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Topic: It was 40 years ago today....
Posted: May 29 2007 at 04:02

On 1st June 1967 the "Sgt Pepper" album was released, little did I know when I placed my new copy on the turntable my little world would be transformed!

Rock stars to recreate Sgt Pepper

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The Beatles' original album was voted the best of all time last year

Oasis, The Killers and Razorlight are to cover songs from The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the album's 40th anniversary.

James Morrison, The Fratellis, Travis and the Kaiser Chiefs are among the other acts taking part in the special recording sessions for BBC Radio 2.

The engineer in charge of the original 1967 sessions will use the same equipment to record the new versions.

The results will be aired on Radio 2 on 2 June, a day after the anniversary.

The original album was released on 1 June 1967 and went on to be regarded as one of the best and most influential releases in rock history.

Last year, it came top of a Radio 2 poll to find the best number one album of all time.

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The modern rock bands will be recorded by audio engineer Geoff Emerick, using the one-inch four-track equipment he captured the original on 40 years ago.

Radio 2 is also celebrating its 40th birthday this year, and the programme will form part of the station's '60s Season.

Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas said: "This will be not only a unique radio event, but a very special musical moment.

"The range and quality of artists involved ensure that this will be a fitting tribute to one of the great albums of all time."

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 04:20

I'm sorry but this record deserves every bit of praise and overindulgence it gets. Lennon said about the carnival atmosphere of Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!: "You should be able to smell the peanuts."

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 07:26

The odd track played by the BBC to trail this show, sounds very faithful to the original version - I'm afraid to say; I hope the rest are far more adventurous. However, the trailer also tells you that these 'modern beat combos' used analogue recording 4 track equipment similar to that George Martin employed 40 yearsa go.

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 07:58

I have a Sgt Pepper "tribute" CD given away with Mojo a few months ago. Among the chosen "artistes" Circulus are the only one I've heard of and they're hardly a household name.

And it's the most God-awful CD I've ever heard and is frankly a slur on the Sergeant's good name, so let's hope this one is better.

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 11:19

The Killers? Yuck. Even Ringo's grasp of pitch is better than that dude's.

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 12:15

mystic fred wrote:

On 1st June 1967 the "Sgt Pepper" album was released, little did I know when I placed my new copy on the turntable my little world would be transformed!

Rock stars to recreate Sgt Pepper

The Beatles' original album was voted the best of all time last year

Oasis, The Killers and Razorlight are to cover songs from The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the album's 40th anniversary.

James Morrison, The Fratellis, Travis and the Kaiser Chiefs are among the other acts taking part in the special recording sessions for BBC Radio 2.

The engineer in charge of the original 1967 sessions will use the same equipment to record the new versions.

The results will be aired on Radio 2 on 2 June, a day after the anniversary.

The original album was released on 1 June 1967 and went on to be regarded as one of the best and most influential releases in rock history.

Last year, it came top of a Radio 2 poll to find the best number one album of all time.

'Unique event'

The modern rock bands will be recorded by audio engineer Geoff Emerick, using the one-inch four-track equipment he captured the original on 40 years ago.

Radio 2 is also celebrating its 40th birthday this year, and the programme will form part of the station's '60s Season.

Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas said: "This will be not only a unique radio event, but a very special musical moment.

"The range and quality of artists involved ensure that this will be a fitting tribute to one of the great albums of all time."

The range & quality of the artists on the movie soundtrack remake by the Bee Gees was also impressive. The actual result was not. Wink

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 17:48

I liked Jimi Hendrix's cover of the title track on 2 June 1967 Approve

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Posted: May 30 2007 at 05:00

Why would you make a tribute to a great album and band an album they wrote and released many years ago covered by sub-par bands? Isn't that more of a slap in the nads?

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Posted: May 30 2007 at 05:07

BroSpence wrote:

Why would you make a tribute to a great album and band an album they wrote and released many years ago covered by sub-par bands? Isn't that more of a slap in the nads?

I agree on that, but most of the kids around today won't...

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Posted: June 03 2007 at 07:39

i watched this last night, and i was impressed at the respect and professionalism that the modern bands approached their particular project, and having only one day in the studio each without the luxury of modern digital multi-tracking recording methods at their disposal they tackled this admirably, though not perfectly - but well done!

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Posted: June 05 2007 at 21:12

andu wrote:

BroSpence wrote:

Why would you make a tribute to a great album and band an album they wrote and released many years ago covered by sub-par bands? Isn't that more of a slap in the nads?

I agree on that, but most of the kids around today won't...

Hey give them a chance ... remember the unqualified success that the last remake was supposed to be ... with the Bee Gees, Frampton, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper Wink

"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.