Sgt. Pepper Turns 40
On this day in 1967 the Beatles released Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band in their home country.
I’ll leave people who know more about the Beatles than I to talk about it, but the nutshell is that for it was a landmark for rock music. The band had decided to stop touring and started using the studio for tremendous experiments.
Even if you aren’t a Beatles fanatic (I’m no expert) but everyone has heard half of the songs at minimum. Here’s the track list.
Side A
1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With a Little Help from My Friends
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She’s Leaving Home
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Side B
1. Within You Without You
2. When I’m Sixty-Four
3. Lovely Rita
4. Good Morning Good Morning
5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
6. A Day in the Life
Sometime ago I found a couple of studio bootleg cuts taken from an acetate of the sessions. The vast majority of the Beatles bootleg market are studio outtakes. Parts of these probably appeared on one of the 2nd Anthology (which mixed parts of different takes together) but this was hastily put together and didn’t do my full research. Someone has though, and he/she has posted the Beatles thoughts on the record.
Strawberry Field Forever(Take 7)
A Day In The Life (Take 6)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 10)
Have a nice weekend y’all.