This is amazing...no detail too trivial, IMHO...it really brings the sounds to life!
@the_guitar_trooper Жыл бұрын
Thanks A TON Brian!!
@drvee198311 ай бұрын
Your comments sir always have something most fans did not know. Thank you for your postings.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
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@Foul_Quince11 ай бұрын
#1 in my home town for 30 consecutive weeks! From the beginning of August 1967 to the very end of February 1968 - the only album ever to spend that many consecutive weeks at #1 here.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Thanks as always, Quince!
@ypaulbrown11 ай бұрын
Happy New Years Guitar Trooper.....thank you so much....
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Same to you, Paul! And THANKS as always!
@shellymars996111 ай бұрын
In addition to the posters you mention, I also remember my local radio station (WLS, Chicago) broadcasting commercials for the album. These commercials made it sound like this was an important event. I recall an announcer saying something like, "A year in the making!!" Partly because of this ad campaign I was very excited for the album and bought my first copy the day it hit stores in the US.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Big group albums were a cultural event in those days, no doubt.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
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@charlesfenton206311 ай бұрын
Excellent, tho' Paul explains in an interview that Mal asked him to "pass the salt and pepper" and Paul heard Sgt Pepper. Either way...
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Thanks for that, Charles! And, one must admit, it makes a lot more sense! Please help me promote the channel by sharing videos!
@Kjt85311 ай бұрын
Regarding the title, I’ve read that McCartney originally intended to call the album and title song “Doctor Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” but upon being told that there was an American soft drink called Doctor Pepper, he changed it to Sergeant Pepper. I guess by now there’s so much lore attached to the album, as well as to the Beatles, that all sorts of stories are going around.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
@@Kjt853 I think that the “Dr. Pepper” thing is urban legend. But I HAVE been known to be wrong. From time to time.
@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick11 ай бұрын
@@Kjt853totally wrong
@Kjt85311 ай бұрын
@@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick It was nothing I was planning to put money on.
@larrylemons974711 ай бұрын
Great job on this video, Robert! Very captivating for Beatles fans like myself.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Many thanks, Larry! Hey, you can watch the videos days earlier than the public if you join the channel for $.99 a month. And you can always cancel anytime if you feel like it.
@davidbaise513711 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this! The theme concept of Pepper was later followed through on “The Who Sellout”, and recordings by others. Perhaps the Fabs were influenced by Glenn Gould’s decision to stop performing live and concentrate on recording only. A fascinating time gave us great music!
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
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@n.miller90710 ай бұрын
As usual, top notch trivia video! But not so trivial as to be useless information. I'm still blown away it was all recorded on a four-track recorder. 😮
@the_guitar_trooper10 ай бұрын
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@ADAMSIXTIES11 ай бұрын
I heard it a little differently. Mal asked Paul for the salt and pepper and he thought Mal said Sergeant Pepper. Yes it would be hard to believe that Mal wouldn't know what S and P shakers were. John later had 2 cats, Salt and Pepper the black one being for former, the white the latter 😎 Then they were reading mail from lonely fans, and Paul said "we're nothing, but a lonely hearts club band". Of course he'd already written Eleanor Rigby with "all the lonely people".
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
VERY nice post! Thanks for the participation! Remember that you can see Contant like this days before the public has access to it by joining the channel to upgrade your subscription and becoming a Trooper Fellow!
@MatthewPoplawsk11 ай бұрын
Two comments. #1: I've always enjoyed what the inspiration was for BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE. It was an old Victorian circus that John Lennon discovered,and, from that, he created all those wonderful characters in the song(my favorite is HENRY THE HORSE). #2: It was the only Beatles album that didn't release a particular song as a single.❤❤❤😊😊😊
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Yep. And. Pablo Fanque was a real person. An equestrian showman and the first black owner of a circus in the UK.
@MatthewPoplawsk11 ай бұрын
@the_guitar_trooper. It's a great story about Pablo Fanque. I think it worthy of a THE HISTORY GUY episode. In spite of all that Victorian predujice, Pablo perservered.
@TheSanityInspector11 ай бұрын
Terrific listcicle, enjoyed it! I remember a British documentary on the 30th anniversary of making of the album; Martin and the three surviving Beatles talked about how they experimented around with the instrumentation and recording. As for the name though, McCartney said he was going for an old-timey Old West vibe, Dr Feelgood's Magic Elixir Traveling Show sort of thing.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Great post, Thanks! And Thanks especially for the view!! Yeah - I could see his early concept fitting right in with a Medicine Show motif. REMEMBER - You could have watched this last week if you upgraded your subscription to being a channel Member!
@Music_is_Breathing Жыл бұрын
Anyone who has watched Paul play bass and any other bass player will know that Paul is really a guitar player. He plays the bass just as he would play a guitar, using his thumb before doing any finger picking and playing down on the strings. Bassists use their fingers, rarely using their thumb at all, and pluck up (towards their face) on the strings. There may be other bass players who play like Paul, but I have never seen one. Great video with a lot of stuff I didn't know. One thing that amazes me is the amount of work George Martin did on this and other albums. I hope he got royalties for all that work!
@the_guitar_trooper Жыл бұрын
Well said! Thanks as always.
@Music_is_Breathing Жыл бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper 😁
@the_guitar_trooper Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@movid11 ай бұрын
😮😮.... not really, this sounds interesting on paper, but untrue in reality...🎸I've played both instruments and know the Beatles by ❤️ . Guitar and bass playing have not much in common except you use amplified strings. The approach, the sound and feel are very distinctive 🌬️ Some bass players are more up front, such as Entwistle (The Who) or JJ Burnell (Stranglers), but Paul plays both amazingly with his unique melodic style 😊
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
@@movid THANKS for the participation! GREAT post!!
@NelsonMontana123411 ай бұрын
And, it was the first album to include song lyrics and the only Beatles album to not have a #1 hit.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
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@betsyab12111 ай бұрын
But, it won a grammy for best album! Go figure!
@andrewhudson89666 ай бұрын
That comment about #1 hits must be about the US versions because in the UK With The Beatles,Beatles For Sale,Rubber Soul,The Beatles(aka White Album),and Abbey Rd do not have any # 1 hits.
@sureshmukhi231611 ай бұрын
You're right. Many of these I did not know. Thank you.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
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@FairfaxJack11 ай бұрын
I had always heard that Paul originally wanted to call it "Dr.Pepper's..." but was at first unaware of the American soft drink by the same name
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
That one is an urban legend and has no creedence.
@spaceengineer145211 ай бұрын
Hitler was also supposed to be on the cover (Johns idea)Rumour is he still “appears” behind John.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
John suggested both Hitler and Jesus, but neither one was accepted.
@spaceengineer145211 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper Yep, that’s John 😂 I have seen an out take photo of Hitler behind John and the rest of the Beatles.
@slide418011 ай бұрын
I think Hitler was also supposed to be on the cover, but that was squashed for obvious reasons. A bit of trivia to add to number 10 - Paul was a fan of the names of West Coast US bands like big Brother and the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service: convoluted mouthfuls that conjured colorful images. Sergeant pepper’s lonely hearts club band was a play of sorts on those names.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Lennon suggested both Hitler and Jesus, but neither suggestion made it off of the page. Thanks for the view!! And- Remember that you could have had exclusive access to this video last week as a channel member! It’s only 99 cents US a month! Come join!
@amb27457 ай бұрын
In order to have the celebrities on the Sgt. Pepper cover, The Beatles wrote letters asking permission to have a celebrities likeness on the album cover. One such letter went out to movie screen legend Mae West. Mae replied "Why would I want to be in a lonely hearts club??" which was probably a no from her, but after The Beatles sent her additional personal letters asking her to use her photo on the album cover, she said yes.
@the_guitar_trooper7 ай бұрын
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@MrKaywyn10 ай бұрын
Exceptional.
@the_guitar_trooper10 ай бұрын
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@aubreybishop82634 ай бұрын
So interesting!
@the_guitar_trooper4 ай бұрын
Hi Aub! And thanks!
@louiealbarado323311 ай бұрын
I can't find a clip that said the song was suppose to be in titled dr.peppers lonely heart club's band, but it was changed because they were told that the U. S. had a soft drink by that name and didn't want to get sued
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?
@louiealbarado323311 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper long gone commercial must be my age
@petejones87911 ай бұрын
Ooh I didn't know that you did full length videos I've only seen the shorts
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Sure do. I held off doing them for a while because of the production timeline and return on investment. It takes me somewhere around 12 man hours to get a long form done, where a Short can be done from scratch in usually less than 2 hours. Thanks for watching! And, Hey, please share the videos!!
@mcarp55511 ай бұрын
Abbey Road had its first 8-track in the Summer of 1968 (not 1967), and it was first used on a Beatles session in September of that year. And Capitol also deleted the dog whistle at the end of _A Day In The Life._
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Thanks for that!! 1968 installation is correct. I’ll have to find the reference that I used in the script- I must have misinterpreted the citation.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Ok. I found my error. The cited statement from the source was that 8-track wasn’t available at Abbey Road until “the next year”, and my head was stuck in 1966, making 1967 “the next year”. So…. I regret the error and claim senility, if not inaccurate base year. Thanks again for the correction!
@josephcostello69511 ай бұрын
The 5th Beatle is George Martin. Nuff Said.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Hi Joseph! He did a ton of stuff for the guys alright. Thanks SO MUCH for the view!! Please help me to promote the channel by sharing the videos!!
@sludge85066 ай бұрын
Or Murray the K. Or Billy Preston. Or…
@goplad111 ай бұрын
I remember hearing "Sgt. Pepper's" for the first time in 1967. I was a Beatles fan and enjoyed their music very much. However when I saw the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's" I was taken aback at how they looked. I thought, what happened to these guys?? Then when I heard the music I wasn't connecting to it. I remember being fascinated with "A Day In The Life" but the rest of the album wasn't hitting me in the right spot. It's interesting that to this very day I don't much care for "Sgt. Pepper's". I consider it to be my least favorite Beatles album and I still consider it overrated. That first impression of the album never quite left me. I will always feel "Rubber Soul" to be the Beatles best offering.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
It threw many fans for a loop alright!
@simonfiveash381011 ай бұрын
Good video and Mel evens said to mccartney pass the salt and pepper and mccartney miss heard him and thought he said sergeant pepper.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Yep. Thanks for that comment! That version makes so much more sense than the reference I cited. I should have used it instead! Thanks for the view too! And- Remember that you could have had exclusive access to this video last week as a channel member! It’s only 99 cents US a month! Come join!
@simonfiveash381011 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper thanks for your quick reply and this is the story I've heard, I've subscribed now ,and happy new year mate from England 🇬🇧
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
@@simonfiveash3810 Super deal!! Thanks a MILLION!!
@raulmacias614611 ай бұрын
Quote by PAUL MCCARTNEY ~ "George wasn't very involved in that album. He just had one song. It's really the only time during the whole album, the main time I remember him turning up."
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
George had only “Blue Jay Way” on Magical Mystery Tour and I believe was even less involved in that project than Pepper.
@MarriedMindless10 ай бұрын
Knew everything; I like your tenor.
@the_guitar_trooper10 ай бұрын
Congrats! And Thank you SO VERY MUCH for the view and kind words!
@brianmorrison754211 ай бұрын
Great work in 2023, All good luck in '24!
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
THANK YOU TROOPER FELLIW BRI!!
@allenheath65649 ай бұрын
I’ve been to Abbey Road and got my hands on that recorder
@the_guitar_trooper9 ай бұрын
Nice
@lucyfuir638611 ай бұрын
Capital would only release 10 songs whereas parlaphone would have 14. Then capital would take the missing 4 songs from 2 albums combine them with 2 singles and make it a 3rd album. When The Beatles found out about this they insisted capital stop.
@karaamundson396411 ай бұрын
Paul, at least, was dramatically influenced by The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds," specifically "God Only Knows."
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Yeah.. The innovation sparring contest begins…
@sobfatrick6 ай бұрын
It is thought that the name Sergeant Pepper came from the Toronto. Police cop who looked after them during their 1966 Toronto visit. This may be partially true and enhanced by Mal Evans' comments.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Interesting story, that! Thanks for watching! Please share the channel and video!!
@kenhawkins103311 ай бұрын
As I understand it, American actor Leo Gorcey, of "Bowery Boys" fame, denied permission to use his image on the album cover as well. No clue as to his reason.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the view and the post! I hadn’t seen that tidbit. Please help us promote the channel and SHARE these videos! Thanks a million!
@ceedoubleyou11 ай бұрын
you don't explain why UK and US track numbers diifer, it was because of payment of royalties.
@Foul_Quince11 ай бұрын
Yes, the Beatles got a lot higher royalty rate under their original contract for foreign sales than they did domestic.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Hi! And THANKS for the view and comment! So…. Here’s the deal. I knew that this subject would likely come up from the fan base, but I deliberately avoided getting into it because it would slow the pace of the video and drag it off subject, which is an important facet to me as a producer of the video. You are correct, from one viewpoint anyway. But The bottom line is, there is no single reason for the disparity; royalties certainly were a factor and were only one of them. There were also marketing, technical, cultural, and legal factors that figured in. The whole discussion could get rather subjective rather quickly, so I thought it best to leave it out of this video.
@Foul_Quince11 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper Oh you're quite right. Stuff like that is better served in the kind of long boring videos I make on my channel!
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
HA! What a guy.
@ceedoubleyou11 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper : I understood that in the UK, the royalties were paid per album, despite the number of songs but in US, it was per song and the label were only prepared to pay for 12 songs per album, I think there's a clip somewhere, where George Martin discusses the subject.
@ronr.7119 ай бұрын
As you say, everyone could see it would not be the same as it was. The Mal Evans explanation of S+P is just not believable. Think of the Pepperpots in regard to naming the album.
@the_guitar_trooper8 ай бұрын
Ya. There is another more plausible assessment out there, stating that Paul simply mis-heard Mal asking for the salt and pepper as “Sergeant Pepper”
@daviddowns755211 ай бұрын
I had poster and it had ghandi on it. Really nice.i
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
You want to sell it, but you CAN'T - because then you don't have it! *sigh*
@daviddowns755211 ай бұрын
They are really hard to find now anywhere. I wish I had saved it.
@porflepopnecker437611 ай бұрын
Correction: 10 Things YOU Didn't Know About "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
HA! Well, there IS that point of view. But I didn’t want to title it: “10 Things That A Lot Of People Know but I Didn’t Know So I Thought That Maybe Those Who Didn’t Know Could Learn And Those Who Did Know Could At Least Find Some Entertainment Value From The Video” I wouldn’t have any space left on the screen. Get it? LOL
@raulmacias614611 ай бұрын
Guitar Trooper, I was so disappointed that Capitol Records did not release a Beatles Singles Box Set on December 26,1963 the 60th Anniversary of Capitol's original release date of the "I Want To Hold Your Hand" Single. I GMailed the C.E.O. at Capitol Records back in September, 2023! She never responded! To make things more frustrating, the Capitol Records building is now closed to the public for two years due to renovations! I wanted to personally lobby the staff at Capitol Records! I wanted a Capitol Records box set, which they've never released, to cover the period from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" to "Lady Madonna" with the original picture sleeves! As you know, that was the period The Beatles were strickly on the Capitol Records label in America. This was pre Apple and Yoko Ono who I find repulsive! As a matter of fact, the last time The Beatles had fun in the studio was on February 11,1968 while recording "Hey Bulldog" and filming a Promotional film for "Lady Madonna". After that, Yoko Ono entered the frame and it was truly a slow miserable death! I refuse to listen to anything post "Hey Bulldog" especially John's love paeans to that shameless tramp and homewrecker Yoko Ono! Just think! Ono's got all of John's estate which she refused to share with Julian! Julian had to sue her! I have the deepest admiration for John Charles Julian Lennon! He is such a genuinely good and decent man!
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
That would have been a great seller I’ll bet!
@stargirlzx11 ай бұрын
John also wanted hitler and jesus christ on the cover but that was rejected as well. It was also the first gatefold album
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Yep. Almost predictable for him!
@raulmacias614611 ай бұрын
Guitar Trooper, how many songs does George Harrison actually play Guitar solos on Pepper? I am aware Paul McCartney plays the Guitar solos on "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Good Morning Good Morning." I was disappointed when I recently found out that George Harrison also doesn't play the Lead Guitar on "Rain"! It was actually John and Paul on Guitars and Ringo on Drums on Rain's Take 5 Rhythm track. I always believed "Rain" was George Harrison's finest moment on Lead Guitar. By the way the Giles Martin Rain Take 5 Rhythm track on the re-release of Revolver is much too fast! It's ridiculous! I have a bootleg and it's at the correct speed. In retrospect, I believe Paul McCartney should have been The Beatles Lead Guitarist. George was mainly a chordal player. He couldn't improvise a Guitar solo to save his life! George should have been on Bass.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Oh gosh - I never tried to discover that! To be sure, George Harrison did play bass occasionally in the studio , but then, so did John. Once the group moved away from their earlier stuff, I think that George H. had an increasingly more difficult time with the lead parts.
@raulmacias614611 ай бұрын
Quotes by GEORGE HARRISON (Subject: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band) ~ "To me it was kind of a bit tiring, or a bit boring because, I mean, I had a few moments in there that I enjoyed, but generally I didn't like that album much. My heart was still in India you know." "Sgt. Pepper was the one album where things were done slightly differently. A lot of time...we weren't allowed to play as a band so much. It became an assembly process ~ just little parts and then overdubbing. After [the India trip ~ September 14,1966~October 22,1966] everything else seemed like hard work. It was a job like doing something I didn't really want to do and I was losing interest in being "fab" at that point."
@raulmacias614611 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper George also practically dropped the Electric Guitar and was focused on the Sitar at that time.
@raulmacias614611 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper You know, the only song on Pepper where I can clearly hear George singing a Harmony Vocal was of all tracks "When I'm Sixty Four"! I believe George does sing a Backing Vocal on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Those are the only two songs I can hear George sing besides "Within You Without You."
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
@@raulmacias6146 Actually, I never looked it up.
@Music_is_Breathing5 ай бұрын
Of course George Martin contributed a lot to the album. He always did 😉. I can't even think of a song I don't like from this album.
@the_guitar_trooper5 ай бұрын
When I first heard it, I wasn’t sure about “Within You Without You“. Then I started dissecting the track and found the song to be fascinating.
@Music_is_Breathing5 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper I LOVE “Within You Without You“!!!! But, then again, I love the whole album 😊
@ruelitocayamanda816211 ай бұрын
And Paul was supposed to be already dead by this time. Supposedly replaced by a look alike, sound a like. Sheesh!
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Really? I never heard that one. not LOL
@kenthebean661911 ай бұрын
He was thick, thats why!
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Ha!
@briankeenan490111 ай бұрын
Sgt. Peppers and the Beatles were the same band? Really? I still don't believe it. They sound nothing alike. You must be mistaken.
@stevenk.133311 ай бұрын
Lol.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
Nope. Looked it up twice. Dang. That one surprised me!
@JMxx620411 ай бұрын
And it is overrated. Revolver and Rubber Soul are both better and more coherent albums. But you know what they say about opinions.
@the_guitar_trooper11 ай бұрын
hey - no matter, Man! We run an open forum here! Thanks for the view!