THE STORY OF SGT. PEPPER'S BY THE BEATLES | CLASSIC ALBUMS

It was mid-1966 when a Beatles tired of being who they were and annoyed by their scandals decided to leave and take a well-deserved vacation after years of intense activity, George Harrison traveled to India to perfect his skills with the sitar, Paul McCartney and George Martin made the soundtrack of the movie The Family Way, John Lennon went to Spain to shoot a film with Richard Lester, and Ringo would use this period to spend time with his wife and son.
While the beatles were away, the press speculated that the group was splitting up, and the group's record label began to worry that another group would take the place that the beatles were leaving when they disappeared. However, after their return, what was initially conceived as a concept album of the group's childhood and roots ended up becoming the most influential album of all time.
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[@Zero_Point_Energy1]

Wow. They released Rubber Soul in December of 65 and then Revolver in Aug of 66 and their record company thought they were losing popularity and might be replaced? It’s hard to imagine.

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

Don't know your age; but from the time they exploded onto the scene, it seemed like they came out with a single every week. Even by the time Rubber Soul and Revolver came out, it seemed like there was a slow down in production by their standards. By the time Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever came out, it seemed like an eternity. Keep in mind I scarfed their records up like an addiction. The proverbial "British Invasion" was still in effect, so LOTS of great music at that time for competition. I can't speak to the rest of the planet, but The Monkees were arriving on the scene; AND they were on weekly television - and were quite popular at the time in the U. S. As for how record companies and their executives thought... pop music groups were just commodities.

[@STSGuitar16]

@@jeffphakenewz8556what’s really wild is that they released all of their music in like less than eight years, and before a single member of the band was even 28 years old. Their output was unreal. That stuff alone is more than enough to disprove the “Paul is dead” theory to me. So you’re saying the real Paul died in 1966 and that the rest of them were able to find not only a total lookalike, but a total soundalike, AND this random lookalike and soundalike also had it in him to go on to write some of the absolute best music ever written? Really? Just a random lookalike guy also turned out to be the best songwriter ever? It’s laughable when you really think about it that way. I will definitely admit that it is a fun conspiracy to look into for sure, but easily disproven.

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

@@STSGuitar16 : I don't have any idea how to respond, considering I didn't mention any of them individually - let alone the "Paul is dead" BS. WTF?

[@charlesbronson4282]

And don't forget Yesterday and Today in the U.S. before Revolver.

[@STSGuitar16]

@@jeffphakenewz8556 yeah man, no need to get testy, I just got off on a tangent there lol. I was typing all of that and then they mentioned the Paul is dead stuff in the video so I just incorporated that into my comment. Not trying to insinuate that you believe in that stuff or anything like that. And you don’t have to respond, I was basically just thinking out loud there lol 🤙🏻

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

A music nerd friend had Sgt. Pepper on pre order and got it on release day. Him, me, and a small bunch of friends sat and listened to the whole album in silence. At the end we all sat open mouthed, knowing we'd just heard something massively important but not knowing what it was. Fact is, our world had just changed.

[@AlexRodriguez-hl1vu]

It was ok rubber soul is way better

[@jo7537]

@@AlexRodriguez-hl1vu rubber soul is indeed amazing, and i actually prefer listening to it over sgt peppers, but i think sgt peppers is much more advanced in arrangements, production, and melodies. definitely unfolds a new perspective in music

[@AlexRodriguez-hl1vu]

@@jo7537 i guess it’s just not one I listen to that much I only like some of the songs

[@jo7537]

@@AlexRodriguez-hl1vu ah reasonable

[@NiteMoves2010]

more like "changed again"...Brian Wilson took note!

[@JimDeferio]

I'll be 73 years old in July and I have been a fan of the Beatles since late 1963. Younger people don't understand the HUGE impact Sgt. Pepper had in the music world and how things changed for most every music artist after that. It was like an EXPLOSION that got everyone's attention. For this reason alone it is the greatest album of all time. The British REVOLVER album may have had the same effect in August 1966 but Captitol Records gave America a diluted Revolver.

[@IwasInThe60s]

You had to be there, right? Like me.💪 (Working towards my seventies..)

[@STSGuitar16]

24 year old here. What did Capitol records do to “dilute” Revolver? Never heard about that before.

[@JimDeferio]

@@STSGuitar16 The Capitol album for America had only eleven songs. Capitol left off THREE John Lennon songs: "I'm Only Sleeping" "Dr. Robert" "And Your Bird Can Sing" Capitol had these three songs on the "Yesterday...And Today" album they released in June 1966 and that album was nice in that it gathered together singles that the Beatles wouldn't put on an album (like "Day Tripper", "We Can Work It Out", and "Yesterday".

[@STSGuitar16]

@@JimDeferio oh wow. Glad I first listened to it on Spotify lol those are literally three of my absolute favorite Beatles songs

[@JimDeferio]

@@STSGuitar16 Because The Beatles were such prolific song writers and partly because they often excluded their singles from albums, Capitol, to make more money would sometimes rearrange the British albums and also round up singles and stick the on American albums. I liked that because listening habits were shifting from singles to albums. Apple did the same with "HEY JUDE" in February 1970 by rounding up ten singles to make an album. It was nice but they left off SIX singles that were unavailable to Americans on albums by Capitol Records: "I'M DOWN" "MISERY" "THERE'S A PLACE" "THE INNER LIGHT" "FROM ME TO YOU" "YOU KNOW MY NAME, LOOK UP THE NUMBER" These eventually made their way on future compilation albums but it was a couple of years after their breakup and Beatlemania had died down.

[@jawbreakerhd9887]

Greatest album ever made. To think what it could have been with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane.

[@mickmac2223]

I wonder where they would have been put on the album, one of them on side one and the other on side two?

[@drewcampbell8555]

Why is it the greatest album ever made?

[@l.jaguar2670]

@@drewcampbell8555 well, there’s a lot of reasons why people say it’s the greatest ever made, but mainly it’s because of its Legacy. Whether legacy contributes to it being the greatest album ever, I’ll let you decide

[@kevanbrown7620]

I prefer Revolver which i think has aged better, although i think A Day In The Life is their greatest track and also Strawberry Field's Forever, although it wasn't on the album i think it's a groundbreaking single. Revolver was a much more band album with each member more involved than they were on Pepper. McCartney Wrote over half of the tracks. He played more lead guitar solo's than George. George was only mainly involved with his track Within You Without You. On Revolver they worked together better. George had 3 tracks and opened the album and Lennon brought more songs to the table. McCartney wrote some of his finest songs on Revolver. Lennon brought I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said and the awesome Tomorrow Never Knows, all great Psychedelic songs. Pepper was my favourite album when i was a lot younger but Revolver has just grown on me over the years. That's just my opinion. Also, i often wonder what Revolver would be like with Paperback Writer and Rain which were recorded during the Revolver session's. Just like Strawberry Field's and Penny Lane being on Pepper or Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out on Rubber Soul.

[@SoundlabStudios63]

put Strawberry Fields between Fixing a Hole and She’s Leaving Home, and put Penny Lane between Lovely Rita and Good Morning Good Morning

[@stevkyt2374]

I'm 70 and putting inaccuracies and mispronounciations aside this was a welcome trip down memory lane for the best album ever.

[@garyhamby4569]

Like Tara Browne being fererred to as "her?" Lots of inaccuracies is correct.

[@Christopher-ii6tr]

You mean down Penny Lane😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Yes, certainly a few made up stuff... Aw, av just crapped meself. I've only just had a shower! Clean underpants on too.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

Most of this masterpiece was Paul’s doing. Bloody genius.❤️

[@BeatleBabe1978]

Epic album, The greatest album ever made. Thanks for posting this video.

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

It was - and I hate this phrase with a passion - a game changer.

[@davidbowman4259]

@@jeffphakenewz8556 Yes. It really changed everything. The music, the cover photo, their outfits ... everything.

[@busydoinnothinn]

that would be Pet Sounds.

[@carymiller5998]

I never get tired of learning new stuff about the Beatles. It's does not get old. Love the excitement of most all of the comments everyone makes, young and old. When life gets so busy and hectic, I turn to the fascinating world of the Beatles. Never disappointed.

[@diegocabezastome4977]

Me too ,it’s always a joy and inspirational

[@bobstuckrath1805]

Yes. 🎵🎶🎹🎼

[@cmberrian]

Same here. It still blows my mind how much they did in a short time and with very, very limited technology compared to what soon came after, and what we have today...omg, it's crazy.

[@TelecasterLPGTop]

I was 13 when Sgt Pepper's was released and they were magical times. Walking home from choir practice with Sgt Pepper's on my transistor radio every night. pure magic. But now I'm 70 SEVENTY! and I cannot believe it but they still turn me on, I have a few more guitars and guilt washes over me every time I don't pick up one of them and play which is a difficult feeling.

[@destincasimiro6984]

This album was so powerful in my life I'm not sure how to put it into words. I was 8 years old when SGT Peppers came out. I was beaten into the ground physically, mentally and emotionally. This album was my escape into a whimsical, magical world filled with peace, love and hope. It got me through that dark time in my life... How could I ever thank you enough Beatles... God Bless you all.

[@jonnytacoma]

Thank you so much for sharing. Yourself a poet.

[@prajnachan333]

Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 Love ❤️ 💖 🌟 & Music 🎶 🎸 🎹 🥁

[@kevalraam7867]

In my mind undoubtedly the greatest album of all times. I remember when it came out (I was 13 years old) how deeply it effected me. Listening to Within You and Without You, for example, was my first exposure to Eastern spirituality, and set in motion a lifelong quest for inner peace and enlightenment that continues to this day. Bravo to the Beatles for this magnificent contribution to art and humanity.

[@daviddean707]

Same gen

[@allenf.5907]

Most definitely a masterpiece.

[@zulubeatz1]

I loved the Beatles as a kid and I love them today.

[@johnnymoondogs1816]

Sgt pepper is the greatest album ever made this album won a Grammy in 1968 there is no more influential and important than Sgt pepper.

[@manny4552]

I agree

[@TheCliffandPhilShow]

@@manny4552 I agree as well. :)

[@manny4552]

I have two picture discs ... Three or four CDs and six or seven regular vinyl lps.. all different pressings of this stunning masterpiece

[@johnorgan3]

absolutely true. but I still like Abbey Road better. Peppers was about so much more than music... bout changing culture, counter culture, art, artistic concepts, time & space. I agree with George Martin in as much as I have always dreamed of what Peppers would have been with Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields on it. Dream on!

[@jasonremy1627]

Great hearing the history of all of these great songs!

[@DaveGava]

Agree A day in the life was the Beatles masterpiece and changed popular music forever. It was years ahead of anything in 67 18:24

[@johnorgan3]

Cream was cool, but not like Peppers

[@danielhamby9448]

My dad was 17 when this came out and he still to this day has it he bought new.. He still has Disraeli Gears, Strange Days and the Doors first album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Are You Experienced among other various albums and singles.. 1967 seemed like an awesome year

[@13jcelli51]

It is rediculous knowing the fact that one of the best albums ever was missing two incredible songs

[@408sixbbl9]

I was born in 1957 and I grew up listening to the Beatles. I remember buying this album for $3.67. I also remember my older (by 4 years) sister telling me not to buy it because some of her friends said it wasn't very good. 🤨 That same sister bought Revolver and ended up selling it to my older brother for $1 because she didn't like it. 😮 Seems like there's just no accounting for taste. 😃

[@kellyrolfe230]

Sounds like Sis wasn't really a Beatles fan....

[@mwmeier7677]

Correction: He - Tara Browne - "was a young Irish Socialite, friend of The Beatles, and heir to the Guinness fortune." Great video, though!

[@musicbox_usa]

sorry 😭😭😭

[@johnallen6945]

I was 16 in 1967, drove from Cleveland to San Francisco, smoked pot and ingested LSD for the first time and listened to Sgt. Pepper's all summer long. This album had an overwhelming effect on the direction my life would take. YTM tells me I am in the top 1/10th of 1% of Beatles listeners. I truly believe people will still be listening to Sgt. Pepper's in 1,000 years.

[@garyhoffman503]

This is a well made documentary. Fantastic that there is endless puzzles by these esteemed boys and thier teammates. Maybe for us Trekies the music is even more important when we hear it. ❤

[@johangaudissabois8668]

Pepper, Rubber Soul, Revolver, The White Album and Abbey Road are all among the greatest albums ever made. That PENNY Lane and STRAWBERRY FIELDS were not included was a great mistake indeed. On the other hand, it turned even MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (which includes both) into a classic and one of my all time favourites together with the already mentioned LP's..

[@NiteMoves2010]

Penny Lane and Strawberry field should have both been released separably with "throw away" (are really any such Beatle songs...even covers were exceptional) as the B side...once the decision was made to remove them from the potential concept LP.

[@KnialPiper]

I love this album. Thanks for making this video!

[@Bill_Jones.]

I love The Beatles. For me, it will always be…. a) The Beatles and b) Everybody else.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

I can't see it any other way.

[@davidbowman4259]

Exactly. Bingo, amen and touche. And that's not to slag all of the other great bands out there. They would agree with this sentiment.

[@Weshopwizard]

Someone listened to Tom Petty.

[@attila7092]

Imagine if The Beatles had continued to 1976. Wow...what a thought

[@Kimberlytheresam]

My all time favorite album❤

[@dumcasta9327]

I love your work! One thing though, Tara Browne ( day in the life) was a young man who was an heir to the Guinness fortune and a friend of the Beatles...

[@johnorgan3]

ya a few mistakes in here I noticed, but hey, story's still ok

[@ellenbeckmann4293]

Thank you for this Video. This is one of my fav Albums...many Songs, from fab four, are helpfull, in many Situations,,in my life,, Lg Ellen from Germany ✌ ♥️

[@colinrickard-bb6hx]

This is there greatest record I just love the creativity on the entire record.

[@brucetimmerman7092]

Hey Cassie! I was 10 years old when the Cuban Missile Crisis happened! I remember bits of it from the television and I remember Kennedy coming on and being very adamant about our position! Seeing the movie brought a lot of it back for me! Thanks for watching it! I really enjoyed it!

[@andyjay9346]

My fave two Sgt Pepper tracks have always been 'Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite" and "Lovely Rita". However, I have always had an affinity though with Joe Cocker's cover of 'With A Little Help From My friends' from his debut album of the same name.

[@danielbrannon9513]

I recently bought a copy dated 1967. It had the cut-outs still in great condition. The cover was worn a little at the corners. But the record was scratchless and in perfect shape. It's not my favorite Beatles record. But the significance of it makes it an important piece of history. It has a smell to it that makes me nostalgic for a time I wasn't even alive.

[@michaelharrington75]

The Beatles had several singles included on albums. They could have included Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper.

[@allenf.5907]

Sometimes they did. Other times, they didn't.

[@wolfebeardsnarl5691]

Careful not to confuse UK EMI , and North American Capital releases🤔

[@TheJayson8899]

In England? No they didn't. The only exception is Please Please Me which featured two singles and two B-sides. All the way up until Abbey Road which had Come Together and Something, they had no singles on albums.

[@michaelharrington75]

@@TheJayson8899 You have no clue what you're talking about. 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'A Hard Day's Night' were both released as UK singles in 1964. Both were on 'A Hard Day's Night' album. 'Ticket To Ride' and 'Help!' From 'Help!' album were released as singles in the UK in 1965 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Yellow Submarine' from 'Revolver' album were released in the UK in 1966

[@michaelharrington75]

@@wolfebeardsnarl5691 lol. Oh,, I'm being very careful. It's very easy to find out which songs the Beatles released as UK singles, and determine whether those songs were on their UK albums. You should try Google instead of being confused.

[@kitrichardson2165]

Can you imagine Sergeant Pepper, with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on it? And those songs would just fit marvelously on that record. It would be the unquestioned record of all time instead of merely a contender.

[@handle-schmandle]

But that’s not the way the Beatles intended it.

[@crowkid5553]

​@@handle-schmandlestill, plus hey jude and revolution would've benefit better if they were on the white album, likewise with paperback writer and rain for revolver and day tripper for rubber soul

[@handle-schmandle]

@@crowkid5553 It also would have been great if they made another ten albums. But it didn’t happen that way.

[@rigodon97]

Agreed. Would have been even better albums.

[@kevingiblin4122]

Lots of love ❤️ thanks 😅😊

[@kevanbrown7620]

A Day In The Life is the greatest track ever and Strawberry Field's Forever is a brilliant groundbreaking single but i believe Revolver is the better of the 2 albums. Revolver is much more of a band album with each member being involved a lot more than on Pepper. McCartney wrote more than half of the tracks. George was only mostly involved on his own Within You Without You. Ringo said he learned to play chess while making the album. Lennon had to be coerced from his acid daze. Revolver has every member making great contributions and writing incredible songs. McCartney is writing some of his greatest songs like Eleanor Rigby, Here, There And Everywhere, For No One, Got To Get You Into My Life. Lennon bringing some brilliant Psychedelic songs, I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said and the awesome Tomorrow Never Knows, aswell as And Your Bird Can Sing and Doctor Robert. George opens the album with Taxman, introduces Indian music Love You To on the most well known band in the world albums, and there's I Want To Tell You with McCartney playing those 'out of tune' piano bits. Then there's Yellow Submarine. One of the most famous children's song. Revolver is better than the great Pepper.

[@thewalrus6833]

I think all these decades later Revolver perhaps stands up better, it is as you say a solid group album, but I remember buying Sgt Pepper when it was released and I was astonished at the shear sonic brilliance of the album. Which is the better album ? - I gave up trying to decide a long time ago, they're both brilliant.

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@thewalrus6833 They are both brilliant. ✌️

[@sourisvoleur4854]

I agree that A Day in the Life is the greatest track ever, but would argue, on the strength of The Long One and George's two breakthrough songs, that Abbey Road is their greatest album.

[@KneeAches]

If there at the time, Sgt Pepper was the most astoundingly LP ever released! That said, one can argue that Sgt P., Revolver, Abbey Road, or even The White LP are best. It’s a personal choice. For me the historical impact will always say Sgt P is my favorite but Revolver and Abbey are close behind.

[@davidbowman4259]

@@thewalrus6833 Yes. Both brilliant -- along with Rubber Soul and Abbey Road. Along with everything else these geniuses did.

[@ronaldwilliams4954]

This is such an iconic and classic album 👍💯🥁😩🥁

[@the_tone7167]

"Paul would call himself the new leader of the Beatles. After all, it was what he always wanted." Sorry that's not true. What's your source?

[@booognish]

Nothing against, let’s say, “Lovely Rita” / “When I’m 64”, but the hypothetical replacement of “Strawberry Fields Forever” / “Penny Lane” is insane to imagine. I’m 32, grew up with this crazy Beatles CD that only worked in computers and had every album, I was in 9-10 years old sitting at the computer almost every day exploring all the albums.. Changed my life in a way, and I’m still listening today.

[@hughiepearce]

Lovely Rita is contrived nonsense ...when I'm 64 is fluff but never the less quite charming

[@tomasgrana7242]

Just popping in with a minor correction - the sound that plays at the end of a day in the life is not exclusively heard by dogs and animals. Rather, it depends, firstly on the playback device, which must be able to play 15kHz sounds. And second, on the listener: as we get older, our hearing starts to deteriorate and we can't hear certain frequencies.

[@overjoyous]

Lennon's vocals are absolutely other worldly on Pepper. 67 was definitely my favorite era of the Beatles next to either 65 or 63.

[@drewwalker59]

Your choice of favorite years is certainly ODD?!? lol

[@overjoyous]

@@drewwalker59 To each their own. I chose 63 because I quite enjoy those first 2 records, They released She Loves and I Want To Hold Your Hand that year, Great singles! 65 because of Help! And Rubber Soul nearly back to back with Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, Need I say more? The song writing evolved greatly and just kept getting better. Finally, I chose 67 because I really dig that psychedelic period. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Man that must've been a trip. Odd, Maybe haha but what the hell! This is the best band.

[@alexslingluff]

@@overjoyousi think they were just making a joke about the years being odd numbers

[@overjoyous]

@@alexslingluff I figured so lol, I just wanted to explain either way brotha.

[@daviddowns7552]

66 revolver was in top of the list

[@comedyriff5231]

The fact that Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane didn´t make it to number 1 on the charts showcase how popularity doesn´t always reward the best pieces of art. Typically the masses prefer simple and generic songs, basically the fast food of music. The fact that the Beatles had such success with great pieces of art is more of an exception to the rule. It bothers me when we put too much weight on how well a song does on the charts, when we should focus on how good piece of an art a song is instead. Is it creative, intricate, sophisticated, poetic, emotional, authentic etc. That´s how you judge a piece of art, not by popularity.

[@MrThedonhead]

No as an artist you judge it by the charts just like the Beatles did coz after all they wanted to be rich and seen as the best or there's no point in doing it. Even Kurt Cobain wanted to be rich

[@Accam570]

Penny Lane was number one for at least a week in the U.S.

[@strangebrew1231]

Replace when I’m 64 and Good Morning Good Morning with Penny Lane and Strawberry fields would have made it the greatest

[@erikmcc804]

wow thisc an amazing takr on Sergant Peeper ,, thanks 🙂

[@johnbyrnes7912]

I enjoyed your review and just to let you know in Australia we didn't seem to get that little bit of audio nonsense at the end ! 🤡

[@mariaisabelcarrillo6315]

Good video and wonderful photos!

[@swettyspaghtti]

I watched all your vids. Im depressed now I NEED MOREEEEE ! 🙃

[@A-1BurmaShave]

Well-made documentary. Accurately researched and entertaining. I just subscribed.

[@thomasboss8968]

Love this series, as an old rocker I enjoy the nostalgia. How about some Rolling Stones NEXT? “Beatles or Stones, man?!?”

[@randallpinkfloyd]

i feel like you should have mentioned in the facts that paul actually met melanie coe twice (the girl that inspired shes leaving home) once in 1964 (i believe she won a lip syncing battle thing and the prize was to meet paul) and sometime after the release, dont remember the date

[@rogergreen9861]

Once the studio years began, they never had to write for later live performances on world tours. This seems to have affected Ringo first - who loved live gigs - and George, who had a slew of songs ready for an album of his own by the time Abbey Road was almost done. It breaks my heart to see John and George on camera in Get Back, discussing what could have been solo careers for all while coming back to be Beatles to make albums if and when it felt right. Echoes of watching the 3, and then 2, working on new releases based on John's demos. I saw Sir Paul in concert in November and can only imagine how much he would have embraced the insanity of a Beatles/Wings/Plastic Ono reunion tour were it possible.

[@richierugs6544]

Pepper changed the way album packaging was done--along with musical ideas and chances taken

[@ustheserfs]

bold to leave strawberry and lane off pepper but then they added them to magical mystery months later that year.

[@cuebj]

That holiday was just a few months. First break in years. That year, they came up with...

[@BenNewton-c6z]

Revolver is the Beatles best album. All of the tracks are absolutely brilliant.

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MASTERPIECE IF THEY WOULD'VE KEPT AND NOT REMOVED STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER AND PENNY LANE.🔴

[@debclassyfied9723]

My mom played the crap out of this album. I was 5 trying to figure it all out and what the meanings are. No wonder I am a little warped today lol

[@Oliviux78]

The only songs that I especially like are Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and A Day In The Life. A Day In The Life is one of my favorite Beatles songs. ❤

[@harlow743]

Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields are part of Peppers and are included on Giles Martin's Delux Version..

[@middleclassic]

Hmpf … no mention of Jimi Hendrix playing Sgt Pepper live when he first came to England. That was iconic in itself and deserves a shout out.

[@arthurgordon6072]

Exactly my thoughts too.

[@YnotNomis]

THe album were rock music begin to be looked at as art.

[@matthewblackwood4704]

That's what sucks about modern automatic turntables, it doesn't keep repeating the run out groove loop.

[@azapro911]

This really was a big risk at the time, 'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' and Pepper could have been rejected by the wider public for its blatant psychedelia, eclectic music and unapologetically English themes. But the band were at a point where they could say "You know what, sod it, we've had a great three year run regardless, let's take a chance and do what we want to." Ends up being the most important album ever made in pretty much every department, this is where the Beatles went from mega popular hit makers to everlasting legacy holders.

[@arthurgordon6072]

All this noise about whether Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever should have been on the album. It was general policy in the UK not to put singles on albums or vice versa. This was seen as cheating the public and also expecting the singles and albums to sell individually. The same with The Rolling Stones albums and Led Zeppelin etc.

[@MrThedonhead]

A Day In The Life has to be the greatest song ever. Just has something disturbing, beautiful, magical and whimsical about it! Its like it couldn't of come from humans, its almost as good as moonlight mile

[@DaveGava]

John's contributions on Peppers were abstract genius period ! 10:14

[@alexcika9906]

Very cool album

[@catherinecurry4774]

The Best!!

[@Taine2]

Just a trivial note. Tara Browne heir to the Guinness fortune, and inspiration for “A Day In The Life” was a young 21 yr old….man. “He blew his mind out in a car…”

[@darthcheney7447]

I might add that 2 days after the release of Sgt. Pepper's Jimi Hendrix debuted "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" by opening up with Sgt. Pepper's with Paul McCartney in attendance along with the rest of English rock royalty. 1967 would turn out some of the best music ever.

[@johannbogason1662]

If one were to name the most influential artistic input in last century, there is no contest.

[@prajnachan333]

Ringo's drums were miked directly to make them sound more powerful. 🥁 A practice banned by EMI previously. (!)

[@rosacortezgarcia9434]

My favorites Beatles álbum It 's the bridge between Rubber soul and sgt pepper ❤❤❤❤

[@jpetersgoyanks]

So let’s play a game. Q1: if Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane were on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and no songs were removed then where would those 2 songs fit in the track list? Q2: if 2 songs needed to be removed then which songs would go and where would SFF and PL fit in? Original Tracklist: 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 2. With a Little Help from My Friends 3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 4. Getting Better 5. Fixing a Hole 6. She's Leaving Home 7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! 8. Within You Without You 9. When I'm Sixty-Four 10. Lovely Rita 11. Good Morning Good Morning 12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 13. A Day in the Life

[@jpetersgoyanks]

My own answers… A1: SFF would end side one after Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite. PL would go start side two in front of Within You Without You. A2: this is really hard but I would be forced to set aside Fixing a Hole and Lovely Rita while maintaining SFF and PL’s placement in my first answer.

[@handle-schmandle]

Q3: Why can’t we just be happy with the way it actually happened?

[@jpetersgoyanks]

@@handle-schmandle Q4: who said we aren’t?

[@handle-schmandle]

@@jpetersgoyanks Because this seems like a lot of trouble to go to over something you don't care about. Most people who ask these questions toss and turn at night over "what might have been". I think history has shown that the Beatles' decisions worked out pretty well for them. That's good enough for me.

[@jpetersgoyanks]

@@handle-schmandle it’s not any trouble. It’s a game… for fun. Have you heard of fun? Now I know your response will be that it’s not fun and you don’t have to think it’s fun but hypothetical games are just games so if you don’t wanna play … don’t play. You don’t have to treat it like it’s a deep question with high stakes. Of course there are no stakes, we can’t travel back in time… or can we? No, no, no… if we can travel back in time I’ll kill baby Hitler, not change Sgt. Peppers. FYI: I dig that The Beatles didn’t put singles on albums all the time. It’s better value. George Martin is the guy who wanted those songs on the album so he started this, I’m just playing a hypothetical game based on his comments… take it up with him.

[@soulballet]

penny and strawberry replaces the first 2 songs side 2 and wow

[@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252]

First I heard - I was useless but somehow got selected for the weekend cricket match with another school. Beautiful sunny English day, I lay on the grass waiting my turn to bat and a radio was playing. "A day in the life" - absolutely unforgettable moment. Even so, I like Rubber Soul better these days and I think Hard Day's Night is a never-mentioned stand-out classic album, a superb production for the time that equals Sergeant Pepper in having no filler tracks and being thoroughly well played and rehearsed. It encapsulates The Beatles's "first career" when they were still the Fab Four in suits - before they went mad. Sergeant Peppers was slightly marred (I think) by Magical Mystery Tour being such an obvious and rushed attempt to re-run the concept thing and then............being so poor, both the two EPs and the film. Fantastic talent but even so, they had one or two clunkers. It's a bit like the "Who's the best James Bond?" question. It's not easy, they did so much great stuff.

[@dirtylemon3379]

It’s one thing to analyze this now but to hear this album when it came out was really something else. PS; Tara Browne was a he, not a she.

[@JohnSmith-pn4it]

Another musician did take their place....enter one William 'Billy' Shepherd, Sept, 1966.

[@Godskingdomwithin]

I it is May 2023 and I’m finally getting o😅 with that we’re working on since then hallelujah🎉!!!!!!

[@BV02197]

It's crazy to see how they had to cut some corners for budget I had this idea the beatles used to do anything they wanted and no one could tell them no 😂

[@8176morgan]

"Inspired by Tara Browne's accident and her death in a car crash". The narrator is no doubt not a Beatles expert as Tara Browne was a man, a friend of both John and Paul and also of Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, and an heir to the Guiness Beer fortune. His father served in the House of Lords, and hence the reference to it in the song. Perhaps he was thinking of Miss Tara King of the Avengers TV show, and she was certainly a woman!

[@DaveGava]

Sargent pepper changed popular music ! It was an abstract masterpiece! So many great albums however this was their masterpiece! 2:51

[@tommaloney3938]

really enjoyed this. what is music in the background??? sounds like out takes but different.

[@diegoenriqueviguerasorozco8160]

La Hemeroteca, tan grande.

[@johnorgan3]

in For the Benefit of Mr. Kite - yes they threw the diced tape up in the air and disjointedly stuck them together, but the fact is they came back out almost sounding the same as before they cut it up. They diced it again, and methodically stuck it together so it sounded the random way they intended. George Martin said that in an interview I came across. Why is it not reported this way? I guess that's politics, or simply inaccurate research. I still dig most of the stories you put out.

[@johnmurray8454]

The first concept album was Arthur by the kinks but it’s release was delayed

[@prajnachan333]

The establishment: "We believe that the Beatles are wasting their time with experimentation. It looks like the end for them." The release of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band occurs in 1967. The establishment: "Oh."

[@gravy500]

This album is the first with Billy Sheppard, marking his take over of the band

[@farrellmcnulty909]

😆😆😆😆 You mean Billy SHEARS?

[@mr.dr.prof.patrick7284]

if sgt peppers had this line up, it would be my favorite album ever: start with the first 4 songs, replace fixing a hole with strawberry fields, then followed by she’s leaving home, followed by within you without you, after that play mr kite, then play penny lane, then finish off the album as normal… trust it’s so cool

[@13donstalos]

No way man. Fixing A Hole is one of the strongest tracks. Get rid of Good Morning.

[@mr.dr.prof.patrick7284]

@@13donstalos i agree but you need good morning good morning to lead into stg pepper outrro… if you could somehow make it so another song would flow into stg pepper then i’d completely agree

[@MrThedonhead]

I put strawberry Fields,penny lane ,I am the walrus and fool on the hill on it and get rid of within you without you, good morning or Mr kite,and fixing a hole and I don't like she's leaving home but see it's brilliance just not my cup of tea

[@KeithMcormack895]

​@@MrThedonheadwithin without you is one of the greatest and deepest songs ever written

[@w.rustylane5650]

By far, the most influential album the Beatles have ever released. My favorite song is on this album, "Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds". W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee

[@daviddowns7552]

the fab 4 wrote mae west personal letters and she finally accepted.

[@kevinbryant3987]

I think that Abbey Road is the best album that they ever made

[@niallvan]

With respect to- Regent Sound Studios was in Tottenham Ct Rd area - central London. Not Tottenham - a north of London Town. ✌️

[@tavonnorris8910]

If "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" were on Sgt. Pepper if you take away two songs what would it be and would it still be a classic?

[@michaelharrington75]

Wouldn't need to remove 2 songs. There was room for both songs on the LP. Would be a much better album with those song included.

[@tavonnorris8910]

@@michaelharrington75 You wouldn't get bored from your time of listening if "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" were on the album?

[@randycantera147]

I would take out When I'm Sixty-Four and Lovely Rita. Nice tunes but laughably flimsy compared to SFF and PL. If it didn't necessitate the dropping of the concept behind the album, I would keep LR and withdraw the title track, which, to my ears, it's a raggedy-ass song and easily the weakest track on the album. With this new lineup, Sgt. Pepper would come closer to living up to the overblown hype surrounding it.

[@Nerkin610]

I would get rid of “Fixing a Hole” and “Lovely Rita”, and it would’ve been the greatest album ever made! Side A 1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 2. With a Little Help from My Friends 3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 4. Getting Better 5. Penny Lane 6. She’s Leaving Home 7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Side B 1. Within You Without You 2. When I’m Sixty-Four 3. Strawberry Fields Forever 4. Good Morning Good Morning 5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 6. A Day In The Life

[@sourisvoleur4854]

I would keep them all and slot them around the turn of the sides. Strawberry Fields to end side 1, and Penny Lane after Within/Without.

[@Blender_and_Chirp]

If Strawberry Fields was on Sgt Peppers that would be so cool, I guess in my mind im adding it!!!!! 😊

[@DanielFranco-nt9ze]

To get all of my wishes i don't need a Cruz

[@kevinreffitt9635]

Just a little over three years after Ed Sullivan.

[@instantkarma8777]

Correction. Jimmy Nichol replaced Ringo for 13 DAYS- NOT just a few days as you stated.

[@mikeymutual5489]

The final sounds that were *on* the inner groove never actually had a name. Why are you making things up?