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Post by Broadsword on Jun 1, 2007 21:39:59 GMT -5
I know the day almost over but the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released 40 years ago today. The album changed rock music. Though not my favorite albums of theirs, Abbey Road is my favorite of all time any way, still love the album. It also has my favorite song Day in the Life that has never gotten old with me after about a trillion time listening to it.
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Post by Shep on Jun 2, 2007 7:41:27 GMT -5
I know the days almost over but the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released 40 years ago today. The album changed rock music. Though not my favorite albums of theirs, Abbey Road is my favorite of all time any way, still love the album. It also has my favorite song Day in the Life that has never gotten old with me after about a trillion time listening to it. It's a great album, but it's not my favorite Beatles either. Mine is "Revolver."
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 2, 2007 13:00:47 GMT -5
And what does Apple do to commemorate the event...? While I prefer Revolver, Rubber Soul and Abbey Road to Peppers. I think it deserves it's high ranking, maybe even that #1 spot it receives so often because of how it changed and effected the rock and roll universe. In hind site, George Harrison is right, it was, for the most part, just a nice collection of songs with a few moments of genius (That 2 of the best songs, the singles, Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields, were left off, lowers the great song quotient) But if you were there, the damn album was a revelation. It played everywhere. Walk through a campus and it was pouring out of every dorm room. Even before it was released it was creating a buzz among other artists. What were they going to come up with this time? Sgt Peppers lay down the gauntlet (sorry if I used the word "lay" wrong, you grammar-aholics I plumb don't know any better) and others in the industry were challenged to create magic equal to it. You can't pick up a CD from 1967, or a book about an act that recorded at that time, without their work being compared to Peppers. The liner notes on Pink Floyd, Hendrix and The Who's 1967 efforts all make mention of Peppers, and how they did this or that better than the fab four. It's actually pretty funny because it's like a school yard filled with Stewart's, all vying for attention, shouting, "Look what I can do!" Yup, I see and hear what you can do. And much of it is impressive, but you only did it because Peppers pushed you to make something better. I salute the Sergent. It was a big record, that reached out and touched a wide range of people (Maybe that doesn't mean anything artistically, but if you want to have an effect, people gotta be able to hear the record. And a lot of people heard this record), effected those in the industry... and blew some minds out in a car.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jun 2, 2007 16:24:16 GMT -5
Yeah, my view is that it may be one of the most influential works of all time, but it's nowhere near my favorite album, either of the Beatles or rock in general.
Oh, and yeah....Abbey Road is kind of the be-all and end-all in either category.
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Post by hopesfall on Jun 2, 2007 16:52:31 GMT -5
I don't like The Beatles.
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 2, 2007 17:03:40 GMT -5
Of course you don't. You're better than us all.
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Post by Chuck on Jun 2, 2007 18:31:21 GMT -5
I wish they'd release the mono mix. They spent much more time on it, and it's slightly different than the stereo mix.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Jun 3, 2007 2:12:30 GMT -5
I don't like The Beatles. In Communist Russia, the Beatles don't like you!
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 3, 2007 13:04:22 GMT -5
I wish they'd release the mono mix. They spent much more time on it, and it's slightly different than the stereo mix. That's what upsets me about Apple. 40th anniversary? Hello all you lawyers running the company... Aspinal is very ill I hear, so there's no creative force in the company anymore. Pet Sounds got the royal treatment, with a CD that included the stereo and mono mix, and I don't think there was much difference between the two. But with the Beatles, Martin would make changes here and there. There were real differences between the mono and stereo (And the UK versions weren't always the best. I still think the US mix for "Every Little Thing" is punchier and has more weight to it) As for stereo, now that the technology is up to the task, they need to hire Giles Martin, work with his dad and whoever is left (Geoff Emereck, McCartney and Starr too) and do a true stereo re master. I know some people grouse about re masters. But the Beatles were cutting edge and keeping them that way doesn't betray their vision. Martin's mix on "I Want To Hold Your Hand" on the Love CD was a thing of beauty. It should all sound like that, and if you do what they did for the Beach Boys, AND the Monkees I might add. Purists wont grouse because both version will be available.
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 3, 2007 13:08:35 GMT -5
Just for fun. Sgt Peppers wasn't the Beatles first album to sport a gatefold. Beatles For Sale was. The inner photo includes one of the fab 4 behind a mural with a montage of images. Was this the inspiration for Peppers cover? Here's a look... GatefoldMan I wish I had one of those LPs.
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Post by soundandvision on Jun 3, 2007 16:08:29 GMT -5
I wish they'd release the mono mix. They spent much more time on it, and it's slightly different than the stereo mix. If you know where to look you can find really good needle drop copies of the UK mono mix... and your right it's different (and dare I say) superior. I was going to chime in on this topic the other day but I was in a rush so I didn't. I feel like SPLHCB is actually UNDERRATED these days. After so many years of monolithic adoration heaved upon it it's achieved a sort of CITIZEN KANE status where people know it's great but they don't know why exactly. The Beach Boys PET SOUNDS is my favorite record ever, probably. And, IMO the Beatles equaled PET SOUNDS in skill, writing and musicianship. However, I will say this though...to just clarify, SPLHCB isn't my favorite Beatle record, that belongs to RUBBER SOUL.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Jun 6, 2007 20:43:22 GMT -5
Just for fun. Sgt Peppers wasn't the Beatles first album to sport a gatefold. Beatles For Sale was. The inner photo includes one of the fab 4 behind a mural with a montage of images. Was this the inspiration for Peppers cover? Here's a look... GatefoldMan I wish I had one of those LPs. My Mum did have all the originals on vinyl, Stones, Who, Kinks, you name it because she worked in a record shop in Glasgow in the 60's. She's seen everyone I wished I'd seen, all the above, Cash, James Brown, all in their prime and met alot of them thanks to where she worked. What happened to all of those lovely vinyls that taught me all about music when I was growing up? Our record player's needle broke and in the 80's you couldn't get one because vinyl record players were on the way out. Nobody saw the deejaying boom coming so my Mum had no way to play them so she gave them all to a charity shop! She made nothing and if she'd held onto them she could've got a replacement record player eventually or sold them for I'm guessing a couple thousand British £s. Oh and we both agree that Rubber Soul's the best Beatles album. I'm not a massive fan of Sgt. Pepper or the Beatles in general but their and this album's impact cannot be denied. How did we over here celebrate the anniversary? BBC Radio 2 got a bunch of artists to cover the songs using the original equipment, a sort of "look how hard it was, weren't they really clever" sort of exercise. Shamefully to celebrate a wonderfully creative album that changed music by forcing all others to raise their games to previously unheralded creative peaks BBC Radio 2 decided to bring in Bryan Adams and the Kaiser Chiefs. Not exactly artists known for their creative excesses. So we didn't really do anything for this historic landmark either!
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Post by bonfiregal on Jun 10, 2007 7:13:22 GMT -5
Had no idea about the anniversary of this great album. I loved it and think of it as a tapestry. Phil Spector had his Wall of Sound but Sgt. Pepper's did break through and the Beatles presented the album as an art form. Glorious interweavings!
It's great to read all your comments about it. I have the vinyl, along with about 23 more Beatles albums. Never gonna cut those puppies loose! Geez, 40 years! Man I do feel old now! Thanks for the thread!
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Post by Shep on Jun 16, 2007 19:04:14 GMT -5
How did we over here celebrate the anniversary? BBC Radio 2 got a bunch of artists to cover the songs using the original equipment, a sort of "look how hard it was, weren't they really clever" sort of exercise. Shamefully to celebrate a wonderfully creative album that changed music by forcing all others to raise their games to previously unheralded creative peaks BBC Radio 2 decided to bring in Bryan Adams and the Kaiser Chiefs. Not exactly artists known for their creative excesses. So we didn't really do anything for this historic landmark either! I've listened to several of those. The only one I'm fond of is Oasis' cover of "Within You Without You." Possibly my least fave song on the original album, but here it holds up pretty well.
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Post by mccloud on Jun 17, 2007 7:44:20 GMT -5
This is the first record I ever bought. I love Sgt. Pepper, even though my fav Beatles is a tie between Rubber Soul and Revolver.
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