Jun 01 2007
Sgt. Pepper’s Turns 40 Today
Happy 40th birthday to one of the most influential albums of all time; The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Sgt. Pepper’s is a revolutionary album that has forever changed the way music is played and recorded. The Beatles “broke” all the rules in recording Sgt. Pepper’s; the songs were too long, you couldn’t dance to all of the songs, there were strange noises in the songs, one song is played only with string instruments, the cover is too political, there is a harpsichord, clarinet, calliopes, fairground organs, and even sounds played backwards! No one is going to want to listen to that!
Today, Sgt. Pepper’s is ranked #1 on virtually every “greatest albums of all-time” list and continues to influence musicians from country to hip-hop. Over the years, Sgt. Pepper’s has taken many forms from vinyl album, real-to-real tape, picture album, 8-track tape, cassette tape, and CD.
Who knows, maybe even some day, you will be able to buy Sgt. Pepper’s on iTunes…
Happy birthday Sgt. Pepper’s; you look as good at 40 as you did at 1!
