PEOPLE The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper at 55
The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper at 55!
The Greatest Album Ever? • IT TOPS PLENTY OF ALL-TIME POLLS, BUT IT ISN’T EVEN EVERY FAN’S FAVORITE BEATLES LP. HERE’S WHY IT STILL MATTERS
1966: Goodbye to All That • A HARROWING YEAR LEADS THE BEATLES TO SWEAR OFF TOURING AND RETREAT TO THE STUDIO, WHERE THEY ARE REBORN
The Pepper Sessions • ON THEIR EIGHTH ALBUM, THE BEATLES INVENT SOUNDS, PUSH BOUNDARIES AND CHALLENGE FANS: ‘WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WALK OUT ON ME?’
How To Write a Beatles Song • FOR LENNON AND MCCARTNEY THE PROCESS WAS PROSAIC, THE RESULTS MAGICAL
Paul Remembers George Martins • A GENIUS AND A GENTLEMAN, THE RECORD PRODUCER WAS BOTH FATHER FIGURE AND FACILITATOR TO THE BEATLES. MCCARTNEY PAID TRIBUTE AFTER MARTIN’S 2016 PASSING
1967: an indelible year in the life • THE BEATLES’ ALBUM RELEASE IN JUNE MARKED A SEA CHANGE IN MUSIC—BUT THE YEAR WAS FULL OF EVENTS BIG AND SMALL THAT ALTERED THEM TOO
All Together Now • TURNS OUT, CHANGING THE FUTURE OF ALBUM ART WAS THE EASY PART. ONE OF THE SGT. PEPPER DESIGNERS RECALLS THE CHALLENGES OF MAKING THE COVER
Who’s on the Cover • INDULGING EACH OF THEIR OWN INTERESTS (GUESS WHO PICKED THE INDIAN GURUS?), THE BEATLES POPULATED SGT. PEPPER WITH AN UNRIVALED CULTURAL MEET-UP
Song by Song • FROM PAUL’S ANTHEMIC FAUX-HISTORY LESSON TO THE E-MAJOR CHORD FINALE OF ‘A DAY IN THE LIFE’ AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
The Summer of Love • YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? IN 1967, MUSIC, DRUGS AND HIPPIE CULTURE TOOK OVER. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF…
The Act You’ve Known for All These Years • BORN IN A PORT CITY BATTERED BY GERMAN BOMBS, RAISED IN A BRITAIN STRUGGLING BACK TO ITS FEET, FOUR WORKING-CLASS BOYS HEARD THE SIREN CALL OF AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL AND PUT LIVERPOOL ON THE MUSIC MAP
When They Were Fab • MONEY WAS TIGHT, SCHOOL WAS BORING, ELVIS WAS GOD: HOW FOUR LIKE-MINDED LIVERPOOL TEENS BECAME THE BEATLES
What Came Next • THEY DIDN’T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, BUT JUST THREE YEARS REMAINED FOR THE BEATLES FOLLOWING THEIR SGT. PEPPER TRIUMPH
Just Add Cheese • THE BEATLES HAVE INSPIRED (AND CONSPIRED ON) SOME SMART SATIRES, BUT ONE CINEMATIC KNOCKOFF STANDS ALONE AS AN ASSAULT ON PEPPER
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