The Beatles Bible - Topic: Sgt. Pepper

Holsety on Sgt. Pepper

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:51:28 +0100

Zig said

Holsety said
Following along with Zig's old derail..

Which one? I've had so many!

You started talking about your frequent plays on iTunes which were mainly from ATMP, Sgt Pepper and I remember seeing Taxman as well.

meanmistermustard on Sgt. Pepper

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:37:10 +0100

They are out there as cd's, which is why the blog was closed (bootleggers selling the tracks for profit so i can understand why but Helter Skelter's work was exceptional and its a shame so many wont hear what he did and was going to do) and download links will exist but i have no idea where and havent seen them anywhere.

Sorry.

parlance on Sgt. Pepper

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:30:03 +0100

meanmistermustard said
If folks want to hear the pepper tracks in a new light you should listen to the reconstructed isolated tracks from Rockband currently being posted here. Its more than simply the isolated tracks as extracted from the Rock Band game.

Are any of the tracks available elsewhere? The blog just got shut down a few days ago.

parlance

Zig on Sgt. Pepper

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:17:28 +0100

Holsety said

Following along with Zig's old derail..

Which one? I've had so many!

Holsety on Sgt. Pepper

Fri, 03 May 2013 03:27:17 +0100

I remember when I first listened to the album; sometime in the mid-last part of 2011; I didn't really get it at the time.. after some reading as to why the album is considered so widely acclaimed, and quite a bit more listening, I ended up 'getting' it. I can't really accurately determine my plays by iTunes, because I listen on YouTube a lot, as well as my iPad, which do have plays..

Fixing a Hole has the most plays and Reprise has the least. Granted, I didn't choose for the songs to appear when they did; it's just that shuffle ...

Egroeg Evoli on Sgt. Pepper

Fri, 03 May 2013 02:47:19 +0100

Welcome to the forum, Starr! I love Sgt. Pepper, too!

Starr334 on Sgt. Pepper

Fri, 03 May 2013 02:11:44 +0100

I love this album soooo much. First record I got.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Sgt. Pepper

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:23:42 +0100

Paulsbass said, "Again I can't reply to Intotheskywithdiamonds. Something wrong or different with your account?"

Didn't realize that was a problem particular to my posts! The extra-terrestrials from my book may be trying to get even with me.

In any case, as you can tell, I usually just cut and paste.

I have an entire music book devoted to Paul's bass lines (actually, a rather thin book of a dozen songs).

Any other rock bassists have books devoted to their bass lines?

Anyway, yes, the bass lines in Sgt Pepper are remarkable. Take away the bass from many of these songs, and they'd ...

paulsbass on Sgt. Pepper

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:19:38 +0100

Again I can't reply to Intotheskywithdiamonds. Something wrong or different with your account?

After all the talking I listened to Pepper in mono today.

Folks, even if Paul had not written a single song on the album he'd still RULE it with his BASS!!

Damn, With a little help from my friends with these first high bass notes walking down, then Lucy, then Getting better which has such a great arrangement with instruments and vocals - the bass totally sticks out and dominates the sound. Heavy, heavy, went directly through the stomach.

I can see how John hated recording without the bass since without ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Sgt. Pepper

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:34:56 +0100

Eff'in awesome.

It would be fun to play "Name That Tune" - with only the bass line

meanmistermustard on Sgt. Pepper

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:54:22 +0100

If folks want to hear the pepper tracks in a new light you should listen to the reconstructed isolated tracks from Rockband currently being posted here. Its more than simply the isolated tracks as extracted from the Rock Band game.

Ringo's drumming is so damn mindblowing, i could listen to Ringo's parts for ages and im not a big fan of drums only. You get to hear some incredible things, the rhythm track of Pepper (reprise) is amazingly hypnotic, the Lowrey organ in Lucy is beautiful, the lead guitar in Fixing A Hole. Plus you get to hear beatle talk otherwise hidden.

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rubber_soul on Sgt. Pepper

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:11:29 +0100

I just love sgt.peppers

But i like A Day In The Life very much. It´s one of my favourite songs.

And Lucy in the sky with diamonds is also a very good song.

Ben Ramon on Sgt. Pepper

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:08 +0100

I consider MMT to be canon, even though it's technically one of the blasted Capitol butcheries. It works remarkably well as a cohesive album and even if not an official record is still a "snapshot" of the Beatles' songs of the time, collected into album form.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Sgt. Pepper

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:41:03 +0100

Not sure it's fair to count MMT as an album - especially when comparing it to others.

Side 2 could simply be titled "The Best of '67"; it's just a collection of the A and B sides of their '67 singles

(which of course serves to remind us that 1967 is arguably the best year that any band every had - except possibly the Beatles of 1964).

Ben Ramon on Sgt. Pepper

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:04:46 +0100

I love Sgt Pepper but I'd still argue it is only my fifth or sixth favourite Beatles album. I appreciate its immense importance and certainly appreciate its presence as a landmark in making the album itself an art form, but I can't ignore that I prefer most of the songs on other albums. I think a lot of people think it's automatically the best before they become versed in the Beatles, because they hear so much about it, the album cover is so recognizable, and it has gone down in history as a crowning achievement. I'd rank above it Revolver, ...