The album cover of The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of the most recognizable album covers of all time, if not the most famous. Paul McCartney wanted to change the group's image and as a result all members let their hair and moustaches grow and pretended to be a different band. On the album cover, designed by Peter
Records and Rebels 1966-70 is at the V&A 10 September 2016 - 26 February 2017. The original suit worn by George Harrison on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album is to go on public display
On June 1, 1967, John, Paul, George, and Ringo changed the world when they released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the greatest albums of all time. Now, for its 50th anniversary
Sgt. Pepper was a worldwide critical and commercial success, spending a total of 27 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart. A seminal work in the emerging psychedelic rock style, the album was critically acclaimed upon release and won four Grammy Awards in 1968. In 1994, it was ranked number one in the book All Time Top 1000 Albums.
Summarizing the record, the staff wrote, “ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time. …. [T]he 13 tracks on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band are the
Recording continued on the new album in January, with the first of many sessions for “A Day In The Life,” and then on February 1, they began work on one of Paul’s songs, “Sgt. Pepper’s
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