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On 1st June it will be 50 years since Sgt Pepper was released! So why on earth the "new" version would be released on the 27th May is beyond me - why not wait a few days & make it the full 59 years?
Anyway, it's a remix of the original tapes & done by Giles Martin - George's son. There was an excellent interview with him on Radio 6 a week or so back. The couple of tracks that I heard were excellent.
It seems that it's also included in Amazon music within the Prime subscription- so could cost you nothing to listen to.
So, enjoy :y
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probably so people can buy it over the bank holiday weekend,my auntie bought the original the year it was released and still has it.
John.
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On 1st June it will be 50 years since Sgt Pepper was released! So why on earth the "new" version would be released on the 27th May is beyond me - why not wait a few days & make it the full 59 years?
Anyway, it's a remix of the original tapes & done by Giles Martin - George's son. There was an excellent interview with him on Radio 6 a week or so back. The couple of tracks that I heard were excellent.
It seems that it's also included in Amazon music within the Prime subscription- so could cost you nothing to listen to.
So, enjoy :y
Bad maths Rob - 50 years not 59 ::)
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I still cannot believe it was 50 years ago I, like all Beatles fans, got so excited about this fab new album by our heroes. The fanfare that went with it was something else, and it certainly did not disappoint when I spent my junior shop assistant money at WH Smith and emerged with my precious copy of the album with the best cover ever.
After that it never left my turn table for a good two weeks, playing it over and over again. Radio Caroline, in the pre Radio 1 days of 1967, also played it a lot and at school that is all we talked about, along with which Beatle we loved!! Oh great days. 8) 8)
No, it just can't be 50 years since........... :o :o :o
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I still cannot believe it was 50 years ago I, like all Beatles fans, got so excited about this fab new album by our heroes. The fanfare that went with it was something else, and it certainly did not disappoint when I spent my junior shop assistant money at WH Smith and emerged with my precious copy of the album with the best cover ever.
After that it never left my turn table for a good two weeks, playing it over and over again. Radio Caroline, in the pre Radio 1 days of 1967, also played it a lot and at school that is all we talked about, along with which Beatle we loved!! Oh great days. 8) 8)
No, it just can't be 50 years since........... :o :o :o
2017 - 1967 = 50, plus, it's what Giles Martin said
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I still cannot believe it was 50 years ago I, like all Beatles fans, got so excited about this fab new album by our heroes. The fanfare that went with it was something else, and it certainly did not disappoint when I spent my junior shop assistant money at WH Smith and emerged with my precious copy of the album with the best cover ever.
After that it never left my turn table for a good two weeks, playing it over and over again. Radio Caroline, in the pre Radio 1 days of 1967, also played it a lot and at school that is all we talked about, along with which Beatle we loved!! Oh great days. 8) 8)
No, it just can't be 50 years since........... :o :o :o
2017 - 1967 = 50, plus, it's what Giles Martin said
Don't rub it in!! What makes it even worse is that I'm 64 in June!! ::) ::)
When I am sixty-four is just one of the great tracks on the album, but when I first heard it I never thought about the fact that when the album is 50 years old I would be 64!!! :o :o :o ;)
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Waste of vinyl :-X
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Waste of vinyl :-X
Stop it you ;)
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I still cannot believe it was 50 years ago I, like all Beatles fans, got so excited about this fab new album by our heroes. The fanfare that went with it was something else, and it certainly did not disappoint when I spent my junior shop assistant money at WH Smith and emerged with my precious copy of the album with the best cover ever.
After that it never left my turn table for a good two weeks, playing it over and over again. Radio Caroline, in the pre Radio 1 days of 1967, also played it a lot and at school that is all we talked about, along with which Beatle we loved!! Oh great days. 8) 8)
No, it just can't be 50 years since........... :o :o :o
2017 - 1967 = 50, plus, it's what Giles Martin said
Don't rub it in!! What makes it even worse is that I'm 64 in June!! ::) ::)
When I am sixty-four is just one of the great tracks on the album, but when I first heard it I never thought about the fact that when the album is 50 years old I would be 64!!! :o :o :o ;)
You get to sing the song all day only once in your life. You have some time to make up your own verses too!
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It would appear that DG wasn't/isn't a Beatles fan,which in fairness I must confess I wasn't/aren't.But they went severely downhill when they got mixed up with that Krishna[or whatever it was]lark.
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Waste of vinyl :-X
Stop it you ;)
Not trying to be argumentative, it was a waste of vinyl fifty years ago too. Not a fan, as Baza so kindly put it, is somewhat of an understatement... I am pretty much allergic to the Beatles. So much so that the best thing that they did was split up, and the only positive thing any of them managed was Ringo narrating Thomas the Tank Engine, (which he did very well, fwiw) :-X
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Waste of vinyl :-X
Yup. Beetles are a boat that left me firmly on the island. When all my mates "discovered it" in school in the late 90's/early 00's I was resoundingly mocked for being one of the few who couldn't see what all the fuss was about.
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Waste of vinyl :-X
Yup. Beetles are a boat that left me firmly on the island. When all my mates "discovered it" in school in the late 90's/early 00's I was resoundingly mocked for being one of the few who couldn't see what all the fuss was about.
Blimey, that was late!! :o :o :o
Mind you as I repeatedly played Beatles tracks at home and in the car over the years, once my children were teenagers in the late 1980s they knew every word, so when the Beatles come to the fore yet again, as you say in the late nineties, it was not the same for them! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
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Waste of vinyl :-X
Stop it you ;)
Not trying to be argumentative, it was a waste of vinyl fifty years ago too. Not a fan, as Baza so kindly put it, is somewhat of an understatement... I am pretty much allergic to the Beatles. So much so that the best thing that they did was split up, and the only positive thing any of them managed was Ringo narrating Thomas the Tank Engine, (which he did very well, fwiw) :-X
You may not have enjoyed their music, but the amount of tax revenue they brought in to this country was immense. Pre-Beatles the Americans had the music scene sewn up, but with the Beatles the British music industry zoomed high and created massive tax revenue and great exports of everything connected with this group and all the others of the 1960s, like the Rolling Stones. Nothing like it has been seen since those great days ;)
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I still cannot believe it was 50 years ago I, like all Beatles fans, got so excited about this fab new album by our heroes. The fanfare that went with it was something else, and it certainly did not disappoint when I spent my junior shop assistant money at WH Smith and emerged with my precious copy of the album with the best cover ever.
After that it never left my turn table for a good two weeks, playing it over and over again. Radio Caroline, in the pre Radio 1 days of 1967, also played it a lot and at school that is all we talked about, along with which Beatle we loved!! Oh great days. 8) 8)
No, it just can't be 50 years since........... :o :o :o
2017 - 1967 = 50, plus, it's what Giles Martin said
Don't rub it in!! What makes it even worse is that I'm 64 in June!! ::) ::)
When I am sixty-four is just one of the great tracks on the album, but when I first heard it I never thought about the fact that when the album is 50 years old I would be 64!!! :o :o :o ;)
You get to sing the song all day only once in your life. You have some time to make up your own verses too!
;D ;D ;D ;D The thing is it is one of the Beatles songs I have found myself singing constantly over the years; that and Revolution and Yellow Submarine. Mind you, Ticket to Ride, She's Leaving Home, Get Back, Help!...................etc, etc, etc, ALL go through my mind all so often..........and yes I always have a Beatles CD in the (now fully working) unit in the car! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
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.............and for my funeral I want I'll Be On My Way to be played :D :D ;)
For anyone who does not know this song, here are the Lyrics:
Lyrics
The sun is fading away
That's the end of the day
As the June light turns to moonlight
I'll be on my way
Just one kiss and I'll go
Don't hide the tears that don't show
As the June light turns to moonlight
I'll be on my way
To where the winds don't blow
And golden rivers flow
This way will I go
They were right, I was wrong
True love didn't last long
As the June light turns to moonlight
I'll be on my way, hey
To where the winds don't blow
And golden rivers flow
This way will I go
They were right, I was wrong
True love didn't last long
As the June light turns to moonlight
I'll be on my way, hey
I'll be on my way, oh, oh
I'll be on my way, oh, oh
I'll be on my way
and on Yoytube is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jf4hxH6F4k
:-* :-* :-* 8) 8)
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Since buying most of Mull, Macca has pretty much killed the crofting industry stone dead. Not exactly the philanthropist he might have you believe him to be :-X
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Blimey, that was late!! :o :o :o
My generation had it backwards I think. We were early teens/late pre-teen during the rise of oasis and the inevitable comparisons with the Beatles that were flying around at the time.
That brought the Beatles music back into the foreground as far as we were concerned. To me at least, the comparison was a very valid one. I didn't care for either group :P
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I don,t mind some of Oasis stuff, but Liam Gallagher is a total knob. ???
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Its a cynical marketing exercise to relaunch the album 50 years later. It was of its time, it was hugely influential, like it or not - No Sgt Peppers, probably no Dark side of the moon, for example, and how can anyone (even his son), think they are going to improve on George Martins work.
I'm not the biggest fan of the Beatles, I would rarely sit and listen their albums, but they were hugely culturally and musically influential, and should always be recognised for that. In my opinion many of the changes which took place during the 60,scultural revolution, which the Beatles were at the forefront of, made the world a worse place than it was before. They threw the baby out with the bathwater and introduced a line of thinking which perpetuated the attitude that anything that has gone before is shite and must be eradicated, the young think they rule the world, older people are irrelevant and worthless, and everyone is entitled to everything because they want it.
The Beatles are something of an enigma to me, as I consider Lennon & McCartney as individuals, to be two of the biggest dickheads to ever become famous. However, together something made them very special indeed. Despite the fact that the biggest musical and songwriting talent in the band was George Harrison.
The one thing about the Beatles that I have always been hugely impressed by was the progress they made in less than a decade.
The progress from the early pop of She loves you, I wanna hold her hand etc. to the later songs such as A day in the life, Eleanor Rigby,and many others is absolutely staggering. No band before or since has done anything like it.
As for Oasis being compared to the Beatles - that is like comparing Liberace with Beethoven. ::)
I don't plan on having a funeral, but if I did I would want George Harrisons, All things must pass played at it.
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I don,t mind some of Oasis stuff, but Liam Gallagher is a total knob. ???
+1
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Not a big fan of The Beatles, but there is no doubt that they transformed the music scene from 50's rock and rock to a distinctive 60's sound with much experimentation and progress at the forefront of a new musical era, which includes what is classed as the first global supergroup Cream and many other groups of the 60's / 70's like The Rolling Stones, Ten Years After, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and the first heavy metal group Black Sabbath to name but a few. :y :y :y
This led to the US / UK being the two global powerhouses when it comes to music, which they still are and it has also played a part, along with Hollywood, in English being the global language of common communication.
A bit of history for Lizzie: The transformation to a mainly modern guitar based sound owes much to the blues and the three kings, B. B. King, Albert King and Freddie King and groups consisting of a core of drums, keyboards, rhythm/bass guitars, lead guitar and vocals. There are other heavy influences including; jazz and country music.
The guitar is a surprisingly old instrument with the earliest record of a guitar style string instrument (tar is Arabic for a string) is in Egypt in 4000BC. Many countries have been involved in the progression of the design of the guitar including the UK instrument the Lute. The modern 6 string guitar evolved into its current form in the 18th century largely in Italy. The first electric guitar coils were demonstrated in 1929 with the first designs appearing in the early 1930's from Gibson, Fender and Bigsby.
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Not a big fan of The Beatles, but there is no doubt that they transformed the music scene from 50's rock and rock to a distinctive 60's sound with much experimentation and progress at the forefront of a new musical era, which includes what is classed as the first global supergroup Cream and many other groups of the 60's / 70's like The Rolling Stones, Ten Years After, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and the first heavy metal group Black Sabbath to name but a few. :y :y :y
This led to the US / UK being the two global powerhouses when it comes to music, which they still are and it has also played a part, along with Hollywood, in English being the global language of common communication.
A bit of history for Lizzie: The transformation to a mainly modern guitar based sound owes much to the blues and the three kings, B. B. King, Albert King and Freddie King and groups consisting of a core of drums, keyboards, rhythm/bass guitars, lead guitar and vocals. There are other heavy influences including; jazz and country music.
The guitar is a surprisingly old instrument with the earliest record of a guitar style string instrument (tar is Arabic for a string) is in Egypt in 4000BC. Many countries have been involved in the progression of the design of the guitar including the UK instrument the Lute. The modern 6 string guitar evolved into its current form in the 18th century largely in Italy. The first electric guitar coils were demonstrated in 1929 with the first designs appearing in the early 1930's from Gibson, Fender and Bigsby.
Indeed Rod, and Eric Clapton (of the Yarbirds and Cream) certainly helped that stay on coarse, with him being undoubtedly the best Blues guitarist this side of the Atlantic :-* :-* :y
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E.C. wouldn't want reminding of his days in the Yardbirds. He hated being in that band and didn't last very long there. He went on to John Mayalls bluesbreakers after that, played on the famous "Beano" album, and changed the sound and style of the guitar forever.
After that came Cream where he was unbelievably creative. Took the whole thing to completely new levels altogether - and then Hendrix arrived. In between all this, he played the lead guitar on the Beatles (George Harisson actually) song While my guitar gently weeps, which is one Beatles track Ive listened to hundreds of times.
To me he isn't the best blues player this side of the Atlantic. When he,s on form, he,s the best blues player on either side of the Atlantic.
Ive seen him on top form, when he played the blues as if his life depended on it, and it was a spiritual experience.
Ive also seen him when it seemed like another day at the office, and although still better than most other people, I was a little underwhelmed. Only to be expected I suppose in a career of over 50 years.
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The only Sgt Pepper I've heard of was Angie Dickinson in Policewoman. :-\ I'm not a fan of the Beatles either which would explain why I've never heard of it. :-\
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October 21st will be a more important milestone ;)
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October 21st will be a more important milestone ;)
Go on then, why?
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Something to to with the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805? :D :D :D ;)
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Something to to with the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805? :D :D :D ;)
Nfl ;D
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October 21st will be a more important milestone ;)
Go on then, why?
I'll give the lazy lie ins until mid day ;)
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OK, now you're all up :D
It will be the 40th anniversary of Bat Out of Hell. 8)
And whilst it might not be as fundamental as Pet Sounds, to my mind at least, it is nevertheless one of the best albums ever produced...
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Meat Loaf; now that was / is a group to remember. Liked them a lot. :y :y
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I thought it was crap when it was released,and still do, but then if we all liked the same things......... :)
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Once again I find myself in agreement with DG.I have a CD of it in each car.Maureen and I saw him live 3 times.A great live act and a great album :y :y