McCartney would recall asking the group following French road trip and Kenyan safari in late 1966. In the first installment of our song-by-song look at the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper,' read how Paul Pepper is both a groundbreaking album and one of The Beatles’ greatest achievements, and it also caused something of a seismic shift in rock ’n’ roll and popular culture by helping to usher in the “Summer of Love” upon its release in June 1967. As Paul McCartney said, “It was influential in a lot of ways, not just musically.” Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: A2: With A Little Help From My Friends: A3: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds: A4: Getting Better: A5: Fixing A Hole: A6: She's Leaving Home: A7: Being Fo The Benefit Of Mr. Kite: B1: Within You Without You: B2: When I'm Sixty Four: B3: Lovely Rita: B4: Good Morning Good Morning: B5: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Email the Walrus. Although most of the next two weeks would be taken up by recording the two songs for their next single, Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, recording for Sgt. Pepper's started on December 8, 1966 with take one of When I'm Sixty-Four. The last track recorded was violins and cellos for Within You Without You on April 3, 1967, and -B5 shown as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Reprise" on the label (i.e., no parenthesis). -Does not have NEMS or Maclen Music credits on the back, lower right corner. Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton , pressing, denoted by "IAM" in a triangle stamped in runouts. The Beatles at manager Brian Epstein’s London home for the launch of the Sgt Pepper album in 1967. Photograph: Apple Corps LTD. From a distance, though, the Wigwam does look a bit like a piece SUBSCRIBE: According to Record Collector magazine no. 335, these don't affect value as the album was a multi-million seller. Original stereo copies are rarer than original mono copies, however the original mono pressing is a different mix to the version available in the shops today, so although not as rare, the mono is the most desirable. Sgt. Pepper is as deluxe as most of its original fans will ever experience it. The first thing to say is that, despite all the revisions over the years, it’s still a brilliant album. Even without all the experiments, the tapes being thrown in the air, orchestral climaxes and use of Indian musicians, this is (largely) a set of extraordinary songs. The interaction of these same two qualities underlies the outlook of Sgt. Pepper, an album that extends and diversifies the vision suggested in ‘Eleanor Rigby’ of human society as a huge lonely hearts club. It was this vision that was to provide the static element of the Beatles’ art, and the dynamic of the trip in all dimensions ZC8GqS.