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The above is an unofficial documentary due to be released on DVD/Blu-Ray on 1 June.
It does not feature any Beatles music. An interview with the director about it can be found here.
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And now it is official…
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This from beatles.com:
The Beatles will release an expanded, newly remixed and lavishly presented edition of Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in several configurations on May 26, just ahead of its June 1 anniversary. This is the first time ‘Sgt. Pepper ’ has been remixed and presented with previously unreleased recordings from the studio sessions.
“It’s crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art,” says Paul McCartney in his newly-penned introduction for the ‘Sgt. Pepper ’ anniversary edition.
For Record Store Day on April 22, Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will release an exclusive, limited edition 7-inch vinyl single for The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever ” and “Penny Lane ,” the first songs recorded during the band’s ‘Sgt. Pepper ’ sessions, which began in November 1966.
To create Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’s new stereo, 5.1 surround, and high resolution audio mixes, producer Giles Martin oversaw an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. All of the anniversary edition releases include Martin’s new stereo remix of the album, sourced from the original, Beatles-preferred mono mix produced by his father, George Martin, from the four-track masters.
George Martin once explained, “We were into another kind of art form where you were putting something down on tape that could only be done on tape.” The Beatles clocked more than 400 hours in Abbey Road ’s Studio 2 to record Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, wrapping sessions in April 1967.
Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Anniversary Edition) releases include:– 1CD featuring Giles Martin’s new stereo album remix, complete with the run-out groove “Edit for LP End” dog whistle equivalent 15 kHz tone and garbled speech from the original U.K. LP.
– Deluxe Anniversary Edition: Expanded 2CD, digital, and 180-gram 2LP vinyl packages, adding Martin’s stereo mixes for “Strawberry Fields Forever ” and “Penny Lane ,” plus previously unreleased alternate takes for each of the album’s 13 tracks, sequenced in the same order as the album.
– Special Collector’s Anniversary Edition: The six-disc boxed set features the album’s new stereo mix on its first CD; two CDs with 33 additional recordings from the studio sessions, most previously unreleased and mixed for the first time from the four-track masters, sequenced in chronological order of their recording dates; a fourth CD with the remastered original mono mixes of the album and the “Strawberry Fields Forever ” and “Penny Lane ” singles, Capitol Records’ U.S. promotional single for “Penny Lane ,” and previously unreleased alternate mono mixes of “She’s Leaving Home,” “A Day In The Life ,” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ” (a mix thought to have been wiped from the master reel, but discovered during tape research for the new edition); and DVD and Blu-ray discs with Martin’s new 5.1 surround audio mixes of the album and “Penny Lane ,” plus “Strawberry Fields Forever ” (first released in The Beatles’ ‘1+’ audio and video collection), Martin’s new high resolution (96 kHz/24-bit) stereo mixes of the album, “Strawberry Fields Forever ,” and “Penny Lane ,” and video features including the 4K restored original promotional films for “Strawberry Fields Forever ,” “Penny Lane ,” and “A Day In The Life ,” as well as ‘The Making of Sgt. Pepper ,’ a newly restored 1992 documentary film featuring insightful interviews with McCartney, Harrison, and Starr, and in-studio footage introduced by George Martin.
The album’s extravagant Pop Art cover, which finds The Beatles surrounded by a crowd of heroes in collage, and its extras-laden packaging were created by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth in collaboration with The Beatles. The artwork is showcased across the suite of anniversary edition releases, including the album’s original pull-out sheet of ‘Sgt. Pepper ’ cutouts. Housed in a 12-inch by 12-inch box with lenticular artwork and two bonus posters, the six-disc special collector’s edition is presented in a 144-page hardcover book featuring McCartney’s written introduction, comprehensive song-by-song details and recording information, in-depth essays about the design of the cover, the album’s musical innovations and its historical context by Giles Martin; Beatles historian, author and radio producer Kevin Howlett; composer and musicologist Howard Goodall; music producer and writer Joe Boyd; and journalists Ed Vulliamy and Jeff Slate, plus rare photographs, reproductions of handwritten lyrics, Abbey Road Studios documentation, and original ‘Sgt. Pepper ’ print ads. The deluxe edition’s 2CD digipak is slipcased with a 50-page booklet abridged from the box set’s book, and the 2LP vinyl is presented in a faithful reproduction of the album’s original gatefold jacket.
“Sgt. Pepper ’ seemed to capture the mood of that year, and it also allowed a lot of other people to kick off from there and to really go for it,” says Ringo Starr in the anniversary edition’s book.
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Contents of the Super Deluxe Edition:
CD 1:
New stereo album mix.
CDs 2 & 3:
33 additional recordings from the studio sessions, most previously unreleased and mixed for the first time from the four-track session tapes, sequenced in chronological order of their recording dates.
A new stereo mix of ‘Penny Lane ‘ and the 2015 stereo mix of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever ‘.
CD 4:
Direct transfers of the album’s original mono mix and the ‘Strawberry Fields Forever ‘ and ‘Penny Lane ‘ singles.
Capitol Records’ U.S. promotional mono single mix of ‘Penny Lane ‘.
Previously unreleased early mono mixes of ‘She’s Leaving Home , ‘A Day In The Life ,’ and ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ‘ (a mix thought to have been erased from a tape in 1967, but discovered during archive research for the anniversary edition).
Discs 5 & 6 (Blu-ray and DVD):
New 5.1 surround audio mixes of the album and ‘Penny Lane ‘ by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, plus their 2015 5.1 surround mix of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever ‘.
High resolution audio versions of the new stereo mixes of the album and ‘Penny Lane ‘ and of the 2015 stereo mix of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever ‘.
Video features: 4K restored original promotional films for ‘Strawberry Fields Forever ,’ ‘Penny Lane ,’ and ‘A Day In The Life ;’ plus The Making of Sgt. Pepper , a restored, previously unreleased documentary film broadcast in 1992, featuring insightful interviews with McCartney, Harrison, and Starr, and in-studio footage introduced by George Martin.
CD1
1 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 With A Little Help From My Friends
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
9 When I’m Sixty Four
10 Lively Rita
12 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13 A Day In The Life Remastered
CD2
1 Strawberry Fields Forever – Take 1
2 Strawberry Fields Forever – Take 4
3 Strawberry Fields Forever – Take 7
4 Strawberry Fields Forever – Take 26
5 Strawberry Fields Forever – Stereo/Giles Martin Mix 2015
7 Penny Lane – Take 6
8 Penny Lane – Vocal Overdubs and Speech
9 Penny Lane – Stereo / Giles Martin Mix 2017
10 A Day In The Lif e- Take 1
11 A Day In The Life – Take 2
12 A Day In The Life – Orchestra Overdub
13 A Day In The Life – Hummed Last Chord
14 A Day In The Life – The Last Chord
15 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Take 1
16 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Take 9
17 Good Morning Good Morning – Take 1
18 Good Morning Good Morning – Take 8
CD3
1 Fixing A Hole – Take 1
2 Fixing A Hole – Speech And Take 3
3 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
4 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! – Take 7
5 Lively Rita – Speech and Take 9
6 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Take 1 And Speech
7 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Speech
8 Getting Better – Take 1
9 Getting Better – Take 12
10 Within You Without You – Take 1
11 Within You Without You – George Coaching The Musicians
12 She’s Leaving Home – Take 1
13 She’s Leaving Home – Take 6
14 With A Little Help From My Friends – Take 1
15 Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) Speech and Take 8
CD4
1 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 With A Little Help From My Friends
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
9 When I’m Sixty Four
10 Lively Rita
12 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
15 Penny Lane
16 A Day In The Live – First Mono Mix
17 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Original Mono Mix
18 She’s Leaving Home – First Mono Mix
19 Penny Lane – Capitol Records Mono Mix
DVD
1 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Hi rez audio
2 With A Little Help From My Friends – Hi rez audio
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Hi rez audio
4 Getting Better – Hi rez audio
5 Fixing A Hole – Hi rez audio
6 She’s Leaving Home – Hi rez audio
7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! – Hi rez audio
8 Within You Without You – Hi rez audio
9 When I’m Sixty Four – Hi rez audio
10 Lovely Rita – Hi rez audio
11 Good Morning Good Morning – Hi rez audio
12 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Hi rez audio
13 A Day In The Life – Hi rez audio
14 Strawberry Fields Forever – video
15 Penny Lane – video
16 The Making Of Sgt. Pepper – video
17 A Day In The Life – 2017 Audio
18 Strawberry Fields Forever – 2015 Audio
19 Penny Lane – 2017 Audio
BLURAY
1 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Hi rez audio
2 With A Little Help From My Friends – Hi rez audio
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Hi rez audio
4 Getting Better – Hi rez audio
5 Fixing A Hole – Hi rez audio
6 She’s Leaving Home – Hi rez audio
7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! – Hi rez audio
8 Within You Without You – Hi rez audio
9 When I’m Sixty Four – Hi rez audio
10 Lovely Rita – Hi rez audio
11 Good Morning Good Morning – Hi rez audio
12 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Hi rez audio
13 A Day In The Life – Hi rez audio
14 Strawberry Fields Forever – video
15 Penny Lane – video
16 The Making Of Sgt. Pepper – video
17 A Day In The Life – 2017 Audio
18 Strawberry Fields Forever – 2015 Audio
19 Penny Lane – 2017 Audio
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The tracklisting to CDs 2 & 3 of the Deluxe, source thebeatles.com:
CD2:
01 Strawberry Fields Forever [take 1]
02 Strawberry Fields Forever [take 4]
03 Strawberry Fields Forever [take 7]
04 Strawberry Fields Forever [take 26]
05 Strawberry Fields Forever [2015 stereo mix]
06 When I’m Sixty-Four [take 2]
07 Penny Lane [take 6 – instrumental]
08 Penny Lane [vocal overdubs and speech]
09 Penny Lane [2017 stereo mix]
10 A Day In The Life [take 1]
11 A Day In The Life [take 2]
12 A Day In The Life [orchestra overdub]
13 A Day In The Life [hummed last chord] [takes 8, 9, 10 & 11]
14 A Day In The Life [the last chord]
15 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band [take 1 – instrumental]
16 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band [take 9 & speech]
17 Good Morning Good Morning [take 1 – instrumental, breakdown]
18 Good Morning Good Morning [take 8]
CD3:
01 Fixing A Hole [take 1]
02 Fixing A Hole [speech & take 3]
03 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [speech from before take 1, take 4 & speech at the end]
04 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [take 7]
05 Lovely Rita [speech & take 9]
06 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds [take 1 & speech at the end]
07 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds [speech, false start & take 5]
08 Getting Better [take 1 – instrumental & speech at the end]
09 Getting Better [take 12]
10 Within You Without You [take 1 – Indian instruments only]
11 Within You Without You [George coaching the musicians]
12 She’s Leaving Home [take 1 – instrumental]
13 She’s Leaving Home [take 6 – instrumental]
14 With A Little Help From My Friends [take 1 – false start & take 2 – instrumental]
15 Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [speech & take 8]
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Reviewers
17 December 2012
Given the more detailed tracklistings on the official site, it appears four edits may be unique to the 2xVinyl/CD release.
1) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds on the 2x is listed as [take 1] while on the Deluxe it is [take 1 & speech at the end]
2) Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite on the 2x is listed as [take 4] while on the Deluxe it is [speech from before take 1, take 4 & speech at the end].
3) Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) on the 2x is listed as [take 8] while on the Deluxe it is [speech & take 8].
4) A Day In The Life has the listing [take 1 with hummed last chord] on the 2x while these are separate items on the Deluxe.
Firstly, should anything be made of these description differences? I think so, as either side of Lucy, for example, we have With a Little Help and Getting Better – both of which have these descriptions respectively on both sets: [take 1 – false start & take 2 – instrumental] and [take 1 – instrumental & speech at the end].
So, since many tracks have identical descriptions on both formats, why don’t these?
The most interesting one is, IMO, A Day In The Life . Is the “hummed last chord” presented as a separate item after a few seconds silence, or has it been edited onto the end of take 1?
It does look as if both the Deluxe and 2-disc may be needed to get the full set of the variations this release adds.
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$17 Canadian for the 1st CD, $25 for the 2 CD set, but man that $170 for the CD/DVD/Blu ray box is just ridiculous.
Would love to hear that 5.1 surround mix though!!!!!!
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19 March 2017
Ron Nasty said
The most interesting one is, IMO, A Day In The Life . Is the “hummed last chord” presented as a separate item after a few seconds silence, or has it been edited onto the end of take 1?
I guess it’s a separate piece like how it was featured on the Anthology director’s cut, especially since the piano version of the final chord comes after that.
Looking through the bonus stuff, all I can say about the content is that it looks awesome!
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Reviewers
17 December 2012
@meanmrswalrus said
Ron Nasty said
The most interesting one is, IMO, A Day In The Life . Is the “hummed last chord” presented as a separate item after a few seconds silence, or has it been edited onto the end of take 1?
I guess it’s a separate piece like how it was featured on the Anthology director’s cut, especially since the piano version of the final chord comes after that.
The piano chord as an item doesn’t feature on the 2x sessions disc. As I said, take 1 and hummed last chord are presented as if a single track. They were nowhere near arriving at the final chord at the time of a take 1, nor the hummed last chord. The question is whether they have given take 1 a last chord by tagging the hummed directly on the end. You can’t say the piano version of the final comes after that when it doesn’t on 2x version which is the one I’m talking about.
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26 January 2017
I hate to break lent, but boy The Beatles have tempted me. This will be real quick.
Rumor has it Carnival Of Light will appear as a hidden track at the end of Disc 4.
This will be my graduation present.
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Where did you hear all these rumours? Was it discussed in other forums?
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27 February 2017
Oh
I guess I am too excited…
But anyway, even if Carnival Of Light is not released there is still the humming chord in A Day In The Life . Actually, that is even better than COL in my opinion.
Not once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita. - Stephen T. Erlewine on Sgt Pepper's
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sir walter raleigh said
Rumor has it Carnival Of Light will appear as a hidden track at the end of Disc 4.This will be my graduation present.
Expert Textpert said
I heard a rumor that it will only be a hidden track on every one in three pressings of the set, which means two out of three will not have it.
I heard a rumour that in A Day In The Life , Lennon’s voice will now fade from left to Right, instead of Right to Left! It’s gonna be might bending!!!!!!!!
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When are they gonna give us the isolated “Aaaaahs” from “A Day In The Life “?
Do we have to wait for another 50 years? `o_ó
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