![]() Lennon had requested Jesus Christ, Ghandi and Hitler to be depicted on the cover but was refused. But one face who many may not realise resides on that famous front is … Hitler! HITLER IN HIDING – Pop artists, Sir Peter Blake, and his then wife, Jann Haworth designed the album cover from an original ink drawing by McCartney. The collage includes 57 photographs and 9 waxworks mostly made up of famous faces such as Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan and Oscar Wilde. ![]() Spooky! So was Macca really replaced? Just ask yourself could an imposter come up with genius like this collab with The Frog Chorus? Pepper’s album as the band laying to rest their former personas of suit wearing, mop top sporting lads, some saw clear clues to the coverup of McCartney’s death.Ī yellow wreath sits at the bottom right of the cover in the shape of a bass guitar. Paul McCartney played bass, there is a bass shaped wreath, a sign Macca was no more? Also a hand hovers over the picture of Paul as though a priest is blessing him before committing him to the earth. While many interpreted the famous cover shot of the Sgt. IS MACCA DEAD? – Much speculation was made of the demise of Paul McCartney after a fatal crash in 1966, which saw him replaced by an imposter named Billy Shears. He apparently remembered what happened to George Harrison after he said he liked jelly babies and was pelted with them consistently on stage, funnily enough Ringo didn’t fancy the same treatment with tomatoes. TOMATOES – The song A Little Help From My Friends originally started with the lyric, “What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me?” Ringo who was due to sing the line said there was, Beatles producer George Martin once said if The Beach Boys had never made Pet Sounds,īut it’s only fair they inspired the Beatles, as Brian Wilson was in turn inspired to write Pet Sounds after listening to Rubber Soul and trying to better it, capturing the music that was in his head when stoned and making it tangible on vinyl. In honour of The Beatles concept album to begin and end all concept albums, we’re going to share some facts, fiction and everything in between about a record that changed music forever.ĬIRCLE OF INFLUENCE – The record was heavily influenced by the incredible Pet Sounds. Any record that can usher in a ‘Summer of Love” has to be pretty special and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band celebrates it’s 50th anniversary, and 32 million sales later, amazingly it still feels just as fresh today. On June 1st 1967 one of the defining soundtracks of the 60s was released by arguably the most defining of bands to ever form, The Beatles. ![]()
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