Sgt Pepper S Lonely Hearts Club Band Back Cover
Pepper s lonely hearts club band concept as well as the song.
Sgt pepper s lonely hearts club band back cover. Pepper s lonely hearts club band often shortened as sgt. This then led to the sgt. Pepper s lonely hearts club band remains the most iconic album cover of all time. Released on 1st june 1967 sgt.
Pepper is the eighth studio album by the english rock band the beatles released on 1 june 1967 on the parlophone label and produced by george martin. Album cover designed by art director robert fraser for the beatles album sgt. The beatles 1967 album sgt. It was lauded by critics for its innovations in songwriting production and graphic design for bridging a.
It was one of the first to feature a gatefold sleeve which allowed the beatles an especially large space for a band photo. Pepper s lonely hearts club band which was released on june 1 1967. Pepper s lonely hearts club band. The idea held for all of two songs one coda and one album sleeve but was retained as the central organizing and marketing feature of the band s 1967 album sgt.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band the band s eighth album became the soundtrack to the summer of love but its appeal is timeless. Pepper being the compère as well as the reprise at the end of the album. Pepper s lonely hearts club band was innovative in several ways. The group s road manager neil aspinall suggested the idea of sgt.
From paul mccartney s original concept to the final design staged by british pop artist. Pepper s lonely hearts club band has a widely recognized album cover that depicts several dozen celebrities and other images. Pepper s lonely hearts club band is the eighth studio album by the english rock band the beatles released on 26 may 1967 it spent 27 weeks at number one on the record retailer chart in the united kingdom and 15 weeks at number one on the billboard top lps chart in the united states. The album is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time and has since been recognized as one of the most important albums in the history of popular music.
The image was made by posing the beatles in front of life sized black and white photographs pasted onto hardboard and hand tinted. The album cover of sgt.