The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band turns 50 this year. Ever wonder who all those English rock and roll band members are and what all that stuff is on the amazing collaged cover photo? …
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Paul McCartney’s dad’s group ‘Jim Mac’s Band’. According to singer, songwriter and actress Kate Robbins (Paul McCartney’s first cousin once removed) this photo is owned in most of the McCartney households. It’s not difficult to spot the similarity to the Sgt Pepper cover. Jim McCartney is on the front row, third from the right. (Thanks to Kate Robbins)
Being a bit of a Beatles obsessive, I’m excited about the 50th anniversary rerelease of Sgt Pepper. The legendary album cover is regularly popping up on my news feeds and I became curious as to the origins of the photos used to create the iconic sleeve.
The collage was designed by Peter Blake and his wife Jann Haworth, and the cut-outs were assembled in Michael Cooper’s London photographic studio. Michael and his team toiled hard to construct the ‘cast of extras’, using a mix of photos sourced from the BBC Hulton…
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Last month I saw the Bootleg Beatles (long-standing tribute band) team up with the Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra to play the album in full at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. It was magical. Always loved this album. They also played other material from 1967, including Strawberry Fields & Penny Lane which were originally intended to be on the album. The piccolo trumpet solo in the latter brought tears to my eyes.
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Great article, I didn’t know a lot of this.
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