Inside the Making of ‘Sgt. Pepper’
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In 1967, the Beatles were at a crossroads — they quit touring, experimented with drugs and set out to change rock & roll forever.
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: The Doomed Socialite Behind ‘A Day in the Life’
Posted in: Music NewsHow Guinness heir Tara Browne's untimely death inspired the album's epic final track.
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Posted in: Music Album ReviewsAn expanded new edition helps us rediscover the band's 1967 masterwork.
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: How a Corn Flakes Ad Inspired ‘Good Morning Good Morning’
Posted in: Music News"It was about his boring life at the time," Paul McCartney later said of song that summed up John Lennon's domestic ennui.
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: When Pink Floyd, David Crosby Visited ‘Lovely Rita’ Sessions
Posted in: Music NewsHow parking-meter antagonism, a very high Byrd and a certain psychedelic group on the rise played into the Paul McCartney classic.
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: How Paul McCartney’s Dad Inspired ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’
Posted in: Music NewsMcCartney wrote "tongue-in-cheek" song on his father's piano at age 16.
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: How George Harrison Found Himself on ‘Within You Without You’
Posted in: Music NewsInspired by Ravi Shankar and fed up with being "fab," the band's youngest member composed a hypnotic ode to higher consciousness
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: How an Old Circus Poster Led to ‘… Mr. Kite!’
Posted in: Music News"Everything in the song is from that poster," John Lennon said of 1843 ad he picked up in a Kent antique shop.
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: Meet the Runaway Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home’
Posted in: Music NewsMelanie Coe looks back on her teenage days as an unlikely Lennon/McCartney muse
Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: When Jesus Dropped by During ‘Fixing a Hole’ Sessions
Posted in: Music NewsPaul McCartney brought a strange guest to the studio in February 1967.
