We forget the place we're in
'Cause we love you
We love you. Of course, we do

I love you. I love you
And I hope that you won't prove wrong too
We love you. We do. We love you. We do.

Currently, the song can be heard on two Rolling Stones compilations: Singles Collection: The London Years (in mono) and More Hot Rocks (Big Hits And Fazed Cookies) (stereo).

[Pitooey]

While I was at the mall today I just happen to see the Sargent Pepper T shirt.

I am definitely going to get it on Monday :)

I also saw the Abby road album t shirt........... :)

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Pitooey
Love your posts AKA - Reading this is bringing me back Way back....

The Beatles RULE!!! :)

Oh yes! Ditto!

[musicradio77]

I also have a Bill Cosby record that feature a funny rendition of "Sgt. Pepper" from the album "Hooray for the Salvation Army Band". That song was funny.:lol:

[Steve M.]

Almost as soon as Sgt. Pepper came out, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention parodied its cover and contents with their album We're Only In It For the Money.

http://gnosis2000.net/pics/zappa-onlyinitforthemoney2.jpg

:lol:

[AKA]

Another Sgt. Pepper album cover parody:

[Steve M.]

Oh yeah, one other thing - John Lennon included the the portable television set in the flower arrangement because he thought TV would play a big role in popular culture in the coming years. He should have lived to see MTV!

[dandelion wine]

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

[AKA]

The Rutles' Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band - the greatest album by the pre-fab four!

[musicradio77]

The "Sgt. Pepper" album has a bunch of clues about Paul McCartney. I heard that one since it was on WKBW back in 1969 (I wasn't even born yet). It was called "Paul McCartney Is Alive and Well... Maybe". The Parlophone version at the tail end of the record, it has something that was saying "Lucy, Abbey, All the Way".:) That was in the Parlophone version. When you play it backwards, you will hear "And will all be back here soon." I have the Capitol (Apple) version, I don't have the British version.:(

[laceyinthesky]

I chose "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

[MaryElizabeth]

"A Day In The Life" for one reason and one reason alone. He didn't notice that the lights had changed.

[laceyinthesky]

This time I chose "A Day In The Life."

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by MaryElizabeth
"A Day In The Life" for one reason and one reason alone. He didn't notice that the lights had changed.

The past perfect - "He hadn't noticed that the lights had changed" - would have been more appropriate. At least that's how the Bee Gees sang it when they covered it. :eek:

[MaryElizabeth]

Originally posted by Steve M.
The past perfect - "He hadn't noticed that the lights had changed" - would have been more appropriate. At least that's how the Bee Gees sang it when they covered it. :eek: So that's why it sucked so hard when they covered it!

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by MaryElizabeth
So that's why it sucked so hard when they covered it!

:lol: :rotflmao: