that this album was released
i don't remember listening to it right away , but i do remember
my mind being blown when i finally did listen . wow . and one
of my favorite things about that album is i can hear those songs
over and over again and never get tired of them . i'm including a
link to one of my best reads , who has a post on this very
subject , and feels the same way...take it away , ken.
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This album cover alone was revolutonary. Actually it was the Beatles who started all artwork cover that really, from the iconic Meet the Beatles cover, and the Revolver album cover and then Sgt. Pepper. Before those days most artists did the obligatory photo of the group thing. even the beatles were forced to do that for a while.
Then there's the music: classic now, revolutionary then, tunes playing one after another with little gap between. Orchestra instruments, sound effects, avante garde music like Within Without You (Harrison) and A Day in the Life. Many consider this to be the Beatles' masterpiece, and they are probably right. But that credit must be shared with George Martin, the producer, for being open to new "wild" ideas and bringing them to fruition with his new young friends, all the while being pressured by the powers that be at EMI to produce hit after hit with the correct "Beatles" sound. But he stuck to his guns and alowed the Beatles to break away from the "formula" the corporate bigwigs wanted.
Also I agree with Steve. Everyone, when they first heard this album, was blown away and I truly believe no one ever gets tired of listening to it, if now periodically, because it was done so well, ahead of it's time, a true masterpiece in popular music. Sort of our generation's Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin)
yeppers,this album has definitely stood the test of time.i've run into people over the years who didn't care for it,but no one who didn't recognise the name "sgt.
peppers lonely hearts club"
OK, haven't come to the blog in a bit. Some people didn't care for the album, bwahahaha!! For some reason one of my vivid memories is us talking about this album at gramma's. Either Steve, or Tom had it, and we got to gramma's and were outside looking at it in the driveway/garage area, and then went downstairs to play it. A lot of great stuff from the Beatles in '67 needless to say.
did we play that album on the old phonograph down there?holy crap...oh well,we didn't know any better.
Certainly we were not that stupid and play it on the old phonograph for 78's, hahahahha. We must have had a portable modern player, either ours or Steve's.
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