On the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper, I'm reminded of the truly awful covers that have appeared since its release. Alexis Petridis Fri 1 Jun 2007 06.32 EDT A Beatles sleeve which features the faces of music executives in place of the Fab Four has been named the world's rarest album cover. The adapted artwork for the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club 50 years ago this week, on 1 June, 1967, an album was released that changed music history - The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. 0:00 / 0:00. Chrisye - Rindu GuanPetteson • 16K views • 139 likes. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ℗ The Sgt. Pepper sessions began on Friday, November 28th, 1966, when the Beatles assembled at the EMI recording complex at number 3, Abbey Road, in the London borough of St. John’s Wood, with It was 50 years ago today on June 2, 1967, that the Beatles unleashed “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on an unsuspecting world, upping the rock game to a level that most musicians One of the Rolling Stone’s album covers includes the Beatles. Satanic Majesties is often understood as the Stones’ attempt to equal the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. As such, Satanic Majesties has a psychedelic cover a la Sgt. Pepper’s. Though not as famous as its predecessor, the Satanic Majesties cover has secrets All of this is to say: Sgt. Pepper's was not the first concept album, but it did popularize the form. In his 1988 book on the Beatles, the writer Tim Riley puts it best: " Freak Out! has claims as The day after it was released in the United Kingdom, The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was issued in the United States of America. was issued as Capitol MAS 6253 (mono) and SMAS 2653 (stereo). It topped the Billboard chart for 15 weeks, and in 1968 won four Grammy Awards: Album of the Year; Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts RdaBOkO.

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