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Some of the lyrics were inspired by Alice in Wonderland, one of John Lennon´s favourite books. The song was banned on the BBC assuming that the initials of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" spelled out LSD. Lennon claimed that any connection with LSD is a coincidence. He stated that his son Julian came home from school one day with a picture he had drawn of a girl from his class. When Lennon asked him who it was he said that it was "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". | |||
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" - idea based on a poster for "Pablo Fanque´s Circus Royal" Lennon saw. [source??] | "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" - idea based on a poster for "Pablo Fanque´s Circus Royal" Lennon saw. [source??] | ||
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The Beatles´ eighth album. Released in 1967. Produced by George Martin.
The recording of Sgt. Pepper began in November 1966. It is a concept album consisting of 13 songs that seem to be played as a whole concert by the Beatles' Alter Egos, Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles made use of every creative impulse that came to their mind when producing the album. The instruments that were used include: Hammond organ, harpsichord, harmonium, orchestral brass and horns, violins, harp, cellos, chimes, glockenspiel, sitar. The album took six months to complete and cost 50,000 Pounds to produce. It was released in the UK on June 1.
Tracklist
1. Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She´s Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I´m Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life
Cover
Background of the songs
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Some of the lyrics were inspired by Alice in Wonderland, one of John Lennon´s favourite books. The song was banned on the BBC assuming that the initials of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" spelled out LSD. Lennon claimed that any connection with LSD is a coincidence. He stated that his son Julian came home from school one day with a picture he had drawn of a girl from his class. When Lennon asked him who it was he said that it was "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" - idea based on a poster for "Pablo Fanque´s Circus Royal" Lennon saw. [source??]
"A Day In The Life" - mixture of Lennon´s lyrics from a newspaper ("4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire", "the English army had just won the war") and McCartney´s bit about a man getting ready for work ("I had a smoke", "and then I went into a dream"). Lennon called the orchestral build up at the end of the song "musical orgasm". [source??]
The end of the album
At the end of the album the Beatles added a sound file with a high frequency that only dogs can hear.
Reception
Mojo Magazine, 2007: "When the Beatles unleashed Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Heart´s Club Band they blew the finest minds of their generation and changed all music forever" [exact source??]
References
Womack, Kenneth. The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Hertsgaard, Mark. The Beatles. München: Hanser, 1995.