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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Paul McCartney:
Vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar
John Lennon: Vocals
George Harrison: Electric guitar, vocals
Ringo Starr: Drums
James W. Buck: French horn
Neil Sanders: French horn
Tony Randall: French horn
John Burden: Fench horn
Recorded
February 1, 2 and March 3, 6 1967.
Available
on:
Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles 1967-1970(The Blue Album)
Yellow
Submarine (1999 version)
It was
Paul's idea to perform under the fictional band name Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But he didn't think about
calling the actual album for Sgt. Pepper before the recording
of the title track.
Paul later
said that he thought of Sgt. Pepper as both a bass band
and a rock band. Thus, four freelance musicians were hired
to play French horns. One of them was John Burden.
"They
didn't really know what they wanted," said Burden in
Mark Lewisohn's The
Complete Beatles Recording Sessions.
"I
wrote out phrases for them based on what Paul McCartney
was humming to us and George Martin."
Some sound
effects were added to create a 'live' atmosphere.
The sound
of audience applause and laughter (over the instrumental
section with French horns) is actually a sample from the
play Beyond The Fringe, from London's Fortune Theatre in
1961. The sound of the audience screaming (where Billy Shears
is introduced) is taken from one of Beatles' concerts at
the Hollywood Bowl in August 1965 (when the Beatles enters
the stage).
The Sgt.
Pepper album was released in Britain on Saturday June 3
1967. The day after, Jimi Hendrix performed live in London,
and both Paul McCartney and George Harrison were in the
audience. Hendrix opened his concert with a version of the
title track from Sgt. Pepper, less than 48 hours after the
album had been released!
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
It was twenty years ago today
that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They’ve been going in and out of style
But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile
So may I introduce to you
The act you’ve known for all these years
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
We’re Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
We hope you will enjoy the show
We’re Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sit back and let the evening go
Sgt. Pepper’s lonely, Sgt. Pepper’s lonel
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
It’s wonderful to be here
It’s certainly a thrill
You’re such a lovely audience
We’d like to take you home with us
We’d love to take you home
I don’t
really want to stop the show
But I thought you might like to know
That the singer’s going to sing a song
And he wants you all to sing along
So may I introduce to yo
The one only Billy Shears
And Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Billy
Shears
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