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The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

A1 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 For 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 Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
B6 A Day In The Life
  • Artwork [Front, Insert] – Jann Haworth, Peter Blake (4)
  • Artwork [Wax Figures] – Madame Tussauds
  • Photography By – Michael Cooper (8)
  • Producer – George Martin
  • Written-By – Harrison* ( tracks: B1 ) , Lennon-McCartney ( tracks: A1 to A7, B2 to B6 )

With gatefold sleeve and cutouts.
Sleeve printed in England
Manufactured in England
Apple logo on the back side
Repressing with black/silver Parlophone label and two EMI boxed logos.

This album has been direct metal mastered from a digitally re-mastered original tape to give the best possible sound quality.

  • Barcode (On rear of outer sleeve) : 5 099910 417713
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A center label) : YEX.637
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B center label) : YEX.638
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) : YEX 6 37-7-1-1 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) : YEX 6 38-7-1-2 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2) : YEX 6 37-7-1-2 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2) : YEX 6 38-7-1-2 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3) : YEX 6 37-7-1- 7464421 1A D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3) : YEX 6 38-7-1 7464421 1B D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4) : YEX 6 37-7-1-3 D
Title ( Format ) Label Cat# Country Year

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 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( LP, Album, Stereo ) Parlophone PCSO 7027 Australia 1967

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 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( LP, Album, Mono ) Odeon PMC 7027 France 1967

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 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( LP, Album, Stereo , Non Gatefold) Parlophone, Parlophone PCSM 7027 , PCSM.7027 New Zealand 1967
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( LP, Album, Mono ) Parlophone PMC 7027 UK 1967

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 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( LP, Album , Gatefold) Parlophone PCS 7027 Norway 1967

topsyandpip56's avatar

Basic CD mastering went into this vinyl, there is quite literally no point in investing any money in this pressing. Go for either the 2012 pressings which are mastered from 24bit digitals or any pre-1987.

bull85's avatar

I suppose there's no inner groove sound effects, as the new matrix was cut (not the original one reused)?

jadedtom's avatar

Edited 12 years ago

I have some very contradictory feelings towards "Pepper". Yes, the cover is a gas...very clever. Are there classic Beatles' songs on this lp? Damn straight. Did this album usher in a slew of artsy fartsy "concept" albums by lesser talents that sucked? Definitely.
First a disclaimer: yes, I consider "Revolver" (the english version) to be the "best" Beatles' album.
The album opens with the wonderful rock that introduces us to Sgt. Pepper and his band. Apparently, creating a "fake" band was McCartney's idea.
Which leads us to the lovable pop of "With a Little Help From My Friends", possibly Ringo's best vocal performance as a Beatle.
Lennon has been critical of his own "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". But for me, it is an exemplary example of pop psychedelia. And I'm not buying the story that John's son Julian drew a painting and called it "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". The "LSD" initials are too coincidental.
"Getting Better" is wonderful McCartney pop music. Hasn't dated a bit.
"Fixing A Hole" is fine, but I would not put it in the category of "great" Beatles' music.
"She's Leaving Home" is lyrically awkward, quite mawkish and due to the amazing talent of McCartney, it still remains a very lovely song.
Lennon's "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" is clever at best. The real star here is apparently George Martin, who mixed random organ and calliope tracks to capture the song's dreamlike carnival feel.
"Within You Without You". Hmmmm. Hmmmm. Okay, George Harrison gets into sitars and indian music. Good for him. Read: I don't need to hear this song again.
I've always hated the terminal cuteness of "When I'm 64". It's dorky. It's not as bad as Sir Paul's "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" but that's not saying much is it? And anyway, Paul, you are sixty four (or older now) and you've proven you are certifiably senile with your recent retarded comments about politics. Don't get me wrong. I love you Paul....don't go away mad, just go away.
"Lovely Rita" is a hip little pop tune that remains wonderful Beatles' music, a la "Getting Better". It hasn't dated at all.
I don't know if it's because I love Lennon's work so much, but it's clear that while "Pepper" might have been Paul's idea, Lennon wrote the best tunes. "Good Morning Good Morning" is beautiful quirky Lennon noise, ably assisted by the horns of Sounds, Incorporated. And I do so love how that chicken noise turns into a guitar and leads us seamlessly into the Sgt. Pepper reprise.
The last song, "A Day in the Life" is Lennon at his lyrical best. One would get no argument saying that Paul had the better voice, but Lennon's vocal is chilling. Lennon was an original. Paul McCartney, always the crowd pleaser, could not have written the Lennon portion.
But kudos to Paul for his abrupt "back to reality" piano bit. The idea of having a complete symphony slowly climbing up notes sounds a bit heavy-handed. But the Beatles pull this off brilliantly. This song is surreal. To my ear, "Tomorrow Never Knows" from "Revolver" sounds quite silly compared to "A Day in the Life". Who but Lennon could have written it? Who but Lennon could have written "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus"?
So, move over Paul. John Lennon kicks your ass on this album as he does on the later White Album.
But it truly does annoy me that "Sgt. Pepper's" led so many lesser-talents to produce pretentious, pompous "concept" albums. Rock and roll, at its best, should never be pompous.
So, to wrap things up, you've got quite a nice album here. I hear it sold pretty well when it was released.