Paul McCartney produced the initial ink drawings for the cover concept and shared them with the artists.Ģ7. The Beatles had to send a letter each to Mae West to persuade her to allow the use of her image on the album cover.Ģ6. John Lennon originally requested that Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ were on the cover.Ģ5. Lennon commented, “If you look closely at the album cover, you’ll see two people who are flying, and two who aren’t.”Ģ4. When turning up to the photo shoot, half The Beatles reportedly turned up high. The creation resulted in the two artists winning the 1968 Grammy for Best Album Cover.Ģ3. The cover was created by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth. John and Ringo arrive to the cover photo shoot for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released 50 years ago tod… /d9HV7BaS5qĢ2. Nine takes of Harrison’s, ‘Only a Northern Song’ were recorded but it failed to make the album cut. But after the bellowing elephant we hear a cow and finally a chicken.Ģ1. Each sound was to be followed by an animal that might eat or at least frighten the one before. John Lennon wanted the barnyard sounds at the end of ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ to run in a specific order. ‘Fixing a Hole’ was not recorded at Abbey Road, but at Regent Sound Studio in London.Ģ0. One of the three grand pianos that strike the final chord to end ‘A Day In The Life’ belonged to Daniel Barenboim, the legendary Argentina-born pianist and conductor who happened to be recording at Abbey Road.ġ9. Pepper’s’, including the use of a Lowrey organ on ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ (played by McCartney) and a harpsichord on ‘Fixing A Hole’ (played by George Martin).ġ8. A variety of additional instruments were used in the production of ‘Sgt. This allowed McCartney to come up with a variety of melodic bass riffs to accompany the rest of the tracks.ġ7. Furthermore, bass guitar parts were recorded separately to the rest of the band throughout the entirety of the album. For example, McCartney’s bass guitar was recorded directly into the mixing desk via DI (Direct Injection), without the use of an amplifier.ġ6. Pepper’s’ recording process led to a variety of new techniques The Beatles had never used. He stated, “We spent three weeks on the mono mixes and maybe three days on the stereo.”ġ5. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album in just over three weeks. Engineer Geoffrey Emerick and his team mixed the entire ‘Sgt. The first two songs to be recorded were ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’. The use of cross-fading allowed the songs to be merged into one, removing any momentary transition silences.ġ3. Pepper’s’ was the first pop album in history to incorporate a continuous flow of music, allowing songs to transition smoothly into the next. This meant The Beatles were limited to EMI’s J37 four-track equipment.ġ2. Although the US had started incorporating eight-track recordings in their studios, it wasn’t introduced in the UK until late 1967. The song ‘Fixing A Hole’ is said to be partly inspired by Paul McCartney spending time restoring a farmhouse in Scotland.ġ1. It’s a release after five minutes of sad music.”ġ0. This is because Harrison thought, “Well, after all that long Indian stuff you want some light relief. At the end of George Harrison’s ‘Within You Without You’ audible laughter is heard. When recording ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, Ringo Starr refused to sing “What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me?” because he thought fans would take to the challenge, and he’d get pelted with tomatoes in public.ĩ. John Lennon’s ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ was inspired by a Kellogg’s Corn Flakes TV Commercial.Ĩ. John Lennon, however, insisted that it was inspired by a pastel drawing made by his son Julian.ħ. ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ is famous for its alleged LSD references.
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