It was 40 years ago today.....

I've been thinking about listening to Sgt. Pepper all day! Even considering hooking up my turntable to listen to the vinyl copy I purchased sometime around 74 after wearing out the original lp I had in 68. Maybe I'll just listen to the cd while looking at the lp cover.
Oh the memories. I had a friend at the time who had come home for the summer in 67 from a private school in PA. He had a copy of SPLHCB that we listened to over and over.

While I certainly remember this record;where I was when I first heard it and such; the White Album I remember even more vividly. It was being played, non stop on just about all the good radio stations.---(jeez, how'd I get this old?)

Personally, I preferred the early Beatles when they were playing what George Harrison once called "those same ten dopey tunes". Oh well, you can't deny the significance of Sgt. Pepper to the musical development of the Beatles and others, and the context of the album in its time. I guess I'll have to pull it out and give it a spin on the 'table tonight.

"A splendid time is guaranteed for all............"

What I remember about the album is when they played the opening track SPLHCB whether it was AM/FM they always let it run into "I get by with a little help from my friends." To this day i don't believe there was a song where two songs were run concurrent as one. It was like a mini opus. My dad loved this song esp. when Ringo came in RIP dad .