On Friday it's okay to sing "It was forty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play..."
On June 1, 1967, The Beatles released their landmark album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It solidified the album, as opposed the the 3 minute single, as the preeminent artful expression in rock music. The artwork was revolutionary as well, which in turn made record albums a visually artistic experience.
But the emergence of the compact disc as the dominant recording standard has literally narrowed the window for album cover artists.
The surviving Beatles will not be active participants in the Pepper anniversary. Paul McCartney is busy plugging upcoming album, Memory Almost Full,
and Ringo Starr, in a recent interview, stated that he prefers the group's White Album and Revolver over Sgt. Pepper.Related post:
Beatles "reunion" very inclusive, but no Pete Best
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