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SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

Release: 1 June 1967
Label: Parlophone PMC 7027 / PCS 7027
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  1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (2:02)
    • Recorded: February 1, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubbing February 2, March 3, and March 6, 1967
      John Lennon - lead guitar, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
      George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums
      George Martin - organ
      Session musicians - four horns
  2. With a Little Help From My Friends (2:44)
    • Recorded: March 29, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added March 30, 1967
      John Lennon - background vocal
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, background vocal
      George Harrison - tambourine
      Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums
  3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (3:29)
    • Recorded: March 1, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added March 2, 1967
      John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, Hammond organ, harmony vocal
      George Harrison - sitar, harmony vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums
  4. Getting Better (2:48)
    • Recorded: March 9, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubbing March 10, March 21 and March 23, 1967
      John Lennon - lead guitar, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, background vocal
      George Harrison - lead guitar, tamboura, background vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums, bongos
      George Martin - piano strings
  5. Fixing a Hole (2:36)
    • Recorded: February 9, 1967 at Regent Sound Studio, London, England with overdubbing February 21, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
      John Lennon - maracas, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar, harpsichord
      George Harrison - lead guitar, double-tracked lead guitar solo, background vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums
  6. She's Leaving Home (3:35)
    • Recorded: March 17, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with vocals overdubbed March 20, 1967
      John Lennon - lead vocal, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, background vocal
      Session musicians - strings, harp
  7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (2:37)
    • Recorded: February 17, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubbing February 20, March 28-29 and March 31, 1967
      John Lennon - lead vocal, Hammond organ (main melody)
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, lead guitar
      George Harrison - harmonica
      Ringo Starr - drums, harmonica
      George Martin - Wurlitzer organ (countermelody), piano
      Mal Evans - harmonica
      Neil Aspinall - harmonica
  8. Within You Without You (5:06)
    • Recorded: March 15, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubbing March 22, 1967 and April 3, 1967
      George Harrison - lead vocal, tamboura
      Neil Aspinall - tamboura
      Indian session musicians - dilruba, tamboura, tabla, swordmandel
      Session musicians - eight violins, three cellos
  9. When I'm Sixty-Four (2:37)
    • Recorded: December 6, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added December 8 and December 20-21, 1966
      John Lennon - lead guitar, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, background vocal
      George Harrison - background vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums
      Session musicians - bass clarinet, two clarinets
  10. Lovely Rita (2:42)
    • Recorded: February 23, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added February 24, March 7 and March 21, 1967
      John Lennon - acoustic guitar, comb and paper, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, comb and paper, background vocal
      George Harrison - acoustic guitar, comb and paper, background vocal
      Ringo Starr - drums
      George Martin - honky-tonk piano
  11. Good Morning Good Morning (2:42)
    • Recorded: February 8, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added February 16, March 13 and March 28-29, 1967
      John Lennon - lead vocal, background vocal
      Paul McCartney - bass guitar, lead guitar and solo, background vocal
      George Harrison - lead guitar
      Ringo Starr - drums
      Sounds Incorporated - three saxophones, two trombones, French horn
  12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (Reprise) (1:19)
    • Recorded: April 1, 1967 at Abbey Road, London, England
      John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, maracas
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
      George Harrison - lead vocal, lead guitar
      Ringo Starr - drums
  13. A Day in the Life (5:33)
    • Recorded: January 19, 1967 (basic track) and February 10, 1967 (orchestral track) at Abbey Road, London, England with the final-chord ending overdubbed February 22, 1967
      John Lennon - lead vocal (first, second and last verses), acoustic guitar, lead guitar
      Paul McCartney - lead vocal (middle section), piano, conducts the forty-one-piece orchestra
      Ringo Starr - drums
      Lennon, McCartney, Starr, Mal Evans - three pianos (final chord)
      George Martin - harmonium
      Mal Evans - alarm clock
      Session musicians - forty-one-piece orchestra

 

Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Malcolm Addey, Adrian Ibbetson, Peter Vince, Ken Townsend
Second engineers: Graham Kirkby, Richard Lush, Phil McDonald, Keith Slaughter
Photography: Michael Cooper
Score: Mike Leander
Design: Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, MC Productions & The Apple
Art Direction, Liner Notes: Peter Blake

George Harrison: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Sitar, Tamboura, Tambourine
John Lennon: Percussion, Vocals, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Marimbas, Rhythm Guitar
Paul McCartney: Conductor, Vocals, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Harpsichord, Piano
Ringo Starr: Drums, Vocals, Bongos, Harmonica

Michael Barnes: Tuba
Sheila Bromberg: Harp
Tristan Fry: Percussion
Roger Lord: Oboe
Marijke: Tambourine

Flutes: David Sandeman, Clifford Seville
Violins: Trevor Williams, Donald Weekes, Ernest Scott, Sidney Sax, Lionel Bently, Dean Bradley, Henry Datyner, Jose Garcia, Hans Geiger, Erich Gruenberg, Jurgen Hess, Derek Jacobs, Granville Jones, David McCallum, Bill Monroe
Violas: John Underwood, Stephen Shingles, John Meeks, Bernard Davis, Gwen Edwards
Horns: Neil Sanders, Tony Randall, James W. Buck, John Burden, Alan Civil
Clarinets: Basil Tschaikov, Frank Reidy, Henry MacKenzie, Jack Brymer, Robert Burns
Cellos: Dennis Vigay, Alex Nifosi, Francisco Gabarro, Alan Dalziel
Trumpet: Monty Montgomery, Harold Jackson, David Mason, Dave Mason
Saxophones: Alan Holmes, David Glyde, Barrie Cameron
Trombones: T. Moore, Raymond Premru, John Lee, Ray Brown
Bassoon: Alfred Waters, N. Fawcett
Double Bass: Gordon Pearce, Cyril Macarthur



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