Thursday, April 6, 2017

1967 Bonus - Special Sgt. Pepper Edition

Wow - talk about a 50th Anniversary Celebration ...
Have you seen the new, deluxe "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" box that's coming out next month?!?!?
Vintage Vinyl News ran this report yesterday ...

Track List, More Details Emerge on Beatles' 50th Anniversary "Sgt. Pepper"

by VVN Music

We now have the full details on the 50th anniversary editions of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Considered one of the greatest, if not THE best, album of the rock era, Sgt. Pepper will receive a multi-format release on May 26, five days before the 50th anniversary of the album's release.
  • Single-CD - A new stereo mix including the U.K. version of the album's "Edit for LP End" run-out groove.
  • Double-CD - Stereo mix on disc 1 plus an 18 track second disc with alternate takes of all of the songs on the album, two alternate takes of Penny Lane including an instrumental version, and three alternate takes of Strawberry Fields Forever.
  • Double-Vinyl LP - Same as Double-CD without the Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields takes. 
  • Six-CD
    • New Stereo Mix
    • Two-CDs/33 tracks of studio outtakes
    • One-CD of the album and bonus tracks in mono
    • Two-Blu-Ray or DVDs with 5.1 mix and high resolution versions of the album plus a previously unreleased documentary and promotional films. 
The Super Deluxe version will include a 144-page hard cover book with introductions by Paul McCartney and Giles Martin. The two-CD version will have a shortened 50-page booklet. 

The track lists:

Single-CD (Stereo Mix)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • With A Little Help From My Friends
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  • Getting Better
  • Fixing A Hole
  • She's Leaving Home
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
  • Within You Without You
  • When I'm Sixty-Four
  • Lovely Rita
  • Good Morning Good Morning
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  • A Day In The Life

Two-CD Set

Disc 1 (Stereo Mix)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • With A Little Help From My Friends
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  • Getting Better
  • Fixing A Hole
  • She's Leaving Home
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
  • Within You Without You
  • When I'm Sixty-Four
  • Lovely Rita
  • Good Morning Good Morning
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  • A Day In The Life
Disc 2
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9)
  • With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 - False Start And Take 2 – Instrumental)
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1)
  • Getting Better (Take 1 - Instrumental And Speech At The End)
  • Fixing A Hole (Speech And Take 3)
  • She's Leaving Home (Take 1 – Instrumental)
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 4)
  • Within You Without You (Take 1 - Indian Instruments)
  • When I'm Sixty-Four (Take 2)
  • Lovely Rita (Speech And Take 9)
  • Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Take 8)
  • A Day In The Life (Take 1 With Hummed Last Chord)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Stereo Mix - 2015)
  • Penny Lane (Take 6 - Instrumental)
  • Penny Lane (Stereo Mix - 2017)

2-Vinyl LP Set

LP 1 (Stereo Mix)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • With A Little Help From My Friends
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  • Getting Better
  • Fixing A Hole
  • She's Leaving Home
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
  • Within You Without You
  • When I'm Sixty-Four
  • Lovely Rita
  • Good Morning Good Morning
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  • A Day In The Life
LP 2
  • Side A
    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9 And Speech)
    • With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 - False Start And Take 2 – Instrumental)
    • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1)
    • Getting Better (Take 1 - Instrumental And Speech At The End)
    • Fixing A Hole (Speech And Take 3)
    • She's Leaving Home (Take 1 – Instrumental)
    • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 4)
  • Side B
    • Within You Without You (Take 1 - Indian Instruments)
    • When I'm Sixty-Four (Take 2)
    • Lovely Rita (Speech And Take 9)
    • Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Take 8)
    • A Day In The Life (Take 1 With Hummed Last Chord)

Super Deluxe (4CD/DVD/Blu-ray box set)

Disc 1 (Stereo Mix)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • With A Little Help From My Friends
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  • Getting Better
  • Fixing A Hole
  • She's Leaving Home
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
  • Within You Without You
  • When I'm Sixty-Four
  • Lovely Rita
  • Good Morning Good Morning
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  • A Day In The Life
Disc 2
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 4)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Stereo Mix - 2015)
  • When I'm Sixty-Four (Take 2)
  • Penny Lane (Take 6 – Instrumental)
  • Penny Lane (Vocal Overdubs And Speech)
  • Penny Lane (Stereo Mix - 2017)
  • A Day In The Life (Take 1)
  • A Day In The Life (Take 2)
  • A Day In The Life (Orchestra Overdub)
  • A Day In The Life (Hummed Last Chord) (Takes 8, 9, 10 and 11)
  • A Day In The Life (The Last Chord)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 1 – Instrumental)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9 And Speech)
  • Good Morning Good Morning (Take 1 - Instrumental, Breakdown)
  • Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
Disc 3
  • Fixing A Hole (Take 1)
  • Fixing A Hole (Speech And Take 3)
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Speech From Before Take 1; Take 4 And Speech At End)
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 7)
  • Lovely Rita (Speech And Take 9)
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1 And Speech At The End)
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Speech, False Start And Take 5)
  • Getting Better (Take 1 - Instrumental And Speech At The End)
  • Getting Better (Take 12)
  • Within You Without You (Take 1 - Indian Instruments Only)
  • Within You Without You (George Coaching The Musicians)
  • She's Leaving Home (Take 1 – Instrumental)
  • She's Leaving Home (Take 6 – Instrumental)
  • With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 - False Start And Take 2 – Instrumental)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Speech And Take 8)
Disc 4 (Mono Mix)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • With A Little Help From My Friends
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  • Getting Better
  • Fixing A Hole
  • She's Leaving Home
  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
  • Within You Without You
  • When I'm Sixty-Four
  • Lovely Rita
  • Good Morning Good Morning
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  • A Day In The Life
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (Original Mono Mix)
  • Penny Lane (Original Mono Mix)
  • A Day In The Life (Unreleased First Mono Mix)
  • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Unreleased Mono Mix - No. 11)
  • She's Leaving Home (Unreleased First Mono Mix)
  • Penny Lane (Capitol Records U.S. Promo Single - Mono Mix)
Discs 5 & 6 (Blu-ray & DVD)
  • Audio Features (both discs)
    • New 5.1 Surround Audio mixes of Sgt. Pepper album and Penny Lane, plus 2015 5.1 Surround mix of Strawberry Fields Forever (Blu-ray: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby True HD 5.1 / DVD: DTS Dolby Digital 5.1)
    • High Resolution Audio versions of 2017 Sgt. Pepper stereo mix and 2017 Penny Lane stereo mix, plus 2015 Strawberry Fields Forever hi res stereo mix (Blu-ray: LPCM Stereo 96KHz/24bit / DVD: LPCM Stereo)
  • Video Features (both discs)
    • The Making of Sgt. Pepper (restored 1992 documentary film, previously unreleased)
    • Promotional Films
      • A Day In The Life (4K restored)
      • Strawberry Fields Forever (4K restored)
      • Penny Lane (4K restored)

Guess that means I'll be buying it ... again ... this has got to be the 10th or 12th time I've bought the "Pepper" album!!!  First, the original vinyl release in 1967 (in mono) ... and then a stereo version several years later ... the cassette tape ... the limited edition picture disk ... the Beatles Complete box set ... the first CD release ... and then the remastered version ... as well as both the stereo and the mono CD box sets of all the remastered albums ... not to mention the Capitol mono / stereo CD ... and I'm sure there are more (because I also bought the British import and then, when all of the Capitol track lists were eliminated in favor of the British releases, I bought another final vinyl edition [which is still sealed] just in case.  Crazy???  You betcha ... but I've just GOTTA have the complete 6-disc collectors edition!  (kk)

Speaking of "Sgt. Pepper", it looks like we blew it with one of our comments the other day ... several readers jumped in to point it out ...
>>>If one takes a magnifying glass to the doll wearing the "Welcome the Rolling Stones" shirt on the Sgt. Pepper's album, they can see written on the sleeves "WMCA Good Guys", a reference to one of the great NYC radio stations of the day.  (Mark)
>>>With the actual album you don't even need a magnifying glass to see it ... homage, I guess, to the time they spent with Murray The K on their first trip to America.  (kk)
Kent,
In 1964, Murray The K was on WINS (the year before it made its change to an all-news format), not WMCA.
– Randy Price
Murray The K was with WINS. WMCA had a much wider playlist than it's competition including playing more soul records, which I believe the Beatles loved.
Mark
Murray the K was on 1010 WINS until 1965, not Fabulous 57 WMCA. He may have worked at MCA for awhile however. But his main Beatles connection was when he was on WINS before their format change to All News All The Time.
And are you sure it was WMCA that is on that shirt? I thought I read somewhere years ago that it was another of many stations nationwide using the Good Guys moniker in the mid-60s.  (I could be wrong, which pains me deeply ... and I should know better. Forgive my feeble brain as I have not played a record on the radio since January 12, 2016.)
I'm back to talk radio ... but not the "old man in his underwear" kind of talk ... its a true variety show on 77 WABC NYC and 790 KABC in LA these days on Sunday nights on The Late Joey Reynolds Show, working as Joey's sidekick and we are streaming audio via the iHeartRadio app ... and live video at 
www.SundayNight.com 9 pm EDT / 8 pm Central.
Be BIG.
Big Jay Sorensen
Upon closer review WITH a magnifying glass, it's kinda weird because "GOOD GUYS" is prominently displayed on the doll's left arm but the type on the right arm is almost impossible to read.
However I did find this article, which states otherwise, suggesting that it was WMPS rather than WMCA ... (you're right ... stations all over the country had adopted the "good guys" moniker) ... and, in fact, was not The Beatles' homage to the radio station (whichever one it was) but rather a shirt promoting a Rolling Stones concert which, when read correctly, says "WMPS (or WMCA) GOOD GUYS WELCOME THE ROLLING STONES".
I love the last paragraph of the article, which reads: 
What story is the correct one? Who knows, however, it proves yet again that when dealing
with stories concerning the Sgt. Pepper sleeve you just never know what is real and what is
bogus. I mean, they way they carry on you would think they were hiding some hidden secret
or something?
Doesn't this guy know that NOTHING is real ... and that it's nothing to get hung about??? 
(kk) 



Kent,
Although Murry the K was on WMCA in New York in the 1950's, during the original 'Beatlemania' era, he was on WINS from mid 1958 until 1965.  WINS was where he called himself 'The Fifth Beatle'.  
WABC in '64 & '65, was calling itself "W-A-Beatles-C".  WABC even had PAMS of Dallas create a series of Beatles sounding jingles that PAMS syndicated to radio stations in North America.
I've attached a copy of PAMS 'Beatles' jingles 25D.  Amazing that PAMS didn't get sued for these since they were a direct rip-off of Beatles hits, but it was a different era.  
Doug Thompson in Toronto


LOL, these are GREAT!!! (Actually, they're HORRIBLE ... but SO great to hear these after 50+ years.)  Obviously WABC believed The Beatles were the real deal ... and here to stay!  Thanks so much for sharing! (kk)

And Check This Out ...
Just got this from Charles Rosenay ... who will ALSO be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of "Sgt. Pepper" in his own unique way ...  
Tickets Now On Sale for East Coast Beatles Music Festival 
Celebrating Sgt. Pepper 50th Anniversary in June



In celebration of the 50th anniversary of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," the East Coast's only Beatles Music Festival, the "Fab 4 Music Festival" will be held on June 10th to commemorate the occasion, and tickets are now on sale.
The full day of Beatle-themed entertainment will "come together" at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, CT, where there will be two stages of performances, allowing twice the number of artists. Half of the groups will be performing indoors, under the Dome, while the other half will be playing outside on the patio.
The popular New York / New England regional event, known in past years as "Danbury Fields Forever," is a family-friendly Music, Foods & Arts Festival featuring the music of The Beatles, their solo material and songs from the sixties.
The hours are 1 pm until 10 pm on June 10th, and again, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of "Sgt. Pepper" and the year 1967, advance "Ticket to Ride" general admissions are only $19.67. There are also V.I.P. tickets available. Note that admission will be higher at the door. Advance tickets available at Ticketmaster.
Along with the great entertainment of 20 bands (line-up to be announced), there will be music memorabilia dealers & vendors, exhibitors, attractions, kid-friendly activities, along with a large variety of food options available.
The "Fab 4 Music Festival" on Saturday, June 10, 2017, is presented by Live Nation is association with Liverpool Productions, the same Beatles fan club that presented "NYC FAB 50: The Beatles' 50th Anniversary Celebration" in New York City, and organize the annual fan vacations to Liverpool and London known as the "Magical History Tour."

With a full day of fab 4 fun, 20 bands and non-stop music, as The Beatles sang, "It's Guaranteed to Raise a Smile."
For further info, visit website www.Fab4MusicFestival.com or call (203) 795-4737.
SPECIFICS:
TITLE: FAB 4 MUSIC FESTIVAL
DATES: Saturday, JUNE 10 2017
HOURS: 1:00pm until 10pm
LOCATION: Toyota Oakdale Theater, 95 South Turnpike Road, Wallingford, CT 06492  
TICKETS $19.67
Media Contact: International Tours & Events, 315 Derby Avenue,


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