The Beatles Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band – Sealed Vinyl Record Album

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Catalog Number: ST 2653  (Capitol or Apple)

Conditions

Vinyl

-      Side 1:             Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-      Side 2:             Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Labels

-        Side 1:          Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Side 2:          Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Front Cover: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Back Cover:  Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Inside Cover:       Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Spine:                  Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Seems

-        Top:              Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Bottom:        Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Inner Sleeve:       Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

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Released:    1 June 1967

Recorded:   6 December 1966 – 21 April 1967, EMI Studios and Regent Sound Studio, London

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 1 June 1967, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, spending 22 weeks at the top of the albums chart in the United Kingdom and 15 weeks at number one in the United States. Time magazine declared it "a historic departure in the progress of music" and the New Statesman praised its elevation of pop to the level of fine art.[1] It won four Grammy Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honor.

In August 1966, the Beatles permanently retired from touring and began a three-month holiday from recording. During a return flight to London in November, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an Edwardian era military band that would eventually form the impetus of the Sgt. Pepper concept. Sessions for the Beatles' eighth studio album began on 24 November in Abbey Road Studio Two, with the original intention to record an album of material that was to be thematically linked to their childhoods. Among the first tracks recorded for the project were "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", but after pressure from EMI the songs were released as a double A-side single; they were not included on the album.

In February 1967, after recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", McCartney suggested that the Beatles should release an entire album that would represent a performance by the fictional Sgt. Pepper band. This alter ego group would give them the freedom to experiment musically. During the recording sessions, the band endeavoured to improve upon the production quality of their prior releases. Knowing they would not have to perform the tracks live, they adopted an experimental approach to composition, writing songs such as "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "A Day in the Life". The producer George Martin's innovative recording of the album included the liberal application of sound shaping signal processing and the use of a 40-piece orchestra performing aleatoric crescendos. Recording was completed on 21 April 1967. The cover, depicting the band posing in front of a tableau of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the English pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth based on a sketch by McCartney.

Reception

Professional ratings

Retrospective reviews

Review scores

Source

Rating

AllMusic

The A.V. Club

B+

Robert Christgau

A

The Daily Telegraph

Encyclopedia of Popular Music

MusicHound

Paste

89/100

Pitchfork Media

10/10

The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Charts

Sgt. Pepper appeared on the Billboard 200 chart in the US for 175 non-consecutive weeks through 1987.[319]

Weekly charts

Original release

Chart

Position

Australian Kent Music Report Chart

1

Norwegian Albums Chart

1

Swedish Kvällstoppen Chart

1

UK Albums Chart

1

US Billboard Top LPs

1

West German Media Control Albums Chart

1

1987 reissue

Chart

Position

Dutch Mega Albums Chart

2

Japanese Albums Chart

3

UK Albums Chart

3

2009 reissue

Chart

Position

Australian Albums Chart

16

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)

22

Brazilian Albums Chart

20

Danish Albums Chart

20

Finnish Albums Chart

9

Italian Albums Chart

9

Japanese Albums Chart

20

New Zealand Albums Chart

12

Norwegian Albums Chart

31

Portuguese Albums Chart

4

Spanish Albums Chart

22

Swedish Albums Chart

8

UK Albums Chart

5

US Billboard 200

114

Year-end charts

Chart (1967)

Position

Australian Albums Chart

1

UK Albums Chart

1

US Billboard 200

3

Chart (1968)

Position

Australian Albums Chart

3

US Billboard 200

6

Decade-end charts

Chart (1960s)

Position

UK Albums Chart

1

Certifications

Region

Certification

Sales/shipments

Argentina (CAPIF)

2× Platinum

120,00

Argentina (CAPIF)
1987 CD issue

3× Platinum

180,000x

Australia (ARIA)

4× Platinum

280,000^

Brazil (ABPD)

Gold

100,000*

Canada (Music Canada)

8× Platinum

800,000^

France (SNEP)

Gold

88,100

Germany (BVMI)

Platinum

500,000^

Italy (FIMI)

Gold

50,000*

Japan (Oricon Charts)

208,000

New Zealand (RMNZ)

6× Platinum

90,000^

United Kingdom (BPI)

16× Platinum

5,100,000

United States (RIAA)

11× Platinum

11,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

BPI certification awarded only for sales since 1994.

Preceded by
Headquarters by The Monkees

Billboard 200 number-one album
1 July – 13 October 1967

Succeeded by
Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

Preceded by
Going Places by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
5 August 1967 – 1 March 1968

Succeeded by
Their Satanic Majesties Request by The Rolling Stones

Preceded by
The Sound of Music (soundtrack)
The Sound of Music (soundtrack)
The Sound of Music (soundtrack)
The Sound of Music (soundtrack)

UK Albums Chart number-one album
10 June – 18 November 1967
25 November – 2 December 1967
23 December 1967 – 6 January 1968
3–10 February 1968

Succeeded by
The Sound of Music (soundtrack)
The Sound of Music (soundtrack)
Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently by Val Doonican
The Four Tops Greatest Hits
by The Four Tops

Preceded by
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
1

Succeeded by
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