Saturday, September 4, 2010

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1967

The great opener with phony audience reaction makes for a great beginning to a great album. Even The Beatles thought so as they added a Reprise at the end of the album before "A Day in the Life". 1996's "Anthology 2" contains a demo version of the "Reprise". The opening version however leads directly into "With a Little Help From My Friends". It's also on "1967-1970" and 1999's "Yellow Submarine Songtrack". The "Reprise" is also used for 2006's "Love".

Different live versions were performed on 1990’s "Tripping the Live Fantastic" and 2002/3's "Back in the US/World" and on 2009’s "Good Evening New York City". The latter two versions were coupled with "The End".

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