There was this rumor floating around in the late 60s that Paul McCartney was dead and if you opened the Sargent Pepper's album to the lyric section inside, you would see a photo of the Fab Four, but Paul is standing with his back towards the camera. If you look to Paul's left, George Harrison's has his finger pointing towards the lyric line "Wednesday morning at five O'clock..." The story was that somewhere embedded in the album there was a secret phone number. If you found it, you were to call on Wednesday morning at Five O'clock and someone would tell you the time and place of Paul's funeral... Genius marketing in my book!
Just to add to that story, I also read that same story. The story went on to say that three schoolgirls worked out the phone number and were never seen again. A little far fetched I know but these rumors followed The Beatles ever since the Paul-is-Dead clues.
Great video and respect for the research, Tudor. The younger generation who have got all their music via streaming and downloading have really missed out on the joy of buying vinyl. The joy of holding the cover, the gatefold, the lyrics, were all an essential part of the experience. Taking them off your shelves brings those golden memories flooding back. Pepper was the ultimate experience of all their LPs.
Always so impressed on how the Beatles where so avant garde ,different, versatile, iclectic and talented ! I listen to a lot of different music and it's always a joy coming back listening to them...Genius!!!
They were almost never influenced by anyone other than their early hero’s, perhaps Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys but they always set their own standards - especially as a studio band!
Great video with concise narration, I love it. The Japanese doll figurine in front is called 福助 (fukusuke), meaning a happy guy who ushers happiness in.
the way you talked about who was on the album was super helpful! I was wondering how you were going to do it given its all very compact but you made it super useful, thank you!
Love your insight about everything Beatles and history ! I consider myself quite knowledgable about Beatles stuff but always learn from you! Thanks for being part of the Beatles community! Looking forward to hearing from you again ! Please keep them coming ! 👍🙏🇬🇧🇨🇦
Thank you 🙏 I’m pretty sure the things I share are not ground breaking. I just love sharing my own passion for the band. Maybe one day soon I’ll get a one on one with McCartney 🤣
This is a true historical opus, a labor of love that needed to be done, and done--it was-- in meticulous and fascinating presentation. Excellent! Keep the good work, Tudor!
Fascinating video Tudor. Thanks! Sgt Peppers has been a bit derided because some think it had too many bells and whistles, and while I think there are better Beatles albums, it will always have a special place in my heart. When I was a kid my Dad sat me down, put on me some massive headphones and laid a needle on his vinyl copy - and I've been a big Beatles fan since. Whether you're based at home or taking us with you on a Beatles journey I enjoy your videos. Thanks again😀
Thanks for watching John. SP was definitely a turning point culturally for music even if the music was bells and whistles but I think that may have been The Beatles wanting to utilise a studio to its fullest and create a complete musical sphere out of their songs?
Totally agree Tudor. Although the Beatles were forced to release Strawberry Fields & Penny Lane which they intended to be on the Sgt Pepper album it made EMI realise if they gave the musicians time and scope to experiment in the studio magic could happen and the costs would be recouped. I watched a BBC documentary once which claimed without Sgt Pepper there would have been no Dark Side Of The Moon as Pink Floyd would just not have been given licence to experiment.
Hi Tudor, I am so glad you are doing Beatle related stuff again. I also appreciate your other topics! You excel on the Beatles stuff though. Anyway, the Sgt Pepper cover is such a fascinating subject. Isn't amazing how many things there are to talk about during the Beatles approx. 10-year existence? When I was in Jr College way back in the late 70s I did a paper on the album. I don't think it was that good but hey I tried! Looking forward to more of your videos! Thank you for doing them!
Hello again Tudor, another great video. A great album, i did not know half the people on there. Education and entertainment all in one go. Well done with the guru,s names. Abbey road would be a great video. As i consider it the best beatles album. If not, the best album ever. I would not bother with the white album cover though !!! Looking forward to the next video, all the best , kev chatterley
Thanks Tudor, I thought I knew practically everyone on the cover but your research proves otherwise! Incidentally the “Oliver Hardy” image I thought was Fatty Arbuckle. Looks nothing like Ollie (in my opinion) No Charlie Chaplin - interesting omission! Interesting that after all the work to put together this album cover the next one would be plain white! I totally agree that buying a vinyl album was a an experience back in the day. I can still recall the fresh smell they give off as you eased it out of its sleeve! The Pepper album and cover/package was indeed a landmark. Thanks for your excellent research.
My pleasure! I really enjoyed delving into the history of the album. I’d often thought I knew a lot of the faces too. Good to finally out names to those faces. I agree; the smells and senses of taking a new LP out of the sleeve was a great experience and even now still evokes some great memories. If I did a video on the White Album cover - it’d only take a few minutes. It was white…erm..what else can I say 🤣
@@TudorSmith First got into them when I was 16 in 2000 and given a pirate copy of their best tracks. Was immediately hooked and they have been my "walking stick" through life ever since. Carry on being great 😁👍🎸🎤🎧
@@TudorSmith Was in 2005 I had mushrooms lol and heard "Real Love" for the first time when it came on shuffle out of 1000's. I swear God was speaking to me directly in that few mins. Shall not say anymore 😎😉👍
Well, I'm quite proud of myself for sitting through all that without hitting the fast forward button Lol Definitely one for the die hard Beatles fans which fortunately is what I consider myself to be. I can't remember there being any cardboard cut outs included in the album, but the most exciting thing was the lyrics which I wore out on my copy. Very impressive factual video, thank you Tudor.
The 'cardboard cut outs' stopped being in the gatesleeve sometime in the 70s, I think after 75. if you had a near original copy from 67 or 68, you also got the actual album in a variable wavy swirl-patterned inner liner bag, but after that it became the standard EMI white bag you got with any album.
At 0:46 you ask us to let you know if you "miss anything out". At 1:20 - 1:25 you missed the "C" out of "conceived" and put a "V"! Seriously though, A brilliant and well put together video, thanks.😊
Can you imagine a dinner party with all these ppl in attendance? What small talk would have been like!: Albert Einsein (sp) chatting with Ringo or one the yogi?? John L. interacting with Marlene D. Sonny Liston and Shirley T. discussing the world of prize fighting? WOW...
James Joyce has previously been named as Sigmund Freud by some sources including Wikipedia in the past but now on wiki it says James Joyce so it must be him. Good video with a lot of detail. My dad still has the album complete with the cutouts. I used to listen to it being fascinated by the cover, l have a jigsaw puzzle of it too.
15:30 An interesting anecdote of the choice of Sonny Liston. Although the Beatles 1964 meeting with Muhammed Ali (then Cassius Clay) was well publicized (namely the iconic photo of the Fab Four all being knocked down in a row by one Ali punch) the Beatles had first gone to visit Liston, but were turned away. So I'm left to wonder if the inclusion of Liston on the album cover was a lingering longing (or a sardonic statement) they had over their attempt to meet Sonny (?)
Aleister Crowley being on this has always thrown me off, I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of people conspiring about why he’s on there and I don’t get it, people say they were made by tavistock like it’s just crazy. I don’t know what to believe half the time.
From what I’ve read, Alistair Crawley was Neil Aspinall’s suggestion. Who knows if NA had leanings into the occult? Maybe it was another bit of controversy in the same way Lennon wanted Hitler and Jesus on the collage?
@@TudorSmith More than likely, but with a guy with such notorious presence and evil beliefs why include him on the cover. I mean I doubt it was meant to be anything special but man to the average fan or viewer of this band who will notice, why include him? I’m sure it was just Lennon being extravagant and all and I hope that’s the case. But it’s definitely baffling.
This must have been a huge effort on your part and it was very interesting and informative. Of all the iconic album covers this tops the list. Number two in my opinion, "Whipped Cream".
I thought I might add into the comments that the front cover of the album obviously inspired dozens of other tribute parodies of the cover, one of which brings back to mind that my late uncle was in his early thirties finishing his college degree at the University of Maryland, in the town of College Park, Maryland and one of the college men's fraternities there posed for their group yearbook photo, it was for either the 1970 or 1969 campus yearbook, i'm unable to remember the exact year, they all posed for their fratenity house photo by parodying the front cover of the the Sgt. Peppers L.H.C.B. album (lol!).
You know I listened to all these oldies on my dad's tape recorder, he used still the very old one, one big spiral of tape playing to the other, he was sometimes up late to record the hits from the radio called "Free Europe radio", because these were not available otherwise. You see I'm from Hungary, and although it was a more free type of communism there it was still communism. So they couldn't get these but could listen in some radios. So he recorded all the good oldies, Beatles, Abba, Boney M, Rolling Stones, Credence Clearwater Revival, Elvis... And when I was a kid, and ofc we didn't have communism any more, I found those treasures and listened on them first. Then later we got radios in Hungary with 50-60-70s top hits playing whole day and it became obsolete. Yet I remember fondly of the time when I listened to these from that old crusty tape recorder.
So many great memories for you! I used to record the radio on to cassette tape when I was a teenage. I remember hoping that DJ wouldn’t talk while the music was playing 🤣
Leo Gorcey really blew it didn't he? A premiere spot alongside his pal Huntz Hall and for the want of $500 he was removed. He co starred in one of my favorite movies, "Dead End", the best of the Dead End series of films.
I thought I would see if anyone had done a video on who's who on the Sgt Peppers album cover after I heard Aldous Huxley was on it. He saw the 'benefits' of hallucinogenic drugs so I wonder if that was the reason he was chosen or was it for Brave New World?
This cover is like the familiar (e.g. Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, and some other familiar faces) merging with the unfamiliar (e.g. the Indian gurus). Basically like a class picture, but for the entire school. The Beatles and the front row people are like the principal, the admins, and some teachers that participated for the shoot. It's like saying two things, "Hey, I know these guys!" or "I don't know who these guys are".
The second space on the top was painted over because the figure was too controversial. If you look at the first space, its just a regular space. If you look at the second space, you can see that it was carefully painted over
good video look out for the book the complete beatles rerording sessions the offcial story of the addy road yearsd 62 to 70 by mark lewisohn published by hamlyn
A few errors I noticed :- you've got Betty Davis on two numbers (65b & 65a) and with George Bernard Shaw you failed to highlight his name keeping Westerman's name highlighted. Oh and who are the figurines in the front left on the lawn? ! Boy I bet others will pick other errata! 🤡
There are a few but once I’d spent hours processing that part of the video I thought - nah no more. I’m no professional video maker. What you see is what you get lol! I even failed to do Dr Livingston (I presume) 🤣
Hi Tudor Shocking & Sad News- It's been reported that Christine Mcvie of Fleetwood Mac has Passed Away. Don't know if you were a Fan of the Group & its Music. A Tragic Loss.
Oh no that is tragic news. I’ve been a big fan of the 2nd generation of Fleetwood Mac since my teens. Their music remains a part of the songbook of my life. Sad times
Tude I'm wondering about that rather obvious space betwixt Fred Astaire and Edgar Allan Poe ? Who or what do you think went there ?! Or do you suspect my following you has coloured my thinking perhaps producing even a case of trolls paranoia ! 😎🎱🤡
I never notice how obvious the gap between those two fellows was. Having a second look there could easily have been someone placed there. Maybe it' sreserved for us to put whoever we want in there. Interesting observation though eh? No worries about your comments. All interaction helps the channel grow so I'm greatful you like to interact 😂
Ah yes twas an American actor named something like Gorcey or Dorcey but he demanded payment of $150 so they left him off. Boy I bet he regretted that for long after ! 🤡
The four of them were very young at that time and were inclined to say and do things ill thought out and that they didnt mean as all young people do .Lennons rejected choices were insenceative and the models should not have been made up let alone photographed being left on the side ,this was a bad call by the team making the scene up .Lennon was irked as were the others that McCartney was the most popular Beatle and even said it in interviews so any nonsence story he would find amusing ,Even Eric Clapton said they had a cruel sense of humour to each other ,at the end of the day its the music that counts
I think they’d hoped to but the powers that be considered it too controversial. It might have been back in the day but perhaps it would have stood the test of time.
The recording of Sergeant Pepper and its packaging in Peter Blake's cover art changed how we imagine albums and popular music - though my fave is still Revolver. However, isn't it shocking to note, this is essentially a bunch of white guys. Women and people of colour are barely present, or only as stereotypes: basically pin-ups and gurus, though Marilyn was much more... So , just to take a few approximate contemporaries of the work, we get no MLK, no Shankar, no Coltrane, no James Baldwin, no Malcolm X, no Poitier, no Plath, no O'Keeffe, no Aretha, no Quant, no De Beauvoir, neither Hepburn, no Nico, no Kahlo... Marianne Faithful once rightly said, the 'Swingin 60s' were mostly swingin for the male stars, not the women.
Yeah the album cover was a sign of the time wasn’t it? I believe I’ve seen it revised for contemporary times but I can’t recall who figures on those reworkings
I mean, art doesn't have to follow rules or quotas, but it is sobering to see past mores and norms asreflected in art. On the other hand, it's kinda refreshing for me, just coming up on 60 (yes, McCartney was my Mum's favourite, thus, my given name), to realise how far we've come: some of us born in such times have moved on up and pushed against the limits of those times. Cheers for the who's-who, I always meant to find out who my missing IDs were.... @@TudorSmith
There was this rumor floating around in the late 60s that Paul McCartney was dead and if you opened the Sargent Pepper's album to the lyric section inside, you would see a photo of the Fab Four, but Paul is standing with his back towards the camera. If you look to Paul's left, George Harrison's has his finger pointing towards the lyric line "Wednesday morning at five O'clock..." The story was that somewhere embedded in the album there was a secret phone number. If you found it, you were to call on Wednesday morning at Five O'clock and someone would tell you the time and place of Paul's funeral... Genius marketing in my book!
It was very much a marketing ploy I think - perhaps to keep interest in the Beatles alive since they’d stopped touring?
Just to add to that story, I also read that same story. The story went on to say that three schoolgirls worked out the phone number and were never seen again. A little far fetched I know but these rumors followed The Beatles ever since the Paul-is-Dead clues.
Great video and respect for the research, Tudor. The younger generation who have got all their music via streaming and downloading have really missed out on the joy of buying vinyl. The joy of holding the cover, the gatefold, the lyrics, were all an essential part of the experience. Taking them off your shelves brings those golden memories flooding back. Pepper was the ultimate experience of all their LPs.
Brillant cover. Thank you for this video.
You're welcome 🙏
Always so impressed on how the Beatles where so avant garde ,different, versatile, iclectic and talented ! I listen to a lot of different music and it's always a joy coming back listening to them...Genius!!!
They were almost never influenced by anyone other than their early hero’s, perhaps Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys but they always set their own standards - especially as a studio band!
@@TudorSmith maybe Dylan was just influenced with drugs not music
@@TudorSmith this very album was influenced by Frank Zappa's Freak Out! and might not have happened without it and Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
Can you imagine how much of a game changer this was back in 67... Great work Tudor!!
I think it laid down a lot of gauntlets and was a game changer
Thank you Mr Tudor. This was a deepdive!
Pleasure 👍
Great video with concise narration, I love it. The Japanese doll figurine in front is called 福助 (fukusuke), meaning a happy guy who ushers happiness in.
Thank you- and thanks for the information on fukusuke - I hadn’t thought about doing any points about the inanimate objects 👍
Had a lot of fun watching this and learned a lot, amazing work! :)
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
the way you talked about who was on the album was super helpful! I was wondering how you were going to do it given its all very compact but you made it super useful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks 🙏
Love your insight about everything Beatles and history ! I consider myself quite knowledgable about Beatles stuff but always learn from you! Thanks for being part of the Beatles community! Looking forward to hearing from you again ! Please keep them coming ! 👍🙏🇬🇧🇨🇦
Thank you 🙏 I’m pretty sure the things I share are not ground breaking. I just love sharing my own passion for the band. Maybe one day soon I’ll get a one on one with McCartney 🤣
@@TudorSmith Wow ! A one on one with Mccartney
Wouldn't t that be fantastic!... I think you could do it! 🤗
This is a true historical opus, a labor of love that needed to be done, and done--it was-- in meticulous and fascinating presentation. Excellent! Keep the good work, Tudor!
It was beginning of a new era for music!
All your videos are fab Tudor, informative and interesting, you come across as such a nice bloke, it's like listening to a mate .God Bless.
That's nice of you to say. Thank you!
Fascinating video Tudor. Thanks! Sgt Peppers has been a bit derided because some think it had too many bells and whistles, and while I think there are better Beatles albums, it will always have a special place in my heart. When I was a kid my Dad sat me down, put on me some massive headphones and laid a needle on his vinyl copy - and I've been a big Beatles fan since. Whether you're based at home or taking us with you on a Beatles journey I enjoy your videos. Thanks again😀
Thanks for watching John. SP was definitely a turning point culturally for music even if the music was bells and whistles but I think that may have been The Beatles wanting to utilise a studio to its fullest and create a complete musical sphere out of their songs?
Totally agree Tudor. Although the Beatles were forced to release Strawberry Fields & Penny Lane which they intended to be on the Sgt Pepper album it made EMI realise if they gave the musicians time and scope to experiment in the studio magic could happen and the costs would be recouped. I watched a BBC documentary once which claimed without Sgt Pepper there would have been no Dark Side Of The Moon as Pink Floyd would just not have been given licence to experiment.
Very informative.well done sir..a stunning lp cover
Cheers. Yes the album cover was an art form in itself quite apart from the music it offered up!
Great Video Tudor, you sure put a lot of work into these vids, thanks.
Thanks Peter 🙏
Thanks Tudor, again really nice!
Thank you 🙏
Interesting, well researched video
Amazing video Sir, tysm for making this
Thanks so much 👍
Love your videos. Thankyou
Thank you 🙏
Hi Tudor, I am so glad you are doing Beatle related stuff again. I also appreciate your other topics! You excel on the Beatles stuff though. Anyway, the Sgt Pepper cover is such a fascinating subject. Isn't amazing how many things there are to talk about during the Beatles approx. 10-year existence? When I was in Jr College way back in the late 70s I did a paper on the album. I don't think it was that good but hey I tried! Looking forward to more of your videos! Thank you for doing them!
Thanks. I’m happy to say I have a few more in the pipeline 🤣
that was really cool man!
Thanks 🙏
Hello again Tudor, another great video. A great album, i did not know half the people on there. Education and entertainment all in one go. Well done with the guru,s names. Abbey road would be a great video. As i consider it the best beatles album. If not, the best album ever. I would not bother with the white album cover though !!! Looking forward to the next video, all the best , kev chatterley
Ha ha too funny. A video on the white album only needs an introduction. What do you reckon, a 1 minute video? 🤣
Thanks Tudor, I thought I knew practically everyone on the cover but your research proves otherwise! Incidentally the “Oliver Hardy” image I thought was Fatty Arbuckle. Looks nothing like Ollie (in my opinion) No Charlie Chaplin - interesting omission!
Interesting that after all the work to put together this album cover the next one would be plain white!
I totally agree that buying a vinyl album was a an experience back in the day. I can still recall the fresh smell they give off as you eased it out of its sleeve! The Pepper album and cover/package was indeed a landmark. Thanks for your excellent research.
My pleasure! I really enjoyed delving into the history of the album. I’d often thought I knew a lot of the faces too. Good to finally out names to those faces. I agree; the smells and senses of taking a new LP out of the sleeve was a great experience and even now still evokes some great memories.
If I did a video on the White Album cover - it’d only take a few minutes. It was white…erm..what else can I say 🤣
I had no idea about these covers. Moms Apple Pie cover really made me laugh. They are really neat.
Subscribed within 10 secs of clicking on the vid. Any Beatle person is someone I immediately like 😎👍
That's kind of you! You can't go wrong with the Beatles right?
@@TudorSmith First got into them when I was 16 in 2000 and given a pirate copy of their best tracks. Was immediately hooked and they have been my "walking stick" through life ever since. Carry on being great 😁👍🎸🎤🎧
That's a cool story. Keep carrying that weight 👍😂
@@TudorSmith Boy I will do good sir 😎🤣👍
@@TudorSmith Was in 2005 I had mushrooms lol and heard "Real Love" for the first time when it came on shuffle out of 1000's. I swear God was speaking to me directly in that few mins. Shall not say anymore 😎😉👍
thank you .fascinating
Glad you enjoyed it
this was brilliant..
congratulations..
peace and well wishes..
rocky
Thanks so much 🙏
Well, I'm quite proud of myself for sitting through all that without hitting the fast forward button Lol Definitely one for the die hard Beatles fans which fortunately is what I consider myself to be. I can't remember there being any cardboard cut outs included in the album, but the most exciting thing was the lyrics which I wore out on my copy. Very impressive factual video, thank you Tudor.
I’m glad you stuck with it 🤣 yes, definitely one for the die hards 👍
The 'cardboard cut outs' stopped being in the gatesleeve sometime in the 70s, I think after 75. if you had a near original copy from 67 or 68, you also got the actual album in a variable wavy swirl-patterned inner liner bag, but after that it became the standard EMI white bag you got with any album.
At 0:46 you ask us to let you know if you "miss anything out". At 1:20 - 1:25 you missed the "C" out of "conceived" and put a "V"! Seriously though, A brilliant and well put together video, thanks.😊
Ha Ha! Did I? Well spotted 🤣 I thought I'd have gotten away with it too...if it wasn't for those pesky kids!
Can you imagine a dinner party with all these ppl in attendance? What small talk would have been like!: Albert Einsein (sp) chatting with Ringo or one the yogi?? John L. interacting with Marlene D. Sonny Liston and Shirley T. discussing the world of prize fighting? WOW...
Wow that would be some gathering!
James Joyce has previously been named as Sigmund Freud by some sources including Wikipedia in the past but now on wiki it says James Joyce so it must be him. Good video with a lot of detail. My dad still has the album complete with the cutouts. I used to listen to it being fascinated by the cover, l have a jigsaw puzzle of it too.
15:30 An interesting anecdote of the choice of Sonny Liston. Although the Beatles 1964 meeting with Muhammed Ali (then Cassius Clay) was well publicized (namely the iconic photo of the Fab Four all being knocked down in a row by one Ali punch) the Beatles had first gone to visit Liston, but were turned away. So I'm left to wonder if the inclusion of Liston on the album cover was a lingering longing (or a sardonic statement) they had over their attempt to meet Sonny (?)
That’s interesting. It does make you think doesn’t it?
@@TudorSmith Perhaps Paul or Ringo could enlighten us.
Thanks for that most interesting and informative run-through of all the people on the cover. How many of them were alive in 1967?
Not sure…definitely more than 5 though 🤣
Aleister Crowley being on this has always thrown me off, I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of people conspiring about why he’s on there and I don’t get it, people say they were made by tavistock like it’s just crazy. I don’t know what to believe half the time.
From what I’ve read, Alistair Crawley was Neil Aspinall’s suggestion. Who knows if NA had leanings into the occult? Maybe it was another bit of controversy in the same way Lennon wanted Hitler and Jesus on the collage?
@@TudorSmith More than likely, but with a guy with such notorious presence and evil beliefs why include him on the cover. I mean I doubt it was meant to be anything special but man to the average fan or viewer of this band who will notice, why include him? I’m sure it was just Lennon being extravagant and all and I hope that’s the case. But it’s definitely baffling.
Very good video
Thank you 🙏
good job
Thanks 🙏
This must have been a huge effort on your part and it was very interesting and informative. Of all the iconic album covers this tops the list. Number two in my opinion, "Whipped Cream".
I enjoyed making it - part of the creative process I guess 🤣
I thought I might add into the comments that the front cover of the album obviously inspired dozens of other tribute parodies of the cover, one of which brings back to mind that my late uncle was in his early thirties finishing his college degree at the University of Maryland, in the town of College Park, Maryland and one of the college men's fraternities there posed for their group yearbook photo, it was for either the 1970 or 1969 campus yearbook, i'm unable to remember the exact year, they all posed for their fratenity house photo by parodying the front cover of the the Sgt. Peppers L.H.C.B. album (lol!).
I bet that looked fabulous 👍
You know I listened to all these oldies on my dad's tape recorder, he used still the very old one, one big spiral of tape playing to the other, he was sometimes up late to record the hits from the radio called "Free Europe radio", because these were not available otherwise. You see I'm from Hungary, and although it was a more free type of communism there it was still communism. So they couldn't get these but could listen in some radios. So he recorded all the good oldies, Beatles, Abba, Boney M, Rolling Stones, Credence Clearwater Revival, Elvis... And when I was a kid, and ofc we didn't have communism any more, I found those treasures and listened on them first. Then later we got radios in Hungary with 50-60-70s top hits playing whole day and it became obsolete. Yet I remember fondly of the time when I listened to these from that old crusty tape recorder.
So many great memories for you! I used to record the radio on to cassette tape when I was a teenage. I remember hoping that DJ wouldn’t talk while the music was playing 🤣
Gr8 mate.
Cheers 👍
Does someone know what happened to the original set with the props of this cover? I have never found any info on that.
They are all probably lost to time. 🤷🏻♂️
Leo Gorcey really blew it didn't he? A premiere spot alongside his pal Huntz Hall and for the want of $500 he was removed. He co starred in one of my favorite movies, "Dead End", the best of the Dead End series of films.
I thought I would see if anyone had done a video on who's who on the Sgt Peppers album cover after I heard Aldous Huxley was on it. He saw the 'benefits' of hallucinogenic drugs so I wonder if that was the reason he was chosen or was it for Brave New World?
You could be right but we also know Lennon was keen on and fascinated by literature so perhaps that could have been one of the reasons?
This cover is like the familiar (e.g. Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, and some other familiar faces) merging with the unfamiliar (e.g. the Indian gurus). Basically like a class picture, but for the entire school. The Beatles and the front row people are like the principal, the admins, and some teachers that participated for the shoot. It's like saying two things, "Hey, I know these guys!" or "I don't know who these guys are".
That’s interesting. I’ve never considered looking at the album cover like an old school photograph. It makes it all that more interesting 👍
Aleister Crowley appears tice too (the young one cut-out must be hidden).
I missed that one
The second space on the top was painted over because the figure was too controversial. If you look at the first space, its just a regular space. If you look at the second space, you can see that it was carefully painted over
Who was it?
good video look out for the book the complete beatles rerording sessions the offcial story of the
addy road yearsd 62 to 70 by mark lewisohn published by hamlyn
A few errors I noticed :- you've got Betty Davis on two numbers (65b & 65a) and with George Bernard Shaw you failed to highlight his name keeping Westerman's name highlighted. Oh and who are the figurines in the front left on the lawn? ! Boy I bet others will pick other errata! 🤡
There are a few but once I’d spent hours processing that part of the video I thought - nah no more. I’m no professional video maker. What you see is what you get lol! I even failed to do Dr Livingston (I presume) 🤣
@@TudorSmith yes you're a dilettante rather than a pro ! 🤡
Aliester Crowley is on the cover, a deeply enlightened man he was!
Perhaps more accepted in today’s current all inclusive social culture than he might have been in his day?
Hi Tudor
Shocking & Sad News-
It's been reported that Christine Mcvie of Fleetwood Mac has Passed Away.
Don't know if you were a Fan of the Group & its Music.
A Tragic Loss.
Oh no that is tragic news. I’ve been a big fan of the 2nd generation of Fleetwood Mac since my teens. Their music remains a part of the songbook of my life. Sad times
Tude I'm wondering about that rather obvious space betwixt Fred Astaire and Edgar Allan Poe ? Who or what do you think went there ?! Or do you suspect my following you has coloured my thinking perhaps producing even a case of trolls paranoia ! 😎🎱🤡
I never notice how obvious the gap between those two fellows was. Having a second look there could easily have been someone placed there. Maybe it' sreserved for us to put whoever we want in there. Interesting observation though eh?
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Ah yes twas an American actor named something like Gorcey or Dorcey but he demanded payment of $150 so they left him off. Boy I bet he regretted that for long after ! 🤡
The four of them were very young at that time and were inclined to say and do things ill thought out and that they didnt mean as all young people do .Lennons rejected choices were insenceative and the models should not have been made up let alone photographed being left on the side ,this was a bad call by the team making the scene up .Lennon was irked as were the others that McCartney was the most popular Beatle and even said it in interviews so any nonsence story he would find amusing ,Even Eric Clapton said they had a cruel sense of humour to each other ,at the end of the day its the music that counts
Imagine if they put Jesus on the cover 😅
I think they’d hoped to but the powers that be considered it too controversial. It might have been back in the day but perhaps it would have stood the test of time.
Fun Fact: The prophet Mohammed is also on the cover, but you can't see him.
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Wha...?
because he is not a real person
He's not there...never was... your thinking of other people who are blocked by props or the Beatles
It's not about Muhammaddud...
The recording of Sergeant Pepper and its packaging in Peter Blake's cover art changed how we imagine albums and popular music - though my fave is still Revolver. However, isn't it shocking to note, this is essentially a bunch of white guys. Women and people of colour are barely present, or only as stereotypes: basically pin-ups and gurus, though Marilyn was much more... So , just to take a few approximate contemporaries of the work, we get no MLK, no Shankar, no Coltrane, no James Baldwin, no Malcolm X, no Poitier, no Plath, no O'Keeffe, no Aretha, no Quant, no De Beauvoir, neither Hepburn, no Nico, no Kahlo... Marianne Faithful once rightly said, the 'Swingin 60s' were mostly swingin for the male stars, not the women.
Yeah the album cover was a sign of the time wasn’t it? I believe I’ve seen it revised for contemporary times but I can’t recall who figures on those reworkings
I mean, art doesn't have to follow rules or quotas, but it is sobering to see past mores and norms asreflected in art. On the other hand, it's kinda refreshing for me, just coming up on 60 (yes, McCartney was my Mum's favourite, thus, my given name), to realise how far we've come: some of us born in such times have moved on up and pushed against the limits of those times. Cheers for the who's-who, I always meant to find out who my missing IDs were.... @@TudorSmith
I always thought that was Jane Mansfield on the front right