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| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - released June 1, 1967 |
Today, June 1, 2012 marks the 45th anniversary since the release of The Beatles' landmark album,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It's almost like a page torn out of a book of legends and fantasies! This album is host to a number of "firsts" in Rock and Roll history; It was the first big concept album, the first Rock album to win a Grammy award for 'Album Of The Year', the first to include complete printed lyrics to every song and and the first of The Beatles records to simply have "Beatles" on the cover... which led to another unmistakable first...
It was the first to spawn the "Paul is dead" phenomenon that still polarizes Beatlemaniacs to this very day. Some of the "clues" include the freshly dug grave site, the guitar-shaped wreath implies a left-handed guitar (Paul played lefty), and Paul is standing backwards on the back of the album sleeve as well, further fueling any speculation of his death. Not to mention lyrical cues in tracks such as
A Day In The Life (He blew his mind out in a car), and
Good Morning, Good Morning (Nothing to do to save his life).
Furthermore, this record was an engineering achievement. The studio sessions were a series of recordings and multiple over dubs all done on 4-tracks. Considering all the arrangement and cacophony on
Sgt. Pepper, George Martin and engineer, Geoff Emerick could almost be creative madmen for having tackled this project on.
This record is surely one you must experience for yourself!
ENJOY THE SHOW!
