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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.
Standard CD pressing of The Beatles' classic album, one of the grand pillars of modern popular music that practically changed the world of the LP when it was issued in 1967.
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Argentine edition
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.'
Paste (magazine) (p.60) - "As a pioneering work of studio wizardry, this loose concept album is amazing..."
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Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)    List All 48 Reviews A BEATLES MASTERPIECE
WHAT CAN YOU SAY. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCIBE THE INFLUENCE THIS ALBUM FROM 1967 CAUSED. 40 YEARS IS A LOT OF TIME AGO BUT THIS EFFORT ALWAYS SOUNDS FRESH AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GET INSIDE THE BEATLES MINDS. THIS MASTERPIECE BROKE ALL THE RULES AND WHEN BRIAN WILSON HEARD THIS , HE CRIED FROM JOY AND THREW IN THE TOWEL
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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...
Submitted by David Martin (Mt. Martha, Australia.)
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The history of Rock music was changed
forever by the release of thr Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's album. Before it's debut,
rock albums were just a bunch of songs
put together on a record. But The Beatles showed how you could create an album. This album showed that rock music was indeed an art form. By creating a concept and blending in music with it, rock music was led into a new direction that would never be turned back again. There is no doubt whatsoever that this is the most important album ever made. Ironically enough though I don't think this is the best album The Beatles ever made. Rubber Soul, Revolver or even Abbey Road are probably their best albums. But none of those albums made music history the way Sgt. Pepper did.
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WHEN MY CHILD WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HE HAD A PROJECT TO LISTEN TO "CLASSICAL MUSIC" AT HOME.....SO IMMEDIATELY I PUT ON SGT. PEPPER.FOR HIM. .......AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC
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good stuff.
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