The Beatles Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band turns 50

[watcher1]

The first of June will be the 50th anniversary of probably one of the finest Beatle's albums ever produced. The album was produced by the legendary producer George Martin.  To commemorate the album's 50th anniversary, George Martin's son, Giles Martin, has newly remixed in stereo the Sgt Pepper album and it will be released this Friday. Giles Martin's reason for producing this new version wasn't to simply serve up a new edition of a classic album but to rectify what's long been perceived as a significant though hardly fatal flaw in the original stereo version, created with considerably less time and attention from John, Paul, George and Ringo.

PBS is also getting in on the 50th anniversary of the album with a new documentary, Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution, premiering on June 3rd.

Will KB's Number 1 Beatle fan be watching?

[KitKat]

I remember the first time I heard that album. I was stoned off my ass and it was awesome!! Ahhhh memories...

[MissBarbara]

The first of June will be the 50th anniversary of probably one of the finest Beatles' albums ever produced.

Better put:

The first of June will be the 50th anniversary of probably one of the finest Beatles' albums ever produced.

[watcher1]

I remember the first time I heard that album. I was stoned off my ass and it was awesome!! Ahhhh memories...

Listening to the Iron Butterfly play their long version of "In Gadda Da Vida" was the ultimate stoner song back then.  

[KitKat]

30 Surprising Facts About 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’




It was 50 years ago today, the Beatles taught the world to play. That’s of course a twist on the opening lyrics to the Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released 50 years ago, on May 26, 1967.
Sgt. Pepper’s may well be the most famous album of all time. Here are 30 facts you may not know about the landmark release.

Returning from a vacation in Kenya, Paul McCartney came up with the idea of an album by the Beatles in an alter-ego group that he later dubbed “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

Only two of the songs really fit that concept, but the idea opened the creative floodgates.

The album repretrospective estimated 700 hours of work.
Please Please Me, the Beatles’ first album, was recorded in less than 10 hours.

Sgt. Pepper’s has been certified by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of 11 million copies.

No other album released before 1968 has been certified at such a high level.

The album cover, which depicts such famous people as Marilyn Monroe and W.C. Fields, became iconic in its own right.

It brought art directors Peter Blake and Jann Haworth a Grammy for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts. Haworth was the first woman to win in that category.

Two VIPs were painted out of the cover collage at the last minute.
Actor Leo Gorcey was painted out because he requested a fee. Indian leader Ghandi was painted out at the request of the Beatles’ record company, which was afraid of sparking a controversy like the one that followed John Lennon’s 1966 remark “We’re more popular than Jesus now.”


Full article
https://www.yahoo.com/music/30-surprising-facts-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-225227418.html

[watcher1]

Very interesting.  Thank you.

Leo Gorcey's fame was that he was the ringleader in the old Bowery Boys movies way back when.