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Track Listings
| 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 |
| 14. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Documentary |
Editorial Reviews
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue has seen since its original release.
Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. The newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.
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452 of 519 people found the following review helpful
By AntiochAndy
Format:Audio CD
One of three LP/CDs by the Beatles among my all-time top ten, along with "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver". Though not my personal favorite, this recording is essential in any collection of pop/rock recordings. It has been, since its release, a standard by which others are measured. It also marks the high-water mark of the Beatles creativity as a band. After "Sgt. Pepper..." came a directionless time during which the "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Yellow Submarine" records were released, followed by the period the band's breakdown, as chronicled in the "White Album", "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road". Though these latter efforts contained plenty of great music, it was clear that the Beatles were increasingly unable to function together as a unit. Individual tracks almost always spotlighted one of the band members while the others worked essentially as a backing group.
During a recent TV special, it wa said that, during the time the Beatles were in the studio making "Sgt. Pepper...", there was a lot of doubt about what they would come out with and many fans were giving up on them. As someone who was around at the time, I certainly don't remember much of that. Of course, the Beatles always had a few doubters and detractors, but most of us were looking forward to their next record. Stories of how much time and effort were going into it only fueled our anticipation. It was like the release of the fourth Harry Potter book when "Sgt. Pepper..." finally came out. Some stores opened early and huge numbers were sold the first day of it's release. I bought a copy that day like many others. Nor was I disappointed. Since then, I have spent many hours listening to "Sgt. Pepper... Read more ›
During a recent TV special, it wa said that, during the time the Beatles were in the studio making "Sgt. Pepper...", there was a lot of doubt about what they would come out with and many fans were giving up on them. As someone who was around at the time, I certainly don't remember much of that. Of course, the Beatles always had a few doubters and detractors, but most of us were looking forward to their next record. Stories of how much time and effort were going into it only fueled our anticipation. It was like the release of the fourth Harry Potter book when "Sgt. Pepper..." finally came out. Some stores opened early and huge numbers were sold the first day of it's release. I bought a copy that day like many others. Nor was I disappointed. Since then, I have spent many hours listening to "Sgt. Pepper... Read more ›
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
By Paulo Leite
Format:Audio CD
This is one of my favorite albums by The Beatles. And now that it was remastered, it is a great pleasure to rediscover this old friend. SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND is not just an album: it is a legendary fragment of the 60's... and The Beatles in peak form.
I got this remastered version from the THE BEATLES STEREO BOX SET and it was with lots of care and attention that I listened to it from start to end. And I must say EMI made an amazing job. The music sounds brighter, sharper, clearer and much more exciting. Now, it is also clear to me that it all will depend on your stereo. Most people who claim there is no difference perhaps are listening to it in small underpowered stereo equipment that really does not do justice to these remasters. Personally, I doubt anyone won't see any positive difference here... but that's me. With my stereo, these new remasters are shining every second of it.
I'm playing it as I write this... and I cannot get tired of it.
SGT. PEPPER is an album full of subtleties and many hidden treasures. BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE is one of those songs so rich and multi-layered that it is amazing to be able to listen to everything that is there. And now it is all there brighter and clearer. A DAY IN THE LIFE is absolutely astonishing because the voices of Paul and John were treated so differently that now we can appreciate even more the job done. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMOND has a spatial depth I couldn't find on the previous CD. SHE'S LEAVING HOME, for me, is the star of this remaster: call me crazy, but I think the whole song got a dimension I never felt before. WHEN I'M SIXTY FOUR has Ringo's drums with an delicate extra oomp.
I loved it. This is one of my favorite Beatles albums.
Thanks EMI for such a great job.
I got this remastered version from the THE BEATLES STEREO BOX SET and it was with lots of care and attention that I listened to it from start to end. And I must say EMI made an amazing job. The music sounds brighter, sharper, clearer and much more exciting. Now, it is also clear to me that it all will depend on your stereo. Most people who claim there is no difference perhaps are listening to it in small underpowered stereo equipment that really does not do justice to these remasters. Personally, I doubt anyone won't see any positive difference here... but that's me. With my stereo, these new remasters are shining every second of it.
I'm playing it as I write this... and I cannot get tired of it.
SGT. PEPPER is an album full of subtleties and many hidden treasures. BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE is one of those songs so rich and multi-layered that it is amazing to be able to listen to everything that is there. And now it is all there brighter and clearer. A DAY IN THE LIFE is absolutely astonishing because the voices of Paul and John were treated so differently that now we can appreciate even more the job done. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMOND has a spatial depth I couldn't find on the previous CD. SHE'S LEAVING HOME, for me, is the star of this remaster: call me crazy, but I think the whole song got a dimension I never felt before. WHEN I'M SIXTY FOUR has Ringo's drums with an delicate extra oomp.
I loved it. This is one of my favorite Beatles albums.
Thanks EMI for such a great job.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This was the 1st Beatles album I bought, 1977, age 12. This uncanny masterpiece got it's title from Paul who was looking for long names like the San Francisco bands had. Once he told John, "We're just getting fan mail from lonely people. We're nothing but a lonely hearts club band"...and the rest, as they say, is history. John had the idea of a circus-like atmosphere, and the song Strawberry Fields was to originally be in the album.
This psychedelic trip into '60s consciousness begins with an orchestra warming up, and they launch into the title song with Paul's full throated vocals. He then introduces "Billy Shears" and Ringo sings.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds follows this, and John says it was Julian's drawing that gave him the title...you decide. Getting Better is a great anti-school song and a throwback to the skiffle days, using a bunch of random objects for the rhythm. (Paul performed this song for the 1st time on his recent US tour) Fixing a Hole is a trippy foray into Paul's dreamworld of higher consciousness. She's Leaving Home is a great classical stab at the '60s generation gap (Paul performed this on the recent fall tour) Mr. Kite is the circus song, featuring a pipe organ and lyrics taken directly from an antique circus poster...typical Lennon humor.
Side 2 starts with George's Eastern mysticism with "Within You Without You" using Ravi Shankar's sitar-based Indian Raga which caused a musical and spiritual revolution. When I'm 64 Paul said he wrote as a teen, but added the "64" in honor of his father then 64 (Now Paul is 60). Lovely Rita was written from the perspective of a shy guy who wants to ask out a meter maid.
Good Morning is a rock masterpiece, but John didn't agree. Then Reprise, and finally A Day in the Life, a great psychedelic song by John with Paul's interlude and a 40 piece orchestra recreating a drug rush. On the original British LP there was single groove of gibberish at the end, now a collectors item.
This psychedelic trip into '60s consciousness begins with an orchestra warming up, and they launch into the title song with Paul's full throated vocals. He then introduces "Billy Shears" and Ringo sings.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds follows this, and John says it was Julian's drawing that gave him the title...you decide. Getting Better is a great anti-school song and a throwback to the skiffle days, using a bunch of random objects for the rhythm. (Paul performed this song for the 1st time on his recent US tour) Fixing a Hole is a trippy foray into Paul's dreamworld of higher consciousness. She's Leaving Home is a great classical stab at the '60s generation gap (Paul performed this on the recent fall tour) Mr. Kite is the circus song, featuring a pipe organ and lyrics taken directly from an antique circus poster...typical Lennon humor.
Side 2 starts with George's Eastern mysticism with "Within You Without You" using Ravi Shankar's sitar-based Indian Raga which caused a musical and spiritual revolution. When I'm 64 Paul said he wrote as a teen, but added the "64" in honor of his father then 64 (Now Paul is 60). Lovely Rita was written from the perspective of a shy guy who wants to ask out a meter maid.
Good Morning is a rock masterpiece, but John didn't agree. Then Reprise, and finally A Day in the Life, a great psychedelic song by John with Paul's interlude and a 40 piece orchestra recreating a drug rush. On the original British LP there was single groove of gibberish at the end, now a collectors item.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Five Stars
I had it on LP but I love it on CD.
Published 7 hours ago by atomicpoidog
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Four Stars
great music / interesting jacket info
Published 8 hours ago by Daniel D Gomez
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2014 Sgt. Peppers (in mono) vinyl release.
This review speaks strictly to the quality of the current (2014) mono vinyl pressing, not the music itself. Read more
Published 11 hours ago by S.
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Published 1 day ago by Wbhendrix
5.0 out of 5 stars
I already know it Great.
I'm 57 yrs. of ago so when I pick out music, I already know it Great.
Published 5 days ago by JD Shelton
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it
liked it very much, already had it on a record
Published 7 days ago by Karen R. Pruitt
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEAUTIFUL PACKEGE, SOUNDS PERFECT, I LOVE IT
BEAUTIFUL PACKEGE, SOUNDS PERFECT, I LOVE IT
Published 10 days ago by CESAR
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest rock albums of all time
Classic. One of the greatest rock albums of all time.
Published 12 days ago by John Hammon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love listening to
Was and still is a classic. Love listening to it
Published 19 days ago by Sharon Milner
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Five Stars
Thank you.
Published 23 days ago by Erik Johnson
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