Sgt.Pepper's Loney Heart's Club Band (Reis) [Import, Limited Edition]

The Beatles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
• ASIN: B00005GL0R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  | 
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,306 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #253,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2. With A Little Help From My Friends

3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

4. Getting Better

5. Fixing A Hole

6. She's Leaving Home

7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!

8. Within You Without You

9. When I'm Sixty-Four

10. Lovely Rita

11. Good Morning Good Morning

12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

13. Day In The Life

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Before Sgt. Pepper, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 30-plus years, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64," to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You," and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life," Sgt. Pepper was a milestone for both '60s music and popular culture. --Billy Altman

Product Description

Special edition packaged in a crate and includes a Large sized WhiteT-shirt. Digitally remastered digipak edition of this classic 1967 album from The Beatles featuring 'Lucy In The Sky WIth Diamonds', 'With A Little Help From My Friends', 'A Day In The Life', 'Getting Better, 'When I'm Sixty Four' and many more. The album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. Within the CD's new packaging, the booklet includes detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. A newly produced mini-documentary on the making of the album is included as a QuickTime file on each album. The documentary contains archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere. Capitol. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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355 of 400 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, November 25, 2000

By	AntiochAndy "antiochandy" (Antioch, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Audio CD)

One of three LP/CDs by the Beatles among my all-time top ten, along with "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver". Though not my personal favorite, this recording is essential in any collection of pop/rock recordings. It has been, since its release, a standard by which others are measured. It also marks the high-water mark of the Beatles creativity as a band. After "Sgt. Pepper..." came a directionless time during which the "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Yellow Submarine" records were released, followed by the period the band's breakdown, as chronicled in the "White Album", "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road". Though these latter efforts contained plenty of great music, it was clear that the Beatles were increasingly unable to function together as a unit. Individual tracks almost always spotlighted one of the band members while the others worked essentially as a backing group.

During a recent TV special, it wa said that, during the time the Beatles were in the studio making "Sgt. Pepper...", there was a lot of doubt about what they would come out with and many fans were giving up on them. As someone who was around at the time, I certainly don't remember much of that. Of course, the Beatles always had a few doubters and detractors, but most of us were looking forward to their next record. Stories of how much time and effort were going into it only fueled our anticipation. It was like the release of the fourth Harry Potter book when "Sgt. Pepper..." finally came out. Some stores opened early and huge numbers were sold the first day of it's release. I bought a copy that day like many others. Nor was I disappointed. Since then, I have spent many hours listening to "Sgt. Pepper..." and I expect I'll spend many more.

To appreciate the significance of "Sgt. Pepper..." you have to understand the pivotal place of the Beatles in the culture of the time. Quite simply, they changed everything. Before the Beatles, the primary medium of pop/rock music was the 45 rpm single. The Beatles released a flood of good quality songs, many original, so that "albums" became more than just a couple of hit singles packaged with a bunch of throwaway tracks. All of the tracks were good and people began to buy albums because it was the best way to get all the music. "Sgt. Pepper..." took this a step further by making the album a more unified whole. It elevated pop/rock music to the level of art, implying an expressiveness and timelessness beyond anything rock had previously aspired to. But the impact of the Beatles went far beyond music. It entered into fashion, modes of behavior, and popular attitudes in a variety of areas. We were even fed a constant stream of news reports about what the Beatles were doing from day to day or week to week. London became, for a time, THE cultural center of the world.

"Sgt. Pepper..." itself has a timeless quality. Songs such as With A Little Help From My Friends, Getting Better, Within You Without You, When I'm Sixty-four and others have themes that people can relate to just as well today as when they were first released. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and A Day In The Life, while perhaps mored dated lyrically, are among the most interesting pieces in other respects.

For those of us who were around and listening when "Sgt. Pepper..." came out, it is more than just a record or CD. It marks the peak of a time of incredible energy and change. The decline and dissolution of the Beatles is something many of us still feel in a very personal way. Even today, we mourn the end of the Beatles and the death of John Lennon. Those events represent the passing and final end of something we treasured.

"Sgt. Pepper..." is a great record by a great band. Even more, it is a central landmark of its period and of its genre. If you think you like rock music, but you don't have a copy of "Sgt. Pepper...", sorry but you've missed it. Get a copy. You can't really appreciate the Beatles without it. Definitely a favorite of mine, and I expect it will be a favorite of yours, too.

120 of 141 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest album since the big bang, August 31, 2006

By	J. V. Lewis (secure undisclosed location) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Audio CD)

I feel like a monumental jackass reviewing this album: should I review the Q'uran and Coka Cola Classic next? Is there any more fundamentally unassailable album in the history of music? Is anything more impervious to criticism?

I just feel like recording the joy [I am not exagerating] I'm feeling right now as my 11-year-old daughter is discovering this album. She is spurning Christina Aguilera and I don't know what other one-dimensional rot for the complex, multi-layered, polyphonic wonders of the peak album of the most musical foursome of all time. This feels like a great victory for me. Parenthood hath its rewards.

Just had to type that out.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Brilliant!, October 25, 2000

By	JT (NY-United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Audio CD)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is simply a masterpiece. Many critics wondered what the fab four would come up with next. The answer - one of rock and roll's greatest albums ever. This album without a doubt takes you on a journey like never before. The Beatles take on alter egos and perform on this album with sheer brillance. From the opening song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," to the end "A Day In The Life," this album is packed with wonderful arragements and production wizardry. Is Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds a drug song? What exactly does John want to turn us on to? This is the first album where the Beatles blantently express drug references instead of their usual inuendos. All grown up, the Beatles have filled this album with humorous and serious tones, which make this album absolutely incredible. Why do the Beatles hold that last chord for 53 seconds? Is it really a concept album? Find out for yourself with this magical piece of rock and roll history.