The re-issue is shipping and we dish on what’s in each version.Įach version of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band comes in 4 editions. Peppers 50th Anniversary is Shipping and fans love itīy Stephen Pate – The 50th Anniversary re-issue of The Beatles Sgt. "To this day it's my favorite album not just because I love the songs, but because it was, for me, the first album that held mystery, whose cuts flowed effortlessly from song to song - and those songs changed each time I heard them. (It was the first time lyrics had ever been included with an album cover). Pepper uniform and of course there were the lyrics. Pepper cut outs that came inside, there was the cut-out mustache, the stripes and badges of the Sgt. "The artful montage on the front, the Sgt. "What I remember most about that first listen and that first look was how mysterious it all was," says All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. If you wanted to hear the record, you had to buy it or listen to a friend's copy. Pepper's didn't make much of a splash on the airwaves. Pepper's was unlike anything anyone had heard before, and the day fans first dropped the needle on their copy of the album stuck in their minds.ĭespite its place in history, at the time of its release, Sgt. Kids bought 45s and never thought of a collection of songs as a "concept album" or work of art.
Prior to its release in June of 1967, most of music being produced was for Top 40, AM radio play and for dance parties. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time was a life-changing experience. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bandįor many fans, hearing Sgt.
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