Description
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: 50th Anniversary Edition
This is an expanded reissue of the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the English rock band the Beatles.
It was released on 26 May 2017, the album’s 50th anniversary. It includes a new stereo remix of the album by Giles Martin, the son of Beatles producer George Martin.
The release was accompanied by the Apple Corps documentary Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution, televised on the BBC, PBS and Arte.
Promotion included billboards posted in major cities around the world. The reissue garnered critical acclaim and topped the UK Albums Chart.
This double lp set/album is sealed and in as new condition.
Super Deluxe Edition
Disc one – 2017 stereo remix of original album
Side one
1. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” McCartney 2:00
2. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Starr 2:42
3. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Lennon 3:28
4. “Getting Better” McCartney with Lennon 2:48
5. “Fixing a Hole” McCartney 2:36
6. “She’s Leaving Home” McCartney with Lennon 3:25
7. “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” Lennon 2:37
Total length: 19:34
Side two
1. “Within You Without You” Harrison 5:05
2. “When I’m Sixty-Four” McCartney 2:37
3. “Lovely Rita” McCartney 2:42
4. “Good Morning Good Morning” Lennon 2:42
5. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr 1:18
6. “A Day in the Life” Lennon with McCartney 5:38
Total length: 20:02
Disc two – session highlights, sequenced in chronological order of their first recording dates, plus stereo mixes of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane”
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Take 1) – 2:40
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Take 4) – 3:00
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Take 7) – 3:17
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Take 26) – 3:19
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Stereo Mix – 2015) – 4:10
- “When I’m Sixty-Four” (Take 2) – 3:00
- “Penny Lane” (Take 6 – Instrumental) – 2:56
- “Penny Lane” (Vocal Overdubs and Speech) – 1:47
- “Penny Lane” (Stereo Mix – 2017) – 3:00
- “A Day in the Life” (Take 1) – 4:41
- “A Day in the Life” (Take 2) – 4:49
- “A Day in the Life” (Orchestra Overdub) – 0:56
- “A Day in the Life (Hummed Last Chord)” (Takes 8, 9, 10 and 11) – 1:55
- “A Day in the Life (The Last Chord)” – 2:53
- “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (Take 1 – Instrumental) – 2:34
- “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (Take 9 and Speech) – 2:37
- “Good Morning Good Morning” (Take 1 – Instrumental, Breakdown) – 1:04
- “Good Morning Good Morning” (Take 8) – 2:47
Disc three – as above
- “Fixing a Hole” (Take 1) – 3:00
- “Fixing a Hole” (Speech and Take 3) – 3:28
- “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” (Speech from Before Take 1; Take 4 and Speech at the End) – 3:08
- “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” (Take 7) – 2:35
- “Lovely Rita” (Speech and Take 9) – 3:05
- “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (Take 1 and Speech at the End) – 3:40
- “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (Speech, False Start and Take 5) – 4:08
- “Getting Better” (Take 1 – Instrumental, and Speech at the End) – 2:19
- “Getting Better” (Take 12) – 2:45
- “Within You Without You” (Take 1 – Indian Instruments Only) – 5:33
- “Within You Without You” (George Coaching the Musicians) – 3:56
- “She’s Leaving Home” (Take 1 – Instrumental) – 3:49
- “She’s Leaving Home” (Take 6 – Instrumental) – 3:48
- “With a Little Help from My Friends” (Take 1 – False Start, and Take 2 – Instrumental) – 3:15
- “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” (Speech and Take 8) – 2:00
Disc four – 1967 mono mix of original album, with six bonus tracks:
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- “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Original Mono Mix) – 4:08
- “Penny Lane” (Original Mono Mix) – 3:02
- “A Day in the Life” (Unreleased First Mono Mix) – 4:43
- “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (Unreleased Mono Mix – No. 11) – 3:49
- “She’s Leaving Home” (Unreleased First Mono Mix) – 3:42
- “Penny Lane” (Capitol Records US Promo Single – Mono Mix) – 3:01
