Sgt.Pepper special on PBS

Amazing perspective just how things were done.

Who'da thunk how complex some of our beloved songs were?

How  about that last sustained note of "Day in the Life" or better yet, "Within you without you"?

Sir George and the fab 4 were just ahead of the times. Maybe credit LSD for some creativity?

I thought the program was mostly good--I question whether, at this point, they were still mixing 3 tracks down to 1 (I’d like to see an example of that on any song from the LP), but there were a lot of good new factoids and the rest seemed right on the money. I liked that they went deep with a few tracks rather than trying to cover them all.

A column in the latest issue of "the absolute sound" discusses this subject and acknowledges that Brian Wilson was exploring creative multilayering in the making of "Good Vibrations" around the same time as the Beatles were crafting "Sgt Peppers LHCB." What I found interesting was the statement that "Paul McCartney would say years later that (Frank Zappa’s) Freak Out inspired the Beatles to stretch out creatively on their influential 1967 concept album Sgt Peppers’ LHCB." Frank Zappa...who knew?

@tonykay
The plot thickens-LOL!!
https://medium.com/cuepoint/how-the-beatles-revolver-gave-brian-wilson-a-nervous-breakdown-4b3939c4e...

There was quite a bit of interesting pop/rock music being released in 1967.