*Sgt Pepper took 700 hours to make, in contrast Please Please Me took 585 minutes.
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*The original (rejected) cover was designed by a Dutch group called the Fool.
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*The cover photo was shot on the evening of March 30, 1967.
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*The concept of Sgt Peppers was for the Beatles to be able to put some distance between themselves and the public. So that eg: when John Lennon sang a song, it would be whoever he was in the new group, his fantasy character. In this way you could do anything when you got to the mike or picked up a guitar because it wasn't you.
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*A Day In The Life is actually a composite of two unfinished songs which were joined by a bridge. The first half is John's and the second is Paul's.
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*No Beatle actually plays on 'Within You,Without You'.
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*Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is actually not about drugs, it is based on a painting which John's son Julian came home with.
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*John got the idea for Mr Kite from a poster he found in an antique shop in Sevenoaks,Kent.
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*Paul Mc Cartney was heavily influenced at the time by the Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds', in particular the harmonies.
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*Sgt Peppers was released on a friday, by the Sunday Jimi Hendrix was playing a cover of Sgt Peppers at the Saville Theatre.
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