The Beatles Recording Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts club Band

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[@jonvia]

As someone who writes, records, mixes, and masters their own music on modern recording interfaces and DAWs, its amazing what The Beatles could accomplish with a hilariously small mixing console.

[@curiousuranus810]

No; its amazing what The Beatles got other people to accomplish

[@notgoingdownwithoutafight1606]

I was in the same train of thought. Amazing!!

[@ricopaulson1]

@@curiousuranus810 They still had to create the material. We all know they had engineers, but they still had to create the material. As any good engineer knows, if the source being recorded sucks, it's hard to make it sound good. Especially with the limited tech they had at the time.

[@tam_ryan1036]

Yup. But George Martin and Geoff Emerick were the 5th and 6th Beatles. Not much would have happened without them as the facilitators. The Beatles were the ‘ideas men’. George and Geoff took it out of their heads and onto master tape.

[@georgka74]

b.s.

[@TorMax9]

When I was eight-years old, in 1967, my father walked into a record shop and asked what was new and exciting, looking for a birthday present for my mother. The attendant said "Sgt. Pepper", so my father bought it. He gave it to my mother, she played it once but wasn't very impressed. I got hold of it and played it downstairs, over and over and over again. It blew my mind. Took me to another world. Expanded my mind. It still does. To this very day.

[@aunch3]

It’s basically an album about drugs lol

[@margaretcronin4972]

I'm with u brother ...I climbed inside that album ..its a gift that keeps giving

[@christopher5692]

@@aunch3 same with the double white album Happiness is a warm gun I’m so tired Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey

[@rintintin7529]

I didn’t do lsd for the first time like John but I got lcd for the first time. Very cool. I see things differently now

[@michaelallen3207]

@@TorMax9 first time hearing it's a moment of I'll always remember feeling this way

[@tomp3146]

Spent 27 years as a U.S Army Ranger. Tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. This presentation and others like it - make me realize what really is worth fighting for. I would have fought to protect the studio where these artists recorded vs all the other BS we are told is worth dying for - just so this music could MOVE me for forever... Thank goodness for the Beatles - the multitudes of other wonderful artists - and all technicians who made them great.

[@bradhuskers]

Hopefully you understand that today's criminally corrupt left-wing party IS the biggest threat facing our constitutional republic today. Mark Zuckerberg and RFK Jr just detailed how today's criminally corrupt left-wing administration has been violating the constitution repeatedly from day one. Unfortunately, the press and media have brainwashed half the country. But I am becoming more optimistic every day that the left will be defeated this November

[@tomp3146]

@@bradhuskers I agree 100% / I enlisted in 84 at 17 years old. So the music that inspired me then and moves me now was of the 60s/70s/80s. So that's what I'm referring to in my post. I want to believe that my service and sacrifice meant something. But these days - I'm not feeling it. Neither are any of the men and women who retired along with me. Music however stands the test of time / timeless. (feelgood) Try and put yourself in my boots based on last 10 years of political discourse. Open Boarder. Vein service in Iraq/Afghanistan. Our so called leaders are putrid liars and cheats. Music doesn't lie.

[@scotttyson7970]

Alright brother

[@bradhuskers]

​@@tomp3146 It's the criminally corrupt left-wing party. Today's left-wing has become an Oligarchy run by left-wing elitist fascists. If they are not defeated, they will destroy our constitutional republic.

[@poss4757]

Thank you for your service.

[@DianeHolt-lh2sy]

I love that album!The most talented band ever!I'm a huge Beatle fan.

[@stevenperagine7377]

What a wonderful, in-depth look at the sessions for PEPPERS. And the period of time in late 66 thru summer of 67. This is when the world changed, and this 15 year old boy was absolutely overwhelmed by what THE BEATLES had created! There is so much detail included in this superb accounting of what went into producing this pinnacle of not just THE BEATLES ....but the entire popular music industry! A typical RINGO moment at around the 17 minute. While working A DAY IN THE LIFE, they had left a 24 bar gap in the middle...ostensibly to be filled in later with ~something~ . JOHN wanted a sound which would "start small and building to something huge" To which PAUL suggested "how about an orchestra "? George Martin quickly shot down the idea, noting that EMI would "never pay for a full orchestra to record only 24 bars". RINGO then interjected "what if we hire half an orchestra and record them twice"! That's exactly what they did. RINGO...very pragmatic he is, indeed. Yes this is a great video account from 57 years ago. And I am grateful to have lived through it all.

[@cammieg4381]

Yup! Us Boomers had the best of the best - we heard it all first hand and never looked back!👍

[@user-nb4ex5zk3w]

In my last year for Architecture degree we spent about eighteen hours a day for six months in the design studio developing our theses. We played this newly released record over and over to keep awake in the night.

[@seltaeb3302]

Wrong, it was Ringo who learnt to play chess with Mal Evans, not George who never played it. Nothing here except churned out facts that we've heard plenty times before.

[@thinker9115]

Thanks for posting this well crafted documentary.

[@PlainD]

Thanks so much for this video! I was a major Beatles fan in the '60s, and this was a great tour down memory lane.

[@WaterShowsProd]

This album has been discussed, dissected, its recording related, countless times over the last 57 years, yet it's still possible to take a fresh look at it, and learn more about it. It is a masterpiece of art. That doesn't mean there aren't others, or that this must be the best of them, but it does make it a phenomenon.

[@tomp3146]

Yes Water. I'm a recently retired Soldier with 7 combat combat tours. I'm once again finding the Beatles and other artists as well. Music has come back into my life to kind of save my life. I'm thankful...

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

In my neighborhood every one had that album. As you walked down the street you heard bits and pieces of each song on Sgt. Peppers.

[@TheHarmonicOscillator]

I saw the Beatles in concert in Dallas in 1964. I could see them, but could hardly hear them over the nonstop high pitched screams of 10,000 young girls. When we arrived, there was a big crowd of people standing in front of an entrance that had been roped off. Police officers were standing there. We worked our way to the front of the crowd. A little girl was with her father standing in front of me. An officer took pity on her and leaned over and said, “They won’t be coming here.” I told my friends so we left and started walking around the auditorium toward the main entrance. About halfway there, a limousine turned the corner and drove down a ramp to a door and stopped. The Beatles got out and went inside. We were the only people who saw them. It’s been all downhill since then. 😆

[@paul756uk2]

The Beatles were a product of the tavistock institute manufactured to bring about social change.

[@user-jv6uj6eo1n]

What an excellent piece of work, thank you so much. I really enjoyed it.

[@lionelregis-constant2629]

Watched quite a few Pepper's videos, this is the best one.

[@daviddowns7552]

I watched one called+ it was 20 years ago today+ I think it was really interesting. I seen one time on TV only in 1987..I think it's available on DVD. This looks interesting too.

[@ponyboycurtis9345]

Fantastic !! Thank you for this.

[@charlyW34]

It's both sad and comical that so many "audio experts", both authorized by rights holders, and amateurs at home, think they can improve on the 1967 mix. The original mono should be left alone because the entire group and G. Martin signed off on it. The Stereo mix, supposedly done in a rush and therefore unworthy, is a spectacular gemstone of the era, despite the limitations of the gear at Abbey Rd. in '67. Hurried or not, it has the best use of musical dynamics and the best overall volume balance of elements, better than any remix thus far. It stands to reason that attempting to remix a legendary album will result in a disassociation with history. Increasing the prominence of some subtle effect or vocal can change the delicate balance in such a way as to alter the dreamlike effect of the original and iconic listening experience. Such works of art should really be left to mature like fine wine rather than goosing them with caffeine.

[@lotswifemusic9965]

Geoff Emerick said every Beatle record should be played in mono. They were recorded in mono and mixed in mono with Beatles in tow. The Beatles could care less about stereo and wouldn’t show for those sessions.

[@charlyW34]

@@lotswifemusic9965 I hope you noticed that I did say the mono mixes should be left as is, and I fully understand that in most cases, the MONO were the only mixes the band themselves took part in. That did change by the "White" album, in in particular Abbey Road, where they had more tracks than previous, allowing for a more satisfying stereo mix that they all contributed to. We are on the same page, but I take it you are more of an evangelist for mono than I am. My beef is with the folks who think they can improve on the Stereo mixes, even Gilles Martin himself. The 1967 Pepper stereo mix is fantastic and iconic.

[@patrickmackey1566]

A stereo mix is perfectly valid. It doesn't have to replace the original mono recording: That way, it's up to the listener. I have it on good authority that the stereo version IS PHENOMINAL to listen to whilst under the influence of marijuana or (the then ot yet illegal) LSD.

[@charlyW34]

@@patrickmackey1566 Hi patrick, no, not 'high". Anyway, I can full accept the modern stereo mix is aimed at an entirely different generation. My assertion is that the 1967 STEREO mix, rushed though it was, stands up better to repeated plays and does not cause any ear fatigue. Does the recent mix reveal things? Sure, but it also lacks dynamics and magic.

[@cammauermusic]

My bandmates recently told me I’m a Beatles super fan… so with that I wanna say that your documentaries are fantastic and my favorite for the Beatles. I usually either watch technical(maybe a lil boring for most) rundowns of their process/gear/engineering or I watch the big budget stuff like eight days a week and the get back sessions. Yours are a great balance of both. Btw your script writing is REALLY good

[@CantTellYou]

Hell yes. I was always a pretty big Beatles fan anyway but this channel may be turning me into a super fan too lol Film Retrospective rules

[@odurandina]

This guy is the best.

[@Itsthatguy24]

This Beatles super fan agrees! I love this channel’s content!

[@Freshy009]

I have been having the same thoughts. This is a great channel - not too fussy and interesting facts

[@Bigdong-kl2fh]

​@@Itsthatguy24I am the biggest Beatles fan there is. Nobody is a bigger fan than me.

[@AllTheBestCO]

Liked, subscribed, and saved to watch over-and-over. Thanks for posting. ❤

[@TactileLandYT]

Echoing the excellent script writing here and incredible information I've never heard before as a life long Beatles fan. I guess it really is getting better all the time.

[@jhep1]

That was a masteriece documentary Love your work

[@andygossard4293]

*VERY INTERESTING* . from a long time Beatle person, lying dormant, this is relevant info.

[@austins.2495]

Sgt. Pepper’s and Pet Sounds are both such dense and rich projects. It took me until I was about 30 to mature enough to fully understand how monumental these works are/were

[@CantTellYou]

That “Day In The Life” orchestral session is one of the greatest studio stories I ever heard

[@tomp3146]

Very True Cant... Good luck finding anything even remotely insightful today. I wish!

[@patriciagutierrez9947]

Sgt.Peppers lonely Hearts Club Band…..FANTASTIC Álbum!!❤

[@dalehas2]

Fascinating description of the recording process of one of the Beatles greatest albums. So many different styles of music & so many wonderful songs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@dablonz6852]

Always love it when I see you post a new vid! I love all these rock and roll minutia and you’re channel is constant quality

[@vo2maximus177]

Beautifully researched and compiled, especially the many wonderful pictures, many of which I'd never seen before. Overall, I got a real impression of being an onlooker, as modern musical history was made and played out. Thanks so much.

[@tmamone83]

Not sure if I said this in another video, but I actually love "Only a Northern Song!" It was the first psychedelic-era Beatles song I ever heard. I was 11 and my mind was permanently altered. BTW, I thought Ringo was the one who learned how to play chess during the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

[@Tom-hk6ub]

I love 'Only A Northern Song' too ! . I love the chord changes and especially the drone organ.

[@jdc6681]

@@Tom-hk6ub You are correct. Ringo is the one who said he learned to play chess during the recording of Sgt. Pepper, since the band spent way more time on vocals and overdubs than on the basic rhythm tracks.

[@danieleskridge3180]

From what Paul said in a 1987 year interview, George just didn’t show up a lot to sessions because he was having a swimming pool built at house.

[@tam_ryan1036]

George H had just had enough after their disastrous touring. As has been said, he wanted out at that time. I don’t think Pepper did much to change his mind.

[@karaamundson3964]

It's a fantastic cut

[@drvee1983]

I'm just happy they made this one.

[@georgka74]

why?

[@drvee1983]

@@georgka74 That's pretty self explanatory.

[@robbie3333]

RIP PAUL 11/09/66 ❤🙏

[@dskyyksd]

Too many years to count after I'd thought I'd seen and heard everything there is to see and hear about the Beatles, you have gathered into one place an incredible treasure trove of history. I cannot believe how much of this I have never before heard or seen. Well done, sir.

[@plush1993]

I loved that ending trumpet to penny lane. I heard that on the anthology version and always wondered why it was left off. Nice video

[@plush1993]

Also - I thought the lsd incident happened during the sessions of Getting Better, not Lovely Rita

[@PaulFormentos]

@@plush1993 Was getting better

[@CantTellYou]

@@plush1993 was it an accidental incident? Or an “accidental” incident

[@marcjohnson9270]

It was on the Rarities album ten years prior to Anthology......just for the record. lol

[@52daytripper]

@@CantTellYou or an incidental accident

[@dryandtweaky1412]

Thanks for all these videos you’ve made documenting the Beatles discography, really good stuff. Made even better by your West Midlands narration, you’re a legend!

[@rager1969]

I thought it was Ringo that learned to play chess.

[@joepermenter7228]

Both have been quoted by saying as such if you read Emerick's book and watch Anthology. This guy 100% read that guy's book given the Strawberry Field's anecdotes.

[@moeb4348]

Perhaps Ringo and George played chess together!

[@joepermenter7228]

@@moeb4348 There you go.

[@johnbecker9976]

It was

[@RichardMcmahon-go7pj]

Just discovered your channel. Thanks for covering the beatles in depth. Great stuff and keep going! 👍🇬🇧

[@filmretrospective5334]

Welcome aboard!

[@marcjohnson9270]

"A Day in the Life" is the best song....evah. Consider what was on the charts at that time and even previous Beatles albums. No contest.

[@dalehas2]

A Day in the Life has been identified as The Beatles greatest song, including in a musicians poll in Rolling Stone magazine.

[@davesteffin9012]

Yes it was so far ahead of its time,took 3 years for Pink Floyd to match with Dark Side of the Moon

[@davidcollin1436]

​@@davesteffin9012only a match for musical imbeciles

[@josephdemenezes1522]

​@@davesteffin9012 Six years...Dark is from 73 but both are great indeed

[@davesteffin9012]

@josephdemenezes1522 Yes,missed that,6 more years

[@cammieg4381]

True pioneers of musical innovation! 👍Sgt. Pepper was most influential to my late teen years!

[@welcometothepsyop3639]

Don't forget that is when Billy took over the band after Paul's passing. Billlly's Here! With a little help with his friends.

[@j.sherlock7213]

I feel for what John, George and Ringo had to go through.

[@CharlesAAnnen-rh4mk]

I had a friend that won two tickets off a radio station (krla) . We had prior seen " a hard days night" and laughed so hard not at the movie but at how crazy the girls were reacting to it. They screamed in a united fervor passing out all around us. The Dodger stadium performance was the same but a thousand times worse i was told later. After the first strum of the first song only screaming girls could be heard, as the Beatles later explained they would make up lyrics because they couldnt hear their own monitors or stacks.

[@mgconlan]

The Beatles didn't have monitor speakers when they toured. They said years later that they had to read each other's lips to stay together.

[@jorgelodwick4429]

THIS,IS THE BEST ..L.P.ALBUM..EVER! IT CHANGED THE MUSICAL..SCENE, FOREVER!!❤.A.CLASSIC!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@surewhynot6040]

Let's face it, that LP was Paul & John, the other two were not nearly as invested in the project. Having said that, all four were beyond brilliant....as usual.

[@garyhillman4993]

It was Billy s LP and George Martin George was at home building a swimming pool old Paul had died and replaced by Billy. Read his book the truth

[@goodbababadbaba6370]

Fantastic video, well done dude🎯

[@MikeFuller-ok6ok]

I wish they'd make a documentary on Revolver or the White Album, they are far finer Beatles' albums!

[@robertshapiro3733]

The discussion of the Mellotron was brilliant.

[@CantTellYou]

Kinda funny how musicians felt threatened by the tape loops of their instruments when decades later we got easily accessible MIDI technology that can do the same thing but better - yet those musicians are still here & needed!

[@MrPostman1955]

They ( Beatles ) were ahead of the times. They were able to create sounds and technology, that now everyone is using.

[@davidcollin1436]

They didn't create any technology. You obviously don't know anything about the process.

[@Brianbeesandbikes]

So many great deets!! thnx

[@DanHintz]

great job again. and to reiterate: i am not a beatles fan, but seeing their process and interaction with martin+emerick detailed in these vids is very interesting.

[@monkface]

I feel sorry sometimes for Mal Evans having to go out at any time to try to find and purchase some random item the Beatles wanted! Mal go fetch 38 feet of rope at 11:42 at night. It must be green. Please go buy 79 fake comedy noses and assorted balloons. Hey Mal go fetch me an anvil. But it must be from the Victorian era, not the Edwardian one! Hey Mal go out and bring us a white rhino then! Mal do ya think you can find us one of those electric transformers like from that Frankenstein movie??? Etc etc!!

[@tomp3146]

Yeah. True... But creative motivation can come from anywhere with guys like this. If the Beatles wanted me to fetch them a unicorn. I would have found them one.

[@timmckeown1313]

Mal unfortunately ruined his life in service to the Beatles. He turned his back on his family on the delusion that the Beatles were his family when they only viewed him as an employee.

[@craigpruess5565]

@@timmckeown1313- yes, and he met a tragic end, being gunned down in the street somewhere in the USA! V sad…

[@timmckeown1313]

@@craigpruess5565 horrible ending for Mal. He was shot by an LAPD officer answering a domestic call. Mal apparently had a gun and it didn’t end well. So sad.

[@marksteele45]

This was excellent!

[@henrikcolemanworkshop]

so good I love when you post your videos

[@bh9225]

The Doors first album was released in January 1967. B.S. comment 3:24.

[@thinker9115]

It was only much later, when I bought the CD that I heard the full run-out clip. The album bought in the 70s had a shortened clip at the end of side two, consequently for many years I thought this was the whole piece. I still may not have heard it all as apparently there's a high pitched tone that humans can't hear but dogs can.

[@jonathankemp4315]

Absolutely fantastic. Thank you 👏👏👏👏

[@Cleatus46]

That was very well done. As I was listening, I was wondering what Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever had to do with the Sgt Pepper album, so I read a back story on PL and SFF and now I know something I never knew. Thank you.

[@PaulFormentos]

3:00 It was a fake mustache

[@jpducati916]

That’s not Paul. Billy Shears. Heck the hair looks fake too.

[@BenMcdowell-cm7mk]

Amazing content!

[@xJets1]

Just wanted to say to keep up the good work! I also loved your Brian Wilson and Brando videos! Do you like Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor from Brando’s era? They’d be perfect for videos

[@CantTellYou]

Seems they’ve about fully transitioned this channel into being more of a “music film retrospective” rather than movies, but it’s working and I do love this direction

[@filmretrospective5334]

@@CantTellYou Yeah the movies weren't getting many views. So its mainly music documentaries now. I don't know how many people would want to see any movie retrospectives anymore. but i have a book vs film retrospective planned on the movie Secret Window.

[@charliebrown9643]

I never heard any suggestion, that the lyrics were "Cranberry sauce" After all these years, right up till now, I only hear ... "I bury Paul"

[@strangebrew1231]

If they replaced "When I'm Sixty Four" and "Good Morning Good Morning" with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane Sgt Pepper would be a 10/10

[@CantTellYou]

This is exactly how I listen to the album

[@CantTellYou]

They could’ve been put on anyway as-is, it’s about 11 minutes worth of time left they could have filled with other songs on the LP (I think?)

[@seandodd6388]

I'd rather they replaced "Sgt. Pepper (reprise)" and "Good Morning Good Morning" with "It's Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much", and leave the other two singles on the Magical Mystery Tour album as it is. Just sayin. But yeah Good Morning Good Morning was always my least favorite of the Pepper tracks and always felt like it was more of a filler track on the album, as well.

[@Cheese-hl5bd]

Good Morning is awesome!!!

[@robertraymond762]

Both songs are unfortunately very crucial points in the album for me. For me, with a head full of acid, I had interpreted the album as a lesson in meaning. What it is, how entities like the Beatles create it for us (Intro song, Fixing a hole, Getting Better, Lucy in the Sky, She's leaving home, Being for the benefit of Mr Kite). Once Within you Without you comes around, the message is clearly and plainly given to you. No effort needed. "We were talking.. It comes from within yourself no one else can make you change... Life goes on within you and without you.. " and then another verse towards the end basically saying something like "I hope they realize before it's too late before they pass away.." The song ends with them literally laughing at you, and again fOR ME, it feels like mocking. Mocking us for still listening. Once when I'm sixty four comes around, they're just making fun of you for depending on them for meaning, rather than creating I for yourself. It's a series of questions, asking you what degree of dependence you'll reach before letting go. When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now, will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four? Then it's just poking fun at you, saying "maybe we could go on vacation together and grow old." "Write me a letter drop me a line, stating point of view. Indicate precisely what you mean to say. You're. Sincerely. Wasting. Away. Once you get to Good morning good morning, its comforting you and making you feel ok after the heavy realizations you just reached in the process of listening. "Go for a walk to the old school, it's all the same, nothing's changed, it's ok. Good morning, good morning " basically, wake up. It's alright. Take a look around. Even the loop at the end of the album, the nonsense, sounds so clearly like a scolding"ah ah ah, could see no other way" because you're STILL there listening, waiting for them to feed you meaning. The whole point was to get out and make your own. Stop listening. Upon a second listen, the rest of the songs sound like "You're back again? Come on, remember what we told you, stop coming here for meaning. Stop listening.". It's getting better all the time (it'll get better. It takes time) Fixing a hole (remember, you have to fix that hole where the rain (the beatles. Any outside source of meaning) gets in. Picture yourself on a boat in a river .. BUM. BUM. BUM (Ringo's kick before the chorus, almost like a 'HEY, WAKE UP" .. LUCY (You) IN THE SKYY (Listening to the album again) WITH DIAMONDSS. When you hear within you without you again, it's immediately clear once again. "We were talking..." Basically"Well, let's go over this again". Again, the song ends with them laughing, at you, for still listening. To the entire song. It didn't get through to you. You think you're going crazy, but then you look at the impact this album had. People elevating these men to unprecedented levels. Tim Leary comparing them to Jesus like figures. They were saying something. Don't get me wrong, I see and feel the deep, deep irony of me taking so much time to describe how much meaning there is in this album about how you shouldn't go to them for meaning. Lmao. It's just, so obvious to me. It really led me down that road, strong.

[@charleslanphier8094]

I'm shocked at EMI complaining about trifling expenses for The Beatles.

[@davidcollin1436]

Run by constipated embezzlers

[@micknordstrom2591]

They saved the best songs for Magical Mystery Tour!

[@louielopez5541]

Beatles forever!

[@JeSmith-vc6tr]

Thàt perfectly ened in sync with the final piano chord of my lp ;)

[@yzu_]

I love how this guy says “PePPer”

[@doctorc-ton1099]

There's quite a bit here. Nice job putting this together. I had no idea how much time was spent on each tune, and am truly happy to hear how well things actually came together sonically speaking, even if the lads were struggling. Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane are masterpieces, and if they spent that much time on 2 tracks, that is seriously impressive work. Sgt. Peppers is so good. The most underrated track is "She's leaving home", and if you just listen to the instrumental of that, it's beautiful. I think on the Anthology Disk 2 you can hear John sounding/speaking oddly when they're doing "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" with Paul's pep talk trying to solidify the vocal. Perhaps John was high on LSD at that time? I think the technical restraints on the recording process forced them to work harder for what they were trying to go for. Imagine if the Pink Floyd tried to make Dark Side of the Moon with 1960's 4-Track technology? It probably never would have come out the way we all know it. Now it makes me wonder what Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd did exactly in EMI studios to come up with their first album?

[@dino0228]

I wish they included the woman hired to play harp on She’s Leaving Home. I LOVE that harp. And some (any) discussion of how John really came up with the idea for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - and what Paul and Ringo remember of it, and what John maintained in every interview until the last one he gave shortly before his death. It might surprise some people.

[@Peter-f1z]

George Martin did not write the score for She’s Leaving Home.

[@timmckeown1313]

Correct. George was engaged in another project and Paul did not want to wait. That always stuck in George’s craw.

[@alvogeljr]

This album is so great just imagine if Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields made it on there too. I would take Within Without you and When I’m sixty Four off the album. There. Masterpiece

[@CantTellYou]

Within You Without You must stay ;) I’d much sooner replace “Good Morning” or “Mr. Kite” but I rather just add Strawberry Fields & Penny Lane and not remove anything lol (As far as I’m aware, they could have fit another 10 minutes on that LP)

[@dalehas2]

The Beatles had a long running policy not to include singles on albums, and there was pressure from EMI to release a long awaited single, so they released the first two recorded tracks for the Sgt. Pepper album. If they were included, the album would have been a even greater masterpiece ... but I wouldn't delete any of the album tracks. The variety of songs is absolutely spectacular - When I'm 64 for the older generation, Within You Without You for Indian music fans, Good Morning Good Morning for a nostalgic window on everyday British life, Mr. Kite for 19th century circus culture ... it's one of the greatest albums in the history of popular music ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@lukesmith6367]

Such strange times we live in that ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album is somehow underrated - it’s an incredible groundbreaking achievement that soundtracked the Hippy revolution across the world for at least 6 months!

[@austins.2495]

Sgt. Pepper’s isn’t underrated… what led you to believe that? Or was it just an assumption

[@lukesmith6367]

@@austins.2495 It’s literally now underrated in The Beatles canon 🤦‍♂️

[@georgka74]

yep, its pure garbage indeed

[@davidcollin1436]

​@@lukesmith6367Ridiculous

[@lukesmith6367]

@@davidcollin1436 I think you tagged the wrong person

[@arnesaknussemm2427]

One small but important point, Steve Turner’s book ‘Beatles1966 ‘ proves that Paul had taken LSD before the recording of Revolver.

[@seandodd6388]

Yes, my point taken above. December of 1965 presumably.

[@newusernamehere4772]

You can tell just by listening to the album lol

[@kathryngrace6750]

I've read the Tara Browne biography which corroborates this fact as Tara was with him. Tara's wife said he spent most of the trip staring at the cover of a book or something

[@joepermenter7228]

Total bullshit. Got to get you into my life was his first "drug" song. Source after source including "Paul" himself have said so. George found it amusing as shit that his interview on its influence happened after his knowledge he ever did it. It's kinda hard to believe you go day tripping without your best friends in attendance.

[@notgoingdownwithoutafight1606]

This was an interesting insight into their process. As a lifetime musician Im grateful for the insight and, inspiration.

[@zaclongchar5376]

A Millennium band. THE BEATLES.

[@thomasgregory8760]

Praise God for my 3 big sisters and their handed down victrola.

[@Zoologic21]

Wow, no idea there was actual account of anyone in the Beatles entourage, let alone George Harrison, who gave John criticism for his "we mean more to kids than Christianity" comment. It's interesting to see all the issues present regarding touring compound until they all decided that they had had enough. If you were to tell me that any group would have the pull and ability to be able to reject something as financially certain as touring, and still be successful commercially and creatively, I might not have believed it. It does make sense to point out, as the video already has of course, that musical ambition superseded the willingness or even ability at the time to recreate the music in a live setting. One of the interesting parallels I've seen with ambition and experimentation in the studio is with Pet Sounds, also mentioned in this video, where Brian Wilson had retired from touring at the time and focused solely on writing music and getting his arrangements how he wanted under his direction while the rest of The Beach Boys were touring.

[@knightwatchman]

At 1:37 ... May I introduce to you, the one and only Billy Shears and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

[@user-zv8ph5du5t]

Interesting that the Beatles most streamed song in the 2020s is Here Comes the Sun (written by George).

[@davesteffin9012]

It is the best by a small margin 😊

[@jasonkovac547]

excellent and hilarious as always

[@matthewwinn4006]

I want that Melotron!

[@terryprater8115]

"Cranberry Sauce."? NO! It's "I buried Paul." The truth will come out some day. The evidence is overwhelming.

[@Phil-zd8tn]

Come on bruh

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

The lunacy is overwhelming 🤦‍♂️

[@terryprater8115]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 And I suppose you think JFK was killed by Lee Oswald. "Ignorance is bliss."

[@breesco]

Brilliant! Nice script, nice editing. Well done!

[@malcolmdale9607]

Fun fact - none of the Beatles could read music let alone write it. They had to hum or play what they wanted.

[@davesteffin9012]

Shows how important it is to read music,I guess

[@fredgien]

Thank you so much for this clear description of the making of Pepper!!

[@boilinabag]

there were forces from other worlds guiding those guys. even paul would say he didnt know where his songs were coming from. only a few golden nuggets after they busted up.

[@davidcollin1436]

That's the creative process, Doesn't need your woowoo other worlds. Just because you don't understand it.

[@robtristram8395]

"After a few takes Ringo finally got the last note right". Just compare that to today (autotune)! Mind boggling!

[@johngraves6878]

Oh, that was just fantastic. In New Jersey art and music summer camp farm in 1967 as a kid of 10, I can't tell you how influential Sgt Pepper WAS. If anything was at the core of the experience culturally, Pepper set the tone for everything that summer. I happened to be just about the only kid with his own stereo record player, so after this records became a big part of my life. And I later became a composer and engineer myself in Los Angeles. I loved hearing how this sausage was made. Wow. My opinion: best song on the album, Lovely Rita. Worst: Good Morning. Forgive the expression, but that's a fuckin ugly song. Plus there was a pressing defect in it.

[@georgka74]

the rest are pure garbage imho

[@comfortat]

Another fine video. Huzzah!

[@The_Music]

o my ur videos are soso good

[@markfriedman5093]

Your

[@The_Music]

@@markfriedman5093 goblle

[@StrumstickJoe]

It was Ringo who learned to play chess during the recording; it was not George.

[@patrickpowell5430]

I well remember Sgt Pepper and we played it incessantly. But in retrospect it is not that outstanding. Listen to other albums made - in other genres, of course - and there are many other just as outstanding. But does come across in this video is just how self-regarding John and Paul became. They seemed to believe they were somehow geniuses and that pretty much anything they did would be ‘brilliant’, simply because they had done. They also seem to have become rather egocentric. Soon after Sgt Pepper, they released the Magical Mystery Tour and boy was I disappointed, and even then, at an early age, I realised that not everything is necessarily as great as it is made out to be.

[@ej2333]

Paul was the real avant-garde.

[@caseyeisenman]

I adore Sgt. Pepper, and do agree with people's wishes that Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane should have been on the album instead of good morning and 64. But love that they were on Magical Mystery tour also, lol.

[@samot1808]

I'd taken Within You and 64 out. Peppers with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane would've been the undisputed best album ever made if it wasn't already.

[@ontheruntonowhere]

SP is great as it is.

[@drvee1983]

@@caseyeisenman They were on the Capitol version of " Magical Mystery Tour". The original were 2 EP's on Parlophone that came in a book. I had one in 1969 ( from 1967 ) from the U.K. In the U.S. " Magical Mystery Tour " is really only side 1. There wasn't enough music from the original so Capitol Records made an LP from other material.

[@jimboy419]

"Watching the skirts you start to perk" - how could you take that out??

[@JamesThompson-zk1ht]

@jimboy419 Is that really how you hear that line? I'm not being sarcastic or anything, my question is sincere. I always heard it as "Watching the skirts, you start to FLIRT / Now you're in gear".

[@magiccarpetmusic5977]

Excellent, well researched historical analysis. Great job on this.

[@aquelpibe]

Thanks for a wonderful documentary chockfull of interesting info. Isn´t that Donovan in 13:45-13:50?

[@paulgrieger8182]

A perceived snub of Imelda Marcos. That was warranted, in my opinion. 3000 pairs of shoes.

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

They would've turned any technician into a master engineer.

[@marcjohnson9270]

I miss the mean snarkyness of the earlier vids. Still very good though....

[@JohnLancaster-fh3oc]

Your right. There is no comparing the Beach Boys to the Beatles. That's like comparing a house painter to Rembrandt.

[@bluebirdhill-music322]

I’d agree, except for Pet Sounds, which is on the level with The Beatles. What’s amazing about The Beatles is they made multiples of masterpiece albums and singles

[@We_Seek_Truth]

Wrong, and the Beatles would be the first to admit it. The Beatles were a step above, but not that far. You just don't really appreciate the Beach Boys. Neither did I until the last decade or so.

[@markfriedman5093]

You're

[@odman69]

Pet Sounds is one of the worst albums I have ever heard. I genuinely couldn't believe just how shockingly awful it was.

[@johnorgan3]

my mother always said that I came out of the womb writing. ok. but after recording 300 songs @ Grant Avenue Studio, my producer said 'but where did over 300 melodies I wrote/composed come from? ' I told her 'well, maybe it started from listening to John, Paul, George & Ringo for most of my life'...

[@jimsteele2072]

I would have fought Paul if he asked me that question. Then we would have shook hands and had a laugh.