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With the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on 1st June 1967, The Beatles heralded the famous 'Summer of Love' and took pop music into a whole new stratosphere.
From the cover art to the album's influences and arrangements, it set the benchmark and continues today to be lauded as the greatest rock album of all time. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its release, we reveal 10 quirky facts you might not have known about the seminal Sgt. Pepper's.
Look! It's us!
The men behind the seminal Sgt. Pepper's cover shot are the designer Peter Blake and photographer Michael Cooper who shot it at Chelsea Manor Photographic Studios on 30th March 1967. Of the famous faces who were meant to feature, some didn't quite make it - including Elvis, Hitler and Jesus. Lee Gorcey was removed after requesting an appearance fee (!) whil EMI demanded Gandhi being taken out for fear of offending record buyers in India.
Ever wondered about those animal noises on the song Good Morning, Good Morning? These were apparently recorded in an order where each animal would be able to eat the one before it. As for the song title, John took it from a Kellogg's Cornflakes TV advert.
Magical mystery tour - on a coach
For years, it's been wrongly assumed that Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is a reference to LSD. The title in fact comes from John's son Julian. After he brought home a drawing from school, dad John asked his son what the picture was. "It's Lucy in the sky with diamonds" he replied. Lucy O'Connell was one of Julian's classmates!
