Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967,Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composition,extended form,psychedelic imagery,record sleeves,and the producer in popular music. The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era's youth culture,such as fashion,drugs,mysticism,and a sense of optimism and empowerment. Critics lauded the album for its innovations in songwriting,production and graphic design,for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art,and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.
The Beatles,also referred to colloquially as the White Album,is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles,released on 22 November 1968. Featuring a plain white sleeve,the cover contains no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed. This was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's previous LP,Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The Beatles is recognised for its fragmentary style and diverse range of genres,including folk,country rock,British blues,ska,music hall,proto-metal and the avant-garde. It has since been viewed by some critics as a postmodern work,as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album was the band's first LP release on their then-recently founded Apple Records after previous albums were released on Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Capitol Records in the United States.
Magical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. It includes the soundtrack to the 1967 television film of the same name. The EP was issued in the UK on 8 December 1967 on the Parlophone label,while the Capitol Records LP release in the US and Canada occurred on 27 November and features an additional five songs that were originally released as singles that year. In 1976,Parlophone released the eleven-track LP in the UK.
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Paul McCartney,and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy –in the sky with diamonds". Shortly before the album's release,speculation arose that the first letter of each of the nouns in the title intentionally spelled "LSD",the initialism commonly used for the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide. Lennon repeatedly denied that he had intended it as a drug song,and attributed the song's fantastical imagery to his reading of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books.
"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,released on 6 March 1970 as a single,and as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney,and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single version of the song,produced by George Martin,features a softer guitar solo and the orchestral section mixed low,compared with the album version,produced by Phil Spector,featuring a more aggressive guitar solo and the orchestral sections mixed higher.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles,released on 26 September 1969,by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded,although Let It Be (1970) was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. It was mostly recorded in April,July,and August 1969,and topped the record charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. A double A-side single from the album,"Something" / "Come Together",was released in October,which also topped the charts in the US.
Anthology 2 is a compilation album by the Beatles,released on 18 March 1996 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. It features rarities,outtakes and live performances from the 1965 sessions for Help! until the sessions immediately prior to their trip to India in February 1968. It is the second in a trilogy of albums with Anthology 1 and Anthology 3,all of which tie in with the televised special The Beatles Anthology. The opening track is "Real Love",the second of the two recordings that reunited the Beatles for the first time since the band's break-up. Like its predecessor,the album topped the Billboard 200 album chart and has been certified 4×Platinum by the RIAA.
"All Those Years Ago" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison,released in May 1981 as a single from his ninth studio album Somewhere in England. Having previously recorded the music for the song,Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon,following the latter's murder in 1980. Ringo Starr is featured on drums,and Paul McCartney overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic track. The single spent three weeks at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100,behind "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes,and it peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It also topped Canada's RPM singles chart and spent one week at number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary listings.
"Hello,Goodbye" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Backed by John Lennon's "I Am the Walrus",it was issued as a non-album single in November 1967,the group's first release since the death of their manager,Brian Epstein. The single was commercially successful around the world,topping charts in the United States,the United Kingdom,France,West Germany,Canada,Australia and several other countries.
"Come Together" is a song by the British rock band the Beatles,written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road. It was also a double A-side single in the United Kingdom with "Something",reaching No. 4 in the UK charts.
"Oh! Darling" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,appearing as the fourth song on their eleventh studio album Abbey Road (1969). It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Its working title was "Oh! Darling ". Although not issued as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States,a regional subsidiary of Capitol successfully edited it as a single in Central America,having "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" as its B-side. It was also issued as a single in Portugal. Apple Records released "Oh! Darling" in Japan with "Here Comes the Sun" in June 1970.
"Birthday" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,mainly by McCartney,it is the opening track on the third side of the LP. Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed it for Starr's 70th birthday at Radio City Music Hall on 7 July 2010.
"Lady Madonna" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. In March 1968 it was released as a mono non-album single,backed with "The Inner Light". The song was recorded on 3 and 6 February 1968,before the Beatles left for India,and its boogie-woogie style signalled a more conventional approach to writing and recording for the group following the psychedelic experimentation of the previous two years.
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written by Paul McCartney,credited to Lennon–McCartney,and released in 1967 on the album of the same name. The song appears twice on the album:as the opening track,and as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)",the penultimate track. As the title song,the lyrics introduce the fictional band that performs on the album.
"She's Leaving Home" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon,and released on their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Paul McCartney wrote and sang the verse and John Lennon wrote the chorus,which they sang together. Neither George Harrison nor Ringo Starr were involved in the recording. The song's instrumental background was performed entirely by a small string orchestra arranged by Mike Leander,and is one of only a handful of Beatles recordings in which none of the members played a musical instrument.
"Good Morning Good Morning" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Inspiration for the song came to Lennon from a television commercial for Kellogg's Corn Flakes. Another reference to contemporary television was the lyric "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife",referring to the BBC sitcom.
"Help!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for the 1965 film and the band's accompanying soundtrack album. It was released as a single in July 1965,and was number one for three weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom. Credited to Lennon–McCartney,"Help!" was written by John Lennon with some assistance from Paul McCartney. During an interview with Playboy in 1980,Lennon recounted:"The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I was subconsciously crying out for help".
"Magical Mystery Tour" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the title track to the December 1967 television film of the same name. It was released on the band's Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack record,which was a double EP in Britain and most markets but an album in America,where Capitol Records supplemented the new songs with tracks issued on the Beatles' 1967 singles. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.
With a Little Help from My Friends is the debut album by singer-songwriter Joe Cocker,released in late April 1969. It was certified gold in the US and peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200. In the UK,the album charted in May 1972 at number 29 when it was re-released as a double pack with Cocker's second LP Joe Cocker!.
Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father is a 1988 multi-artist compilation LP/cassette of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album was produced by the New Musical Express to raise money for Childline,the charity founded by the BBC1 consumer programme That's Life! It was also intended to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the original release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on 1 June 1967. Apart from separate tracks on some artists' own re-releases/compilations,the only release it ever saw on compact disc was a promotional recording.
