Beatles SGT. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band CD

Includes a 28-page booklet with rare photos, notes on the recording sessions and lyrics.

Additional personnel includes: Neil Aspinall (tamboura, harmonica); Mal

Evans (harmonica, alarm clock); George Martin (piano, harmonium,

Wurlitzer organ, organ); Sounds Incorporated (saxophone, French

Includes liner notes by George Martin, Mark Lewisohn and Peter Blake.

One of the most famous and influential albums ever recorded, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND had a huge impact on the music world, signaling the beginning of a new era of sophistication and maturity in rock. The musical experimentation was dynamic and fresh, several tracks were edited to create seamless transitions, and even the visual design was more elaborate than anything previously attempted.

Producer George Martin and The Beatles searched for new sounds and studio effects. They added crowd sounds and animal cries from sound-effects recordings, sped up Paul McCartney's vocals in "When I'm Sixty-Four" (to make him sound younger), and sustained a single piano chord for 40 seconds to end "A Day In The Life." The orchestrations, scored by Martin, were hailed by critics as bridging the gap between pop and classical music, and many people who had never bought a rock record bought SGT. PEPPER'S.

1987 Apple release of their landmark 1967 album in a standard jewelcase, plus a 28 page full color booklet with the lyrics, photos and reproductions of the five cutouts,all housed within a full color slipcase sleeve. The album,which has sold over eight million copies, stayed at #1 inthe album charts for 15 consecutive weeks & features 13tracks, including the title cut, 'With A Little Help From My Friends', 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' and 'A Day In The Life'. EMI.

horn, trombone).

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and Regent Sound Studio, London, England between December 6, 1966 and April 21, 1967.

The Beatles: George Harrison (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, sitar, tamboura, harmonica, tambourine, comb & paper); John Lennon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, Hammond organ, maracas, comb & paper); Paul McCartney (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, harpsichord, Hammond organ, bass, comb & paper); Ringo Starr (vocals, harmonica, piano, drums, bongos).

Engineers include: Geoff Emerick, Malcolm Addey, Ken Townsend.

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.85) - Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology..."
Q (6/00, p.80) - Ranked #13 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...It deserves playing, and playing again....[including] one of the Top Five finest vocal performances in all rock: Ringo's 'With A Little Help From My Friends'....do yourself a favor."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.52) - Ranked #14 in Mojo's "The 50 Most Out There Albums Of All Time" - "The Beatles build a new universe with every song..."
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #33 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

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 Did anyone mention genius...
It seems to have been around since pre-history, so indelibly stamped on our consciousness is it. When did you last sit down uninterrupted, and let it wash over you, like it was the first time. Its presence looms so large in the culture of popular music, that it almost a palimpsest- its legend obscures its worth as a living, breathing slice of music that continues to be relevant to any listener today. Yes it is drug-informed- so was XANADU, and for all we know, the craftsmen painting the SISTINE CHAPEL were high on the paint fumes and the incense. It matters only in that it freed their already extraordinary imaginations to fly higher than ever before. Try and listen without the weight of the years- it still has the power to make you lose yourself. Listen 'in' to it, not just 'to' it. Relax--let your mind float-- downstream...
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