Nov 3, 2023
In this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June.
The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their greatest single ever and then turn their full attention to creating what is surely at least their most famous album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We cover the recording, album cover, launch party, release and legacy of ‘Pepper’, as well as some of the other songs recorded around the same time and used for other singles and projects.
In amongst all this, John Lennon trips out in public at one of the premier British psychedelic events of the hippie era…
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episode links
Strawberry Fields Forever video (in shimmering colour!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8
Strawberry Fields Forever take 26 (brass & strings score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNtvnUEjJk
A Day In The Life ‘video’ (orchestra overdub session)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM
A Day In The Life take 1 (echoey counting starts at 2.10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txyItk5lXY
John Lennon at the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream (music by Pink Floyd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z0Ph7ldFYg
Yoko Ono performs ‘Cut Piece’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaYNusT9Cc
Sgt Pepper’s launch party
Who’s who on the Sgt Pepper album cover
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sgt-pepper-cover-art-whos-who/
‘Paul Is Dead’ clues on the Sgt Pepper cover
https://turnmeondeadman.com/paul-is-dead-clues-on-sgt-peppers-lonely-heart-club-band/
Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution (Howard Goodall)
http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/tv-presenting/sgt-peppers-musical-revolution
Howard Goodall - The Beatles: A Musical Appreciation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQS91wVdvYc
Cynthia Lennon ‘John’ audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97WjVEFJyI&list=PLfATtdZX-KZ6TAhRBbTdKv3j3XkxqB7Rt&index=1