THE BEATLES – SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND LP – Nr MINT UK STEREO

The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Parlophone Records  1984  PCS7027  Stereo)
Black/Silver Label with 2 EMI Logos

G&L Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
No Cut Outs

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their huge popularity became known as “Beatlemania”. The main songwriters were Lennon and McCartney.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (often shortened to Sgt. Pepper) is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. Released in June 1967, the album, which included songs such as “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, and “A Day in the Life”, now has over 70 million albums sold.

Track listing

Sgt. Pepper was the first Beatles album to be released with identical track listings in the UK and the US. The American release did not originally contain the side two runout groove and inner groove sound effects that were restored for the worldwide CD issue, released on 1 June 1987.

All songs written and composed by Lennon–McCartney except where noted.

Track list information according to Graham Calkin, Mark Lewisohn and Ian MacDonald.

Personnel

According to Mark Lewisohn and Alan W. Pollack:

The Beatles

• John Lennon – lead, harmony and background vocals; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars; piano and Hammond organ; harmonica, tape loops, sound effects and comb and tissue paper; handclaps, tambourine and maracas
• Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and background vocals; lead and bass guitars; piano, Lowrey and Hammond organs; handclaps; vocalizations, tape loops, sound effects and comb and tissue paper
• George Harrison – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars; sitar; lead, harmony and background vocals; tamboura; harmonica and kazoo; handclaps and maracas
• Ringo Starr – drums, congas, tambourine, maracas, handclaps and tubular bells; lead vocals; harmonica; final piano E chord

Additional musicians and production

• Neil Aspinall – tamboura and harmonica
• Geoff Emerick – recording and mixing engineer; tape loops and sound effects
• Mal Evans – counting, alarm clock and final piano E chord
• Matthew Deyell – tambourine
• George Martin – producer and mixer; tape loops and sound effects; harpsichord (on “Fixing a Hole”), harmonium, Lowrey organ and glockenspiel (on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!”), Hammond organ (on “With a Little Help from My Friends”), and piano (on “Getting Better” and the solo in “Lovely Rita”); final harmonium chord.
• Session musicians – four French horns (on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”), (Neil Sanders, James W. Buck, John Burden, Tony Randall), arranged and conducted by Martin and McCartney; string section and harp (on “She’s Leaving Home”), arranged by Mike Leander and conducted by Martin; harmonium, tabla, sitar, dilruba, eight violins and four cellos (on “Within You, Without You”), arranged and conducted by Harrison and Martin; clarinet trio (on “When I’m Sixty Four”), as arranged and conducted by Martin and McCartney; saxophone sextet (on “Good Morning, Good Morning”), arranged and conducted by Martin and Lennon; and forty-piece orchestra (strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion) (on “A Day in the Life”), arranged by Martin, Lennon and McCartney and conducted by Martin and McCartney