The Stars of 1967 Comment on the Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers"

[@mibeatleman6767]

Jimi Hendrix gave "Sgt. Pepper" the highest praise by covering the title track two days after the album's release.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

And Paul was in the audience, as I remember.

[@philsurtees]

Yes, and the big yellow thing in the sky is called The Sun. Do you have anything we don't already know?

[@woodsplitter3274]

@@philsurtees that's what it's called! And the azure background?

[@ryanmcallister2321]

I wouldn’t necessarily call that high praise, just a good publicity stunt. I’m sure he thought it was great, but just cause you immediately cover a new song from the most popular group in the world doesn’t mean it’s high praise.

[@arturecords]

Actually, by that moment Hendrix and his band had being listening Sgt. Pepper for about one or two weeks. They got a copy because they were in the "circle" of British musicians. And... It wasn't really a good cover, it's just fine...

[@leesanna7835]

That's funny, Jeff Beck performs A Day In The Life now...

[@glennevans5824]

Jeff showed his jealously…and ego…people rave over Becks guitar work…I think it’s mishmash all over the place gimmicky…well Jeff covers a day in the life…Sgt Pepper awesome best album ever👍👍

[@MaxTovstyiMusic]

damn i just wanted to leave the same comment!

[@mchaggis622]

@@glennevans5824 and you know, with the exception of one or two tracks, I never got anything from JB’s music. Just never moved me in any way.

[@georgesmith8988]

@@mchaggis622 I like his guitar solo in shapes of things. When it first came out it sounded it came from the future

[@mchaggis622]

@@georgesmith8988 Yardbirds is a different animal (pardon the pun) I agree. Im not really commenting on his musicianship. He’s a brilliant player.

[@cullenmott7614]

"This is a work of art. But I'm terrified of the next one." this is maybe the best take I've ever heard about Sgt. Pepper

[@2wayplebney]

The White Album neatly sidestepped this by being a collection of solo songs, backed by the other Beatles. A foreboding of the breakup.

[@johnharrison9685]

Most of these guys were just waiting for the Beatles to trip up and make a “bad album”, but when they didn’t, all they could do is accept it as awesome (subjectively) but dismiss it (objectively). A lot of these people sighed with relief and smiled incessantly when the Fabs called it quits.

[@voxac30withstrat]

Jealousy

[@bigmatt94]

I call BS on your entire comment until you give us some proof to back up your claims. Musicians were not in direct competition with each other back then like they are now in this digital age of streaming where listening to one artist directly results in other artists losing out on money. Back in those days artists got paid as long as their records sold in the record shops. The amount of listens it actually got was irrelevant. All that mattered (in terms of profit) was that the record was bought. People would buy the records of all of the artists they liked unless they were too poor to buy multiple records and had to choose one over another

[@notreyf]

Very perceptive comment.

[@johnurban7333]

Jimi Hendrix liked it so much he played the title track the next night. It also was played all summer in shops

[@zagagrad]

Townshend and Mccartney were in the audience at the club where he played it.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

John Fogerty liked it so much he did a 'street corner' reply to it for _Willy and the Poorboys._

[@eargasm1072]

@@zagagrad And it was John who recommended Warner/Reprise records check out Hendrix's act and Paul who recommended the Experience to perform at Monterey! Seems geniuses supported each other then lol

[@futurereflections4097]

@@eargasm1072 The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan and The Beatles- trio that made the 60s happen and seemed to work pretty closely and pay attention to each other.

[@louise_rose]

And Fred Astaire felt very honoured, even thrilled, to be featured on the cover - no doubt he also understood what an amazing album it was, when he got to listen to it. :)

[@eldiablo8580]

These reactions don't surprise me at all. Pete Townshend actually likes it, Ray Davies positive about it, Mike Leander loving it (since he did the orchestration for She's Leaving Home), Eric Burden loving it as he was into LSD, Jeff Beck dissed it as he was a Blues Nut and Tom Jones was too busy listening to Englebert Humperdinck to notice greatness

[@toothumbs]

" Tom Jones was too busy listening to Englebert Humperdinck to notice greatness" cracked me up, thanks El Diablo for your brilliance

[@loosilu]

Not long after, he started writing Tommy.

[@eldiablo8580]

@@toothumbs Thank you so much for your effusive praise

[@toothumbs]

@@eldiablo8580 Thank you

[@057wolf]

Engelbert Humperdinck must be a joke to all of us that frequent this channel!

[@michaelwalsh1035]

Tom Jones sounds like a dope here. He still hasn't got over Lennon calling him a poof.

[@oldskoolfool141]

"It's not a Unicorn" haunted him ever since lol, uptight sod

[@richardphillips6392]

Asking Tom what he thinks about Sgt Pepper is like asking Scooby Doo what he thinks about Van Gough.

[@televinv8062]

@@richardphillips6392 🤣👍

[@LookatmeimSandraDee]

@@richardphillips6392 Slightly unfair Richard....on Scooby

[@stevenaustin8274]

He’s a pub singer

[@bobwallace9814]

It's right on the cover. The old Beatles were dead and looking on, almost somberly. They changed the music once and they were doing it again. It made any group playing the old Mersey Beat suddenly outdated. This put a lot of groups and singers out of business just like they did when Meet the Beatles came out. Myself as a young kid and huge Beatles fan, I couldn't believe this album. I think I sat there with my mouth wide open waiting for flies. I played it a dozen times through back to back and saw the genius behind it.

[@mojoden]

Me too.

[@dirtylemon3379]

I have a memory as a ten year old in late '66 talking with some friends thinking, they haven't done anything in months. They're done. Dead. It's over. Then months later my older brother came home with Sgt Pepper and said with a grin, listen to this. Mind blown.

[@JStarStar00]

@@dirtylemon3379 Well, "Strawberry Fields" / "Penny Lane" came in the middle of that long waiting period -- like the first detection of a spaceship coming from another galaxy.

[@dirtylemon3379]

@@JStarStar00 Yes. That was a warning shot of things to come.

[@JStarStar00]

@@dirtylemon3379 I was 8 at the time, I remember listening to "Strawberry Fields" in the middle of the winter.

[@surfelvis5946]

Jeff Beck either was joking or he plays A Day In The Life now as his penance for dismissing the LP back then.

[@brianfergus839]

I think he was really stuck in the blues idiom. But you’re right - his response did not age well lol

[@TRUMP-2024-STF]

He’s serious.. Clapton as well.. it’s they are a pop band.. when they abandoned that style.. they really stunk it up…

[@HelderMN]

People change

[@ldchappell1]

I knew the old Beatles were gone three months before the Sgt. Pepper album was released. My sister and I watched the March 1967 broadcast of the two videos, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane." It was funny how we had opposite reactions. She hated the videos. She didn't like their new look. She didn't understand the lyrics. She wanted the old Beatles back. I LOVED the Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane music and videos. I thought they were spectacularly cool. I liked their new look and enjoyed the Sgt. Pepper album when it became available but I was disappointed that the album didn't contain Penny Lane or Strawberry Fields. It would be another four months before the songs became available on the "Magical Mystery Tour" album or what I used to call "Sgt. Pepper Part 2."

[@marguskiis7711]

MMT was a way more radical than Pepper

[@ldchappell1]

@@marguskiis7711 To this day I still haven't seen the television movie but MMT and the white album are my most frequently played Beatle albums.

[@JStarStar00]

The "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" videos were amazing even though the vast majority of the worldwide audience only saw and heard them on grainy BW teevee and tinny transistor speakers. To see and hear them today on an iPhone with earbuds is a zillion times better picture and sound quality than we had in 1967. In addition in 1967 you would only see the promo videos once or twice total. There was no such thing as MTV where you could see videos over and over again. I am one of the biggest Beatles freaks you could ever meet, and I never saw full color high def stereo sound versions of "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" videos until the release of Anthology in 1994 -- and even those were on 1990s style big screen TVs -- better than grainy screens of the 60s but still low def compared to today.

[@ldchappell1]

@@JStarStar00 I've been a Beatles fan since I saw them on "The Ed Sullivan Show" at age six. I have the majority of their albums including the American Capitol ones like "Beatles '65," "Something New," and "Yesterday...And Today." I even have the worse sounding Beatles album ever released. The 1977 release "Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl." I think the only albums I don't have are the red and blue collections. That would just be redundant. As a Beatles fan you'll appreciate this. There was a place in San Francisco from 1975 to 1980 where you could watch four Beatle movies for $1.50. "A Hard Day's Night " "Help!," "Yellow Submarine," and "Let It Be." They only did it on Saturdays and the movies were shown on a 16mm projector. Lastly, you had to sit in a metal folding chair. Although I went several times I only managed to sit through all four movies once. I'm also a fan of their solo careers, especially Wings. I've read several books about The Beatles. I still think the best one is the Ian Davies book that was written while The Beatles were still together. It obvious while reading it, that the book was meticulously researched. I also read the huge Goldman book on John Lennon about 25 years ago. Even though Goldman was heavily criticized for other biographies, he did a good job, especially his account of Lennon's last year. I still listen to the Beatles often. My favorites lately are part 2 of the Anthology and "Let It Be" Naked version.

[@joecavazos1786]

Sargent Pepper part. 2 🤔 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 I never thought of "Magical Mystery Tour" as a continuation. But, now that you mention it. Yeah. You could be right.

[@Boleskinebeatz]

Ironic that Jeff Beck was so dismissive considering that A Day In The Life has been a staple in his set for years...

[@TTM9691]

....and had it's producer and engineer do one of his biggest albums, "Blow By Blow" :P

[@bobbobbins4877]

I doubt anyone was truly ready for that song until they actually heard it.

[@ustheserfs]

He was a young 23 yr old man with plenty of mistakes and fortunes to make

[@hankwedelmusic9965]

Jeff’s version was produced by George Martin, too… Gotta love that… But it’s also great that he wasn’t afraid to say what he felt at the time…

[@donbaker3993]

I'm guessing it just wasn't where his head was at or taste in music at the time.

[@worldwidehappiness]

My favourite response to "A Day in the Life" was from David Crosby from the Byrds, ""Man, I was a dish-rag. I was floored. It took me several minutes to be able to talk after that."

[@TheGreatGig73]

When the album came out no one was ready for it so it was something that had to grow on you. Over time it proved to be one of the most influential albums of all time.

[@marguskiis7711]

Really? White Album is really influential and defined the mainstream rock for decades but Pepper? Pepper is very 1967 pop but nothing further.

[@TheGreatGig73]

@@marguskiis7711 I guess you're right.

[@HTJB60]

RUBBISH...... "When the album came out no one was ready for it" If you'd lived through this period, the UNUSUAL was the Norm..... Yes it was different and another step forward. But that happened almost weekly. I'm talking "singles" here as our radio's were chock a block full of new & interesting music.

[@nepesilva2284]

@@marguskiis7711 Without Pepper, there wouldn’t be Dark Side of the Moon. Its influence is still undoubtedly felt today.

[@catherinewilson3880]

@@marguskiis7711 Mmmm 🤔

[@rome8180]

"It's not my type of music." The Beatles aren't one type of music. That statement doesn't make any more sense than saying the Earth doesn't have your type of weather.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

great comment

[@stevenaustin8274]

Completely agree ! there’s something in the Beatles for everyone to take away

[@BenjaminNavillus]

Jeff Beck and all the others in that 'British Blues' world (John Mayall, Yardbirds, Page, Clapton etc.) were quite snooty and obsessed with the purity of what they were doing, which is perhaps ironic seeing as they were white, English and then young. But anyway, they were so wrapped up in that world that everything else was secondary to them. I'm not necessarily defending them, in fact, I can safely say that 'British Blues' of the 1960s is not my type of music.

[@thumbsaloft]

He was talking about THE MUSIC and I totally understand because Sgt. Pepper isn't my type of MUSIC either! Doesn't matter that the Beatles aren't one type of music, it matters that with Pepper they didn't do the type he or I like!

[@stevenaustin8274]

@@thumbsaloft you seem to of missed the point ! if that was the case like we said why is a day in the life a regular feature in his set ? He also has done covers of other Beatles songs since ! possibly his comments of this time were that of a young close minded guy who resented the phenomenal success of the Beatles and has grown up since

[@jonforbes9792]

Pete Townshend's comment surprised me. Two years earlier when commenting on Rubber Soul, he said "When you actually hear the backing tracks of The Beatles without their voices, they're flippin' lousy." But he was impressed by Sgt. Pepper and said he liked the mock-concert format. He said he heard the album on the pirate radio station Radio London, complete with the station's jingles. You can tell that Sgt. Pepper inspired The Who Sell Out, which is a mock pirate radio broadcast. I had already considered The Who Sell Out to be the cheeky equivalent of Sgt. Pepper, and these comments essentially confirm that Sgt. Pepper directly inspired The Who Sell Out.

[@eargasm1072]

yup....inspired him to create their own "Sgt Pepper" in the Who canon. And we and the world are all the better for it!! Beatles are tops, but the Who, Kinks and Stones are right behind them. They all pioneered and established that rock music and albums could be art

[@VirreFriberg]

The Who Sell Out is my favorite LP of all time

[@thecaveofthedead]

PT's comments on any subject are unlikely to be consistent from 10AM to noon.

[@TJamesBell]

Over the years, I've heard Townshend pretty much make disparaging remarks about everyone. Sour grapes. And"Who Are You?' and 'You Better, You Bet' are genius? Right.

[@shinybeast8946]

He dissed 'Pet Sounds" as being too complicated, yet he praises The Beatles wankfest. Whatever, Pete.

[@theesbband]

For what it’s worth, as a young “musician” of 16 when it came out, this is how I remember it, and I remember it very well indeed. The overall reaction in the amateur music world was one of suspended disbelief: nobody could get why Ringo sung the nearest thing to a single on the song, but nobody, at all, thought it was a bad move. The diversity of the music, given that it was a selection of “about fifty” (John) pieces that they’d been working on, immediately put them light years ahead of just about anyone: after the cold shock of the previous two albums, we all guessed the music would be unique. The playing was, genuinely, revolutionary, and those who could play were already beginning to “twig” that the boys were just on another planet. In the UK, we had so many extraordinary players in bands like The Who, The Stones, The Kinks, Small Faces, Manfred Mann, and the blues scene just starting up: but this was a band of four equal parts. And... the real players were already even more knocked out by Ringo’s unreal ability to feel a song. We’d hardly ever really HEARD the bass before... and George, even now, just gets better and better. John was not a virtuoso, but he was an incredible harmoniser and a guitarist of extreme talent for just fitting in, or taking command. Paul can play almost anything, and .... did. By the way, John’s rhythm guitar on “All my loving” - non-stop triplets - was new and stunning. Those harmonies, though: “A Day...” just made us sit up. My little band, a rock trio, me on guitar, Mike Wedgwood, later of Caravan, Curved Air, Nicky James, The Overlanders, Kiki Dee etc on bass, and the mighty George Hart, later bass and violin for one of the finest early prog albums ever, “Death May Be Your Santa Claus” by Second Hand on DRUMS, just listened on my mono record player in utter disbelief. These guys were already exceptional musicians. We spent weeks and weeks wondering what we could play, and finally emerged, blinking, with “Friends” and “When I’m Sixty-Four.” We made a good stab at A Day, but left it at that. Wherever people may say now, everyone AT THE TIME knew that everything had changed. And it had.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Great comment!

[@Kris.G]

Always nice to hear from someone who experienced things first hand. P.S. I love "Death May Be Your Santa Claus".

[@pcatful]

"Wherever people may say now, everyone AT THE TIME knew that everything had changed." @Grandma Moses_UK yeah, changed my life anyway.

[@DoodlesMusic]

Love Jeff Beck's dismissive comments, given that McCartney's She's A Woman featured on his major opus, Blow By Blow (produced by George Martin) and Beck also went on to win a grammy for his interpretation of A Day In The Life. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnmrimabh7qAqa8

[@timhancock6626]

I was 13 in 1967 and I had just won a music scholarship to a posh school playing piano and flute. It was obvious Sgt Pepper moved the goalposts of popular music a good few miles in every respect be it composition, concept, production and performance. It was just so special....and yes..mum was from Liverpool so I might have been a teensy bit biased 😆 It was just such a blast of freshness and originality.....and brilliance. It remains exactly that to this day.

[@tolcheck]

Maybe Pete Townsend's comments here, on first hearing Sgt Pepper on a pirate radio station with added jingles, went onto influence The Who sell Out album ?

[@Onio_]

That's a very good judgement, I hadn't thought about that before. That's probably the case.

[@JStarStar00]

It absolutely did.

[@kennethlatham3133]

That is how I immediately perceived "The Who Sell Out". THEIR Sergeant Pepper's. In fact, in retrospect, MANY bands had their own Sergeant Pepper's as well: Rolling Stones : Her Satanic Majesty's Request Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (came first, though, yes?) Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (or Seventh Sojourn) Eagles: Hôtel California (I put that circumflex over the "o" in Hôtel for bonus points for my haters out there) Doors: Soft Parade Joni Mitchell: Court & Spark Led Zeppelin: IV Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedrooms

[@thereunionparty]

Jeff Beck and Tom Jones making themselves sound like jealous prunes here.

[@trentrez6643]

Or just giving their own opinions?

[@thereunionparty]

@@trentrez6643 Which make them sound like jealous prunes - Jeff "Hi-Ho Silver Lining" Beck and Tom "What's New Pussycat" Jones.

[@marguskiis7711]

Beck despised Beatles turning to pop.

[@johnqpublic314]

Not totally surprising that musicians like other people sometimes have musical prejudices.

[@AspenTruth]

Loud, proud and wrong. History sorts it out in the long run.

[@weveri6]

This video leaves out Keith Richards' take on "Sgt Pepper's": he thought it was " a mishmash of rubbish." To be fair, he thought the Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album, released in December 1967, was "a load of crap." These opinions weren't contemporary with the releases of the albums, so that's why they weren't included. But I had to bring it up...

[@eargasm1072]

Right, but Keith preferred the "rootsy", more traditional rock music even with his own family of Stones...he never dug psychedelia much. Preferred whisky & heroin over LSD too! 😄

[@fredfat3128]

satanic majesties is crap

[@MarkMikelVideos]

I love Keith and The Stones, but I must disagree with him since Their Satanic Majesty's Request is still my favorite Stones album.

[@fredfat3128]

@@MarkMikelVideos one or two good songs but not a great album but then again thats true for most stones albums

[@newagain9964]

@@RickGibbonsOfficial um. Huh?

[@randyranson84]

To maintain his popularity these days, Jeff Beck plays some of these Beatles tunes, what a 180 degree turnaround.

[@obbor4]

Exactly as I would have predicted. The songwriters get it, while Jeff Beck remains sullen and clueless. It's a good thing he can play like he does and followed Tommy Bolin into fusion which has kept him going all of these years. Stay out of the trade papers, Nigel, your guitar speaks better than you ever have!

[@ANDROLOMA]

God, I miss Tommy Bolin. I remember hearing him on the radio before he died.

[@obbor4]

@@ANDROLOMA Yeah, he was an amazing talent.

[@ANDROLOMA]

@@obbor4 I have his tunes. Had he lived, his music would have been appreciated. Great talent, musical prodigy, ruined by a drug overdose. *sigh*

[@eargasm1072]

He seemed and still seems dismissive towards anything "artsy fartsy" aside from guitar playing....he also thought "Blow Up" which he & and the Yardbirds were in was pretentious crap. Being a "tasty" guitarist and having good taste don't always go hand in hand it seems

[@mplant1999]

Interesting that Jeff Beck wound up covering A Day in the Life years later... you can see this in a live performance here on KZbin

[@christravels5218]

By far The Best Band Ever!

[@noonetime8478]

50 years later, all the Beatles albums are monumental and all the rest are forgotten.

[@stephenjones101]

A funny true story: I was around 13 or 14 when this album came out, and a massive Beatles fan. I bought every Beatles LP as soon as it was in the stores. However, by this time the Beatles had so conquered the music world that every Tom, Dick and Harry large and small orchestra put out albums of Beatles songs, frequently with all the orchestra members posing with their instruments on the cover. When I went to buy the album, I had not heard or seen what the cover looked like. I was surprised to find racks and racks and racks and racks of the same album in the store, but as it looked on first glance like one of these cheesy adult easy listening, orchestral albums, I didn't look any closer. Looking back years later I should have realized that only the Beatles themselves could take up such a large retail "real estate" for one newly released album. In any case, I had to make another trip to come back and get the Lp on another trip. But it was worth it. It became the premiere psychedelic album and soundtrack for the "Summer of Love" and could be heard everywhere. I was a bit let down that "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" weren't included, as they were perfect Pepper tracks and would have greatly enhanced the album. But I still consider Pepper as one of my favorite albums of all time. I view the best Beatle albums as: "Rubber Soul", "Revolver", "Sgt. Pepper's", and "Magical Mystery Tour" (which included the missing Sgt Pepper's singles). They were at their peak of musical creativeness, experimenting and innovation at the time (1965 - 1967).

[@antoniocura1]

It's funny how I feel about that album. The White Album is my favorite and I like Abbey Road better, but Sgt. Pepper's has always sounded to me like music coming from outer space. I heard it for the first time in the 80's, when I was 16, and even after hearing other bands like Led, Queen, Floyd etc. it still sounded fresh. Only then did I realize who had inspired all those bands. I do like Revolver, but Sgt. Pepper's has no singles on it and is far more cohesive. So, although it's not my favorite album, I must admit it was the most influential and the best album ever recorded.

[@knickd1979]

So happy to have discovered Yesterday’s Papers! As for this episode, it’s so cool and interesting to hear feedback from other musicians at the time. Per usual, Townshend’s is probably the most articulate and thoughtful Meanwhile you can easily spot Jealousy and/or thickness in the comments by Beck and Tom Jones, the latter demonstrating exactly why the Beatles are the Beatles, and why Tom Jones is well…Tom Jones (boring, stale, vapid)

[@amsedelm]

1967. I was 10 years old when my sister brought this album from Oklahoma to NYC. I couldn't stop listening to it. It was being played and studied everywhere you went in NYC. Great times. 8)

[@NewFalconerRecords]

This album must've been a shock for a lot of people when it came out. There was just so much to take in. I'm not surprised at some negative comments by artists who were in competition with the Beatles in many ways. The shock of the new. And I've gotta say, I've made plenty of bad calls on records myself on first listen that now seem really closed-minded and off the mark.

[@HTJB60]

No not a shock. Just another bit of progression. Something better would come along next week. LOL

[@news603redux]

As a 14 year old who RAN to the record store the day it was released {$3.10 btw}, I can tell you that it absolutely shook the world that day, seriously. I remember the Today show doing a segment on it .... The general feeling in the rock 'n roll community was "God, now what do we do"? Every band admitted to feeling they were completely left in the dust. In one day, The Beatles turned rock 'n roll from teenage music into high art. Over a half century later, no one's come close to touching them.

[@HTJB60]

@@news603redux Well, let's face it, you're an American and 'back then' Musically America was about five year's behind us Brit's. { LOL }. >>> {$3.10 btw}, I can tell you that it absolutely shook the world that day,

[@louise_rose]

Not a shock, it had loads of rave reviews and everybody loved it at the time, from critics to teenagers to middle-aged people. I think many people also understood at the time that Sgt Pepper redefined the LP album as a medium.

[@HTJB60]

@@louise_rose WELL SAID..... I have to admit, after a month or so, it bored me ! Back then there were two "camp's" as it were. Mersybeat 'pop music' and the London Band's, gritty, R&B (as it was known back then). I think we all listened to both {at least I did} but the Grit won the long-distance listening appeal {for me}. I have maybe 17 Stone's album's and Zero Beatle's ! I don't think I bought any Rolling Stone's album's back then BUT I did buy a number of Beatles album's.

[@rael2099]

I'm just rekindling my love for Sgt. Pepper, it sounds as fresh as ever and it shows why is the GOAT to this day. The british blues scene in the 60s was full of young know-it-all snobs. Quite insufferable and pretentious, as if they were jazz musicians, lol. Many blues bands and artists grew out of that, as blues is so limited in scope and structure, and can only go that far. Clapton had to succumb, and in the best way, becoming Harrison's best friend. I love Pete Townshend's words, Sold Out and Magic Bus were clearly influenced by the fab four. Class act, Pete.

[@oppothumbs1]

Easy for Jeff Beck to dismiss this album as most dismiss him. This is a good record but highly overrated. The bests songs are Day in the Life, She's Leaving Home and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The worst songs are Within You, Without You and Good Morning Good Morning: Lennon’s disgruntled vocal is tempered by a perky, horns-heavy setting - recalling McCartney’s significantly sunnier Good Day Sunshine - and the overall effect is jarringly schizophrenic. Reflecting the spikiness of John’s splenetic rant against inane TV babble (repetitious cornflake ads, mundane sitcoms), Paul delivers a stinging guitar solo, but this is irritating subject matter. Even Lennon called it: ‘a throwaway… piece of garbage’.

[@zakmartin]

Many of these other bands still saw the Beatles as rivals. It still hadn't dawned on them that they would always be in the also-ran category.

[@brendandoherty7819]

I was surprised with Jeff Beck's thoughts. Saying that it's not his kind of music, so therefore has no interest in it is a rather ignorant response. I read an article where Eric Clapton once remarked that if a style of music wasn't perhaps what he was in to - deep blues, then it really had no credibility, sad! I've always respected the fact that Jimmy Page would listen to absolutely anything and would draw positive thoughts and engage appropriately.

[@mikewilson3581]

Well The Beatles will be remembered long, long after we're all gone. The Beatles and George Martin were just too far ahead of everyone else back then.

[@colderbeer]

EVERY sound on Sgt Pepper came from the minds of John, Paul, and George. Paul has said many times that any decent producer could have produced Pepper with the EXACT SAME RESULTS. REAL Beatles fans already knew this.....

[@kreek22]

The most common delusion of Beatles fans is that they were "ahead of everyone else." They were d*mn good, but nearly never conquering new territory.

[@itsobvious2]

@@kreek22 except the Beatles were on the cutting edge. Whatever the released ( and that us a new record about every 6 months ) was copied by other bands. Sure. At the time the English beat bands were sll covering American R&B, rock n roll and rockabilly and the blues. A lot of bands covering the same american tunes. The Beatles evolved quicker and the rest of the pack followed behind. The Beatles music wasn't just one genre. It simply was Beatles music.

[@johngore7744]

They also had 3 great song writers (when they let George write too) and three amazing singers. I’m a blues fan but growing up in a house full of older siblings where the Beatles were played all the time. I remember going to Dorval (Montreal) airport in 1964 at 3 with my 13 year old sister to see them get off the plane. But they had an awful lot of talent in the band and Ringos drumming style is signature. Listen to Ticket to Ride.

[@timhancock6626]

@@colderbeer I hope you don't include Phil Spector. The advantage George Martin had over other producers was his range of recording experience. He had a lot more tools in his box than others, and he knew how to use them properly.

[@julkitan3017]

Cool video! It's interesting how Pete Townshend had a really good analysis in my opinion and how it contrasts with orher artists like Jeff Beck or Tom Jones. Also it's great to see Mike Leander there, people think G.Martin did arrange "she's leaving home" but he was not available that day, Paul did not want to wait and hired Mike to do the orchestral score for the song. Martin was quite upset about it.

[@MyXxx77]

Obviously, many people including other musicians, were confused by what they heard on first listen. Hendrix recognized it for what it was right off the bat. Brian Wilson (not included here for some reason) knew immediately that the friendly musical innovation war between the Beatles and the Beach Boys was over and that the Beatles had won hands down upon hearing Sgt. Pepper. It is the Beatles and pop/rock's masterpiece and always will be.

[@harveycamp6669]

I use to be cruel to my woman and beat her

[@Jameswilliam1982]

I think Revolver is better

[@lordofthemound3890]

The Beach Boys, though, actually played their music live.

[@MyXxx77]

@@lordofthemound3890 Not sure what that has to do with anything but... okay.

[@MyXxx77]

@@Jameswilliam1982 In what way exactly?

[@danilleblanc7487]

It's funny that Tom Jones said he wouldn't buy it. That's what the majority of people said whenever he put a record out. He went home, put on Delilah and What's New Pussycat and cried for a week!

[@alanoliver5762]

The Beatles did alright. And i’m so glad they didn’t become a heavy rock band like the Who. The Fabs did some pretty nice work in their eight years of recording.

[@bertusduiverman4743]

Like Pete Townsend, I first heard the world premiere on Radio London. They played a lot of jingles over the music to prevent other stations from recording it. Good times, fabulous album.

[@HTJB60]

BUM, I could only get RADIO CAROLINE.

[@bertusduiverman4743]

@@HTJB60 I was lucky that day. I remember it vividly.

[@HTJB60]

@@bertusduiverman4743 I would think you would. Great day's to have been around. I've always felt sorry for all those younger than me.

[@broncodeviltexas]

I was 9 when it came out and remember it blew everybody's mind.

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

I was 9 too. You must have grown up in a groovy family. Because I'm sure I only heard songs on the radio. Good for you, you Bronco Devil, you!

[@broncodeviltexas]

@@Anthony-hu3rj my best friends father was a music teacher and they had a studio in his basement. My friends older brother got the album and we all listened to it there.

[@radiotomi]

The most important album in history.

[@Macca-rb5ok]

No...just no.

[@ruairicoyle6839]

A lot of jealous men here. All secretly wishing they had come up with some as monumental as Lucy in the sky, a day in the life, she's leaving home etc 🙄🙄🙄

[@teemusid]

Eric Burdon was completely honest.

[@richardblock2458]

Do you manage to suspend your critical faculties about the Beatles' output? I don't. I lived through this whole period - I was caught up in the hype at the time, but I'm not a teenager anymore. I love some of their albums (from 1964-66) and recognise that they became inconsistent when allowed to fully indulge themselves. I am not remotely jealous of them or their riches and fame. Think of the fate of John Lennon - poor man, shot at only 40. All he got out of it, in the end, was Liverpool renaming their airport.

[@brianfergus839]

Not Pete! He was clearly inspired… Tommy would come a year and a half later

[@brianfergus839]

2:05 Jeff Becks answer is unbelievably cringe

[@GlennWW]

Less jealous than total envy LoL The Beatles were always innovative and the benchmark setters.... Even the Beach Boys were astounded when it was released and knocked Pet Sounds into touch......

[@NoMoreMrNice]

If only Brian Wilson could have completed “Smile” during this time. It would have equally blown people’s minds.

[@krollpeter]

Would have, should have ... I own the 2004 release. It sounds out of time. Occasionally I dig it out and try again ... may be now I am understanding it better? That has never happened.

[@mikesaunders4775]

I actually think that the truncated version 'Smiley Smile' is a masterpiece in its own right.

[@itapi697]

@@mikesaunders4775 I can understand a bit where your coming from, but artistically in my opinion Smiley Smile is inferior to the original envision of Smile. In my opinion they dumbed it down. I’m not trying to say it’s bad. I just don’t like it as much as Smile.

[@mikesaunders4775]

@@itapi697 That's a fair comment Ice, the omission of Surfs Up and Cabinessence among others seems indefensible now. At the time (1967) however, most of us had no idea about Smile and some the missing pieces were scattered around a number of albums between their recording and 1971. I bought Smiley Smile on sight in 1967 and have enjoyed this unbelievably short album ever since. I did eventually get round to hearing the complete version in the early days of the 21st century when Brian Wilson came to London, providing me with a priceless experience that will be with me forever.

[@georgesmith8988]

I find all Beatles records are different, and that in itself is very difficult to do

[@jamesalexander5623]

I was watching The Tonight Show a few days after the Album came out and I remember Doc Severinsen absolutely raving about it .... Telling everyone to listen to it!

[@calbrush6654]

@James Alexander Thanks fo that! True greatness recognizes it in others. He probably got Stanley Jordan on “Tonight” also...

[@rheailiarome2287]

All the comments I read some made me laugh, some well... . I was 16 when Sgt Peppers came out and I adored the Beatles and I will love them forever. You had to be there to understand the impact it made - it was unreal like music from another world and that feeling began when I first heard Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane - on one side music so far ahead of its time that left you speechless and on the other being carried on a journey filled with memories so intense that one could see and live them as if they were our own memories. George's Within you and Without you transported one to journey within oneself and Ringo's voice in With a little help from my friends made us all come together in joy. Every song was a journey which challenged us and took us on a merry-go-round of sounds. Some sad and some full of joy ... good morning... The whole concept of the album incredible pictures of great people, Carl Jung is there and Karl Marx, opening up like a book and the lyrics so we could sing along and the Beatles dressed up in those colourful uniforms. It was magical and even after 55 years it has not been surpassed. My friends and I listened to it all the time and I have wonderful memories of those days. I can understand that some people didn't like it one had to be in different level to be able to grasp what they were trying to do and those who did had their lives changed by it. The Beatles went on to create other fantastic albums which I love but Sgt Peppers stand alone for sheer creativity. Beatles forever and I miss John and George and I'm grateful to God that Ringo and Paul are still with us. May the four of them be forever blessed for the joy they brought to my life 🙏

[@ncexnyc4466]

You're 100% right about having to be there to understand, not just for this LP, but for Beatlemania and the British Invasion as a whole. You know you've hit it big when you've got your own Saturday morning cartoon.

[@tinman3000]

It's worth noting that Jeff Beck now includes a cover of A Day in the Life as a part of his live set.

[@beatlebrian4404]

Their record company insisted on a new single so they put out Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane, which in my opinion is the greatest single ever, but if they were on the album as first intended, man without doubt the best album that's ever be made.

[@charlie-obrien]

The greatest recording act ever are the Beatles albums. The second greatest are the Beatles sixty-three single releases. Third place is a brawl between about a hundred others.

[@keithdonald6583]

I remember my brother playing this over and over when I was a really young child. especially Day in the Life where we used to see how long we could listen to that last extended note the longest.

[@mikem668]

My rule for listening to music is simple. I try to never be in the group that trashed Manet's Olympia or Dylan when he went electric. My first two 45s were Do You Want To Know A Secret/Love Me Do and Hello Dolly by Loius Armstrong. It took me 15 years to discover the greatest Armstrong. But Yesterday was a turning point. I was very disappointed when Paul came out alone with his guitar on Ed Sullivan. Like Dylan, except Paul went acoustic. For the next week I couldn't get Yesterday out of my head. Maybe Paul knew something after all. Try stuff, give it a chance, come back to it when you're older. You never know.

[@leolicursi3536]

Jeff beck and tom Jones. Never would be able to come close

[@TheVagolfer]

"Genius is seldom immediately appreciated. It takes a normal person time to grasp it all." Thomas Wolfe

[@omarlara8209]

Jeff Beck would later win a Grammy for covering a song of an album he had no intention of hearing 😂😂

[@bugeanuflorin1531]

Absolutely, there are different opinions, different musicians, time is the one who decides a correct definition. "Life is Art, music love Art". is my opinion. Thanks for posting. Good time for you. "Beatles is The Beatles"

[@CosmicHippopotamus]

Lmao at Jeff Beck. The man would end up playing A Day in the Life as a signature song in every one o his live shows some decades later.

[@thedonwesley5279]

I'm thinking of being buried in a crypt so I can have the last piano cord of ADITL constantly playing in it into eternity

[@gavinreid2741]

The #3 top selling album of all time in Britain, and The Beatles only non compilation album in the all time British top 60.

[@tt-du6vc]

Actually Pepper is the highest first honest album in Britain. Queen and Abba’s greatest hits albums are obviously compilations.

[@technodroog]

a petulant comment by Jeff Beck followed by a spot on one by Eric Burdon. Mirrors what i think of those two respectively.

[@calbrush6654]

@Cull La La - Yeah, guess Jeff could be anti-social-“The flight of the eagle is necessarily solo” - Carlos Casteneda

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

The first lp I ever bought (aged 15ish) and it has never been out of my all time top ten favourite albumes ever since.

[@charlesbeyer7041]

From the first four bars of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the crazy interplay of the acoustic and electric guitar parts along with the pumped up bass you knew this was something amazingly special. And it didn't let up for the entire record except it got even more interesting after the finale and A Day In the Life starts up, I was like wait what's this? Is this a hint of where they're going next? Damn.

[@artguti1551]

I was born in 62...and my parents didn't like Elvis or the Beatles (because they stole R&B songs, I was told). When I was 10 years old (me and my four brothers) aquired all the American Beatles albums from a friend in 1972. I only heard Beatles songs on the AM stations that were played at the time. And we all grew to love the Beatles after listening to all their albums. I love all their music up until Sgt. Peppers. Upon listening to Sgt. P, I only liked about 1/3 of the songs. And then the White Album , only 1/2 of the songs. But I then started to appreciate Abby Road and Let It Be. My top 4 Beatles albums are... A Hard Days Night Rubber Soul Revolver Abby Road

[@douglasleftwich3936]

I had a similar experience. To this day I can't listen to either Sgt. Pepper's or the White Album. I consider them to be my least favorite Beatles albums. In fact I haven't listened to either one of them in over 40 years. When Abbey Road came out I loved it and my faith in the Beatles music was restored.

[@calbrush6654]

@@douglasleftwich3936 I was in ‘High School’ though feeling low about Vietnam and The Draft. I quit smoking-cigarettes-as a Junior, to run cross-country, The music that came out got us through those times. I remember transcribing the clarinet part of “64” for my friend who could play it; me on guitar. So the memories of those late Sixties (Nixon/‘Nick’s son’) can be bittersweet.

[@mistermerlin8917]

62 eh?

[@DongusMcBongus]

Ray was always so tough on the Beatles, I mean I understand, The Beatles are my favorite band but DAMN The Kinks are CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED. From Face to Face all the way to Muswell Hillbillies they made excellent albums.

[@2wayplebney]

Yes they did. Their record companies did them no favours.

[@kobold7763]

Funny how they called pepper a long wait when they released an album 10 months prior. Now you’re lucky if artists or bands release an album every 3 years.

[@playmusicnet7347]

Peter Townsend response was true from the heart as an artist and very accurate!

[@EmeraldWoodArchives]

Tell us how you REALLY feel, Jeff.

[@orchidwave2574]

Couldn't we get any comments from people who listened to the entire album???!!!

[@fshoaps]

Most of these musicians I think are unable to process Pepper. - It's pretty funny that a lot of the comments are somewhat negative and mixed, considering it's cultural role, as the greatest album ever made today.

[@SuperNevile]

The "greatest album ever" could have been "the even greater than the greatest album ever" with Penny Lane + Strawberry Fields as originally intended.....

[@fshoaps]

@@SuperNevile Yes, but most likely “Within You, Without You” would be the song to be removed. This would cut George Harrison’s contribution to the album, and I’m not okay with that.

[@SuperNevile]

@@fshoaps George and Ringo usually got a track each, so I agree, but I was thinking maybe "When I'm 64" or "Lovely Rita", which would have made a single and because it was The Beatles should have got to No. 1**. The problem was that Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields were the first tracks cut, and Brian wanted a Christmas/New Year single.....pity. ** The fact Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields didn't get to No. 1 was because it was put out as a double A side and at the time each side counted as a seperate record when the the sales were counted, otherwise it would have stormed the charts.....(George Martin reckoned it was the biggest marketing mistake he/they made).

[@douglasleftwich3936]

In reality Sgt. Pepper's hasn't aged all that well and has consistently fallen out of the number one spot on the "Greatest hits of all time" polls. In most cases the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" has replaced it. I've never been a fan of Sgt. Pepper's. I haven't listened to it in probably 40 years.

[@worldoftanksaveragaplayer]

@@douglasleftwich3936 Beach Boys 😁 good joke 😆😆😆

[@pepperrevolver2795]

The Beatles with mustaches were the best of the best..

[@rabit818]

Jeff Beck and Tom Jones are totally off

[@peterpumpkineaterrr]

I heard this album when i was on a shroom trip and i couldnt believe this was from the guys who sang songs like i wanna hold your hand n yesterday. Became a fan the next day lol

[@BarkerandBelle]

You heard as it was intended ;)

[@kimdurig1322]

A Day in the Life might be the greatest R+R tune ever .

[@itkojecockot]

the previous albums were already very good, but nothing groundbreaking...... when "Sgt. Pepper" came out, THAT was a true game-changer....... "Getting Better" is for some reason my personal fav...... such interesting and fun tune

[@Gino565]

Completely false. The previous album to sgt pepper was Revolver, and they’d already begun experimenting heavily on that record. Eleanor rugby, tomorrow never knows, she said she said, love you to etc. it’s arguably a more psychedelic album than pepper and was definitely groundbreaking. Maybe you forgot it came out.

[@mackb909]

The E chord in the finale that will echo resoundingly throughout human history...

[@classiclife7204]

I'll echo everyone else here: Jealousy kills. Jesus christ.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

exactly...nothing more needs to be said

[@javierdepaizpaetow9603]

Sgt. Peppers might not be the Beatles best album, but almost for sure is the best in Rock's History....It is a sound collage that pictures a whole and very unique era in Mankind' s History, and it has the flavors of every kind of music , Rock, Pop, Psychedelia, Jazz ,Classical, Ethnic, Varietty, ...

[@waynejohanson1083]

To me She's leaving home and A day in the life are the two best tracks. Both are classics.

[@stephenjones101]

What was the point of asking Tom Jones for his opinion? No matter whether you like or dislike his music, he wasn't a rock musician or into experimental music and certainly not on the cutting edge of the youth culture at the time. He predominantly sang Adult Contemporary music. His fans were mostly over 30 YO and weren't fans of the Beatles or rock music in general. His hits included "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat?", "Green, Green Grass of Home", and "Delilah", none of which could be viewed as rock or have appeal to a rock audience. Totally unsurprising, Jones disliked the album.

[@geoycs]

Funny that Pete says the album will obviously “disappoint a lot of people.” Kind of missed that one!

[@trentrez6643]

It disappointed me. I think its a bunch of nonsense really. There are much better Beatles albums

[@TheAerovons]

when John and Paul were on "the Tonight Show" they were asked about whether it would alienate fans, and Paul said "we might lose some fans, but then we might gain some new ones!"

[@cdprince768]

It actually did disappoint a lot of Beatles fans when it was first released. This is where the "Love Me Do" fans jumped off the train and a new generation jumped on board.

[@TheAerovons]

@@cdprince768 I was a fan from the start and I didn't jump off!

[@obbor4]

@@cdprince768 They may have lost the screaming little girls, but thanks to them, the world got all of The Beatles' masterpieces that came later. They could no longer stand the squealing masses and their music grew exponentially afterward.

[@raindrops21_9]

Um...who's Jeff Beck? Tom Jones had a nice voice. The Beatles *changed everything*

[@PaulRamen]

Thank you Jeff Beck for that very insightful comment x)

[@TTM9691]

....as he covers "A Day In The Life" for the rest of his career and uses George Martin as his producer, lol. (Hey, Paul Ramon! I'm Carl Harrison! :D Love your screen name!)

[@kaspafischer]

Jeff being a complete dope with that comment... LOL

[@TTM9691]

@@kaspafischer The original Nigel Tufnell, God bless him! :D

[@PaulLea]

Fascinating clup....love the graphics & Groooovey effects, very Peppery.

[@eargasm1072]

Townshend and Burdon knew what was up with "Pepper", they "got it" right there when it was released....Ray Davies, an outstanding songwriter in his own right just hadn't heard it all yet, but still had good things to say about the 2 songs he did.

[@petersonlafollette3521]

Pete Townshend got it- immediately.

[@jackfletcher1000]

They pushed the pop song to its limits.

[@williamberry2351]

Ray was right

[@isaklytting5795]

Ray Davies. Great musician, for what he does. A visionary, sensitive soul who us great knowing what will be historically significant and mean something to the whole world? Not so much! Just check out his review of "Revolver." He sounds so jaded. Can't get excited about almost anything.

[@mplant1999]

Interesting that Jeff Beck later wound up covering A Day in the Life...

[@eddy71454]

Well, this album blew me away at 13 years old when it came out. I had gotten more in to Motown and other stuff by then but this album turned my head. It was so melodic and experimental.

[@Jantonov1]

It's not their best album so in some ways I can understand a pinch of criticism. Revolver and Rubber Soul were better IMO. But Pete Townsend had the best take on the record.

[@JStarStar00]

It's kind of surprising Pete Towshend wouldn't have heard it on a top level sound system

[@NewFalconerRecords]

He probably did, a week after posting his review.

[@anthonyjd6097]

Everyone knows that when a kid is popular in school you either go with the flow or you want to fight him and that’s life some people are afraid of genius other people admired it

[@JStarStar00]

"When I'm 64," of course, is an absolutely Kink-ish sounding song. In fact Ray Davies literally veered off into complete concept albums based on the retro music hall style exemplified by "64."

[@richardblock2458]

You are ignorant about the Kinks' output. They were doing this well before the Beatles, it was the other way around.

[@calbrush6654]

@Richard Block Now, be nice ‘kingk’ Richard Don’t be a smelly pilchard Kitty kiffle , it’s all just skiffle

[@richardblock2458]

@@calbrush6654 - huh?

[@technodroog]

not true, Davies was already moving Kinks in that direction in 1966

[@JStarStar00]

@@technodroog There were certainly cross influences going on in all directions at the time. McCartney's historical nostalgia was obviously taking some cues from Ray Davies while Lennon tended to be more influenced by Dylan's surrealism. Also the Kinks were releasing comparatively more singles than albums compared to the Beatles -- more of their output came in singles. So I think starting with Rubber Soul the Beatles were looking at albums as their main "conceptual" outlets -- it took about a year before the Kinks adopted this attitude with face to face.

[@stephenackerman2236]

What's the point in asking Davies, Beck and Jones if they haven't heard the album?

[@edwardmulholland7912]

Any chance of putting up some Scott Walker from one of the ‘60’s magazines?

[@antarcticorb9197]

I am surprised with Jeff Becks reaction. I wonder how he feels about the Beatles today?

[@jamesdrynan]

" To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. " - Winston Churchill. The Beatles changed continuously from " Love Me Do" to " The End. " No other group covered as many genres of music. No other group influenced world attitudes. As George said, " The Beatles will exist without us. " Sixty years on and they are still a marketable institution.

[@gregorywhite9095]

Totally agree...Emerson said that "a foolish consistency is a hobgoblin of little minds." But humans don't like this concept...they don't like "flipflopping" but that's how you grow.

[@Macca-rb5ok]

No other group has been marketed or hyped like them, either.

[@MilesBellas]

2:02 See Beck's instrumental of Day in The Life : he must have "changed his tune" ?!

[@danielbrown1724]

I don’t know what all the hoopla about Sgt. Pepper always was. John had two good songs on there (day in the life and Lucy in the Sky) and Paul’s tracks were ok. I think the breakthrough record is and will always be Revolver. That was their transition from commercial pop-friendly tunes to more of an experimental sound. Sgt. Pepper wasn’t even psychedelic other than their uniforms on the front cover. Not sure why everyone, mostly Americans, latched onto Pepper like it was the greatest record ever. I’m English so I appreciate the musicality and experimental shift on Revolver. I’m only sleeping Here there and everywhere Eleanor Rigby For no one Tomorrow never knows And your bird can sing I mean, these were masterpieces in their own right

[@g2macs]

'Pepper' was akin to a large bucket of water thrown on to the hot furnace of the music industry, the explosion that entailed is still being felt to this day.

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

It's okay Jeff, I saw your list of favorite albums and I would never listen to those either. Interesting how some of these artist thought people would not like Peppers. How could they be so wrong?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I guess some people back then thought the album was too far out and weird to appeal to their fans.

[@curly_wyn]

Richard Goldstein and Lester Bangs we’re pretty much the only critics who hated the album, and I happen to agree with them. Too bad Goldstein eventually caved in and said it was great. He lost his integrity.

[@thelordraj5412]

Or maybe it's just personal opinion and they aren't wrong?? Besides your look back on it after over 50 plus years! Can you imagine what it must have like to hear the album in 67. People react to new and jarring experiences in different ways. Over time things will smooth itself out.

[@tomc642]

It is clear, that most of them had not listened yet to the album as a whole, only outtakes on the radio.

[@syater]

@@thelordraj5412 I was only 11 and didn't yet know anything about a new Beatles album being released. I'd been a fan since Hard Day's Night, three years earlier. But I happened to hear Getting Better playing on the radio one day and it was so good it practically made my head spin. Maybe thirty seconds in I realized it had to be the Beatles singing. When I discovered they had a new album I brought it home and listened over and over again. There was no other album that mattered for quite a while. I was just stunned, even as an 11 year old boy. Nothing else sounded anything like it. I can imagine someone not liking it, but that wasn't me.

[@russellbishop5995]

I think it would've been stronger if Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields were on it. The Beatles grew up here. Just a thought.

[@nicolagianaroli2024]

It is interesting that Ray Davies after few months from his initial review of Revolver had maintained his judgement which actually was not that positive

[@samanello3382]

I wonder what his view of Revolver is today. It would be hard to believe he still holds those negative feelings towards it.

[@peteypete1216]

I always thought the Kinks were under rated but i also think Ray Davies was very jealous of the well deserved attention the Beatles got

[@NewFalconerRecords]

@@peteypete1216 I also think that Ray Davies (rightly) would've felt pissed off that the Beatles were able to make amazing sounding records while the Kinks had signed a shitty deal with a shitty record company and weren't able to make recordings that sounded anywhere near as good as the Beatles even though his songwriting was well and truly on par with Lennon and McCartney.

[@catherinewilson3880]

@@NewFalconerRecords That wasn't the Beatles fault though. Ray Davies wrote some brilliant songs but I do think he was a little jealous of the fabs.

[@YorkyOne]

@@NewFalconerRecords Yes, he needed to get into Studio 2, Abbey Road.

[@awesome-xg4hl]

which version of strawberry fields is playing at the beginning?

[@chrisspathelf2310]

Tom Jones I wouldn't have known it was them if I heard on the radio lol! This is coming from a professional singer wow

[@HTJB60]

Back then, unusual music like this was fairly common place. New band's were hitting the 'chart's almost daily. Different sound's, so I can relate to Tom's comment and think it's almost a complement. If he KNEW it was the Beatle's, then they hadn't changed much.....

[@aussiedudeofthesoutheast789]

Most of the negative reviews seemed to come from artist who never gave it a real chance or listen. I'd respect it more if they listened to it and said it's not for me. Rather than bag it out of what appears to be jealousy.

[@abw48]

I remember hearing this Album the day, or perhaps the day after, it was released, I was 20 years old, and Ive heard it many many times since, often tripping on LSD with Headphones way back in those days. However as important as it was in those heady days, looking back today I must say I dont think it was their Masterpiece as many imply it to be, as Abbey Road, Revolver and even Let It Be stand the test of time in a more profound manner, but then thats just my head trip, each to their own.

[@HTJB60]

Nice comment. I think you had to have heard this when released and not year's / decade's later to FULLY UNDERSTAND it in the right context. Having NEVER heard anything like it, prior to. We're the lucky one's.

[@Fantumh]

All the Beatles albums are masterpieces, certainly from Rubber Soul onward, and A Hard Day's Nights and Help! are both masterpieces as well. My personal favorite album is the White Album, and I'd rank Sgt. Pepper also behind Revolver in terms of favorites, but it's just amazing the number of times I've listened to Sgt. Pepper and have never grown tired of it, except perhaps for She's Leaving Home and When I'm 64.

[@abw48]

@@Fantumh ; I can agree with that but I just mentioned that so many people think of Pepper as their Masterpiece as the White Album and Revolver stand the test of time, but so does Pepper.

[@abw48]

@@HTJB60 : Lucky indeed.. Im 73 and it still sounds great in 2021.

[@douglasleftwich3936]

I agree with you. Sgt. Pepper's hasn't aged well. I've never cared for it. Not that the polls mean much but I've noticed Sgt. Pepper's has fallen from the number one spot on the "greatest album of all time" lists in recent years. The production work by George Martin and Geoff Emerick is what most people rave about. Song for song the album isn't the Beatles best showing. Easily the most overrated album of all time.

[@HTJB60]

Hello again. I went on a bit about HOW NEW SONG'S were appearing almost weekly in the 60's and I just sat & listened to this >>> Sonny & Cher reunite for the last time to sing 'I Got You Babe' on Letterman (1987)