The Beatles – britská rocková skupina z Liverpoolu aktívna v šesťdesiatych rokoch – patria medzi komerčne najúspešnejšie a kritikmi najuznávanejšie kapely v histórii populárnej hudby. S viac než 600 miliónmi predaných nosičov sú ich nahrávky stále hrané a obľúbené po celom svete.
Album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band vyšiel v roku 1967 vo vydavateľstve Apple Records ako ôsma štúdiová doska skupiny. Nahrávalo sa od decembra 1966 počas 129 dní, v priebehu ktorých Beatles experimentovali s orchestrami, najatými hudobníkmi a inovatívnymi štúdiovými technikami. Album spája prvky rock and rollu, jazzu, klasickej hudby, music hallu či tradičnej indickej hudby, pričom texty sa dotýkajú tém detstva, rutiny i života v povojnovej Británii. Sgt. Pepper sa okamžite stal kultúrnou ikonou éry a získal štyri ceny Grammy vrátane Dosky roka; časopis Rolling Stone ho v roku 2003 označil za najlepší album všetkých čias. Toto výročné šesťdiskové vydanie obsahuje nové stereo a 5.1 surround remixy, 34 doteraz nezverejnených nahrávok zo štúdiových session (medzi nimi rôzne verzie Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane či A Day in the Life), 4K reštaurované promo filmy a dokument The Making of Sgt. Pepper, doplnené o 144-stranovú viazanú knihu s fotografiami a textami.
Na albume sa podieľali John Lennon (gitara, spev), Paul McCartney (basová gitara, spev), George Harrison (gitara, spev) a Ringo Starr (bicie).
Skladby
CD1
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With a Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In the Life
CD2
1. Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 1]
2. Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 4]
3. Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 7]
4. Strawberry Fields Forever [Take 26]
5. Strawberry Fields Forever [Stereo Mix - 2015]
6. When I'm Sixty-Four [Take 2]
7. Penny Lane [Take 6 Instrumental]
8. Penny Lane [Vocal Overdubs and Speech]
9. Penny Lane [Stereo Mix - 2017]
10. A Day In the Life [Take 1]
11. A Day In the Life [Take 2]
12. A Day In the Life [Orchestra Overdub]
13. A Day In the Life (Hummed Last Chord) [Takes 8, 9, 10 and 11
14. A Day In the Life (the Last Chord)
15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Take 1 Instrumental]
16. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Take 9 and Speech]
17. Good Morning Good Morning [Take 1 - Instrumental, Breakdown]
18. Good Morning Good Morning [Take 8]
CD3
1. Fixing a Hole [Take 1]
2. Fixing a Hole [Speech and Take 3]
3. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [Speech From Before Take
4. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [Take 7]
5. Lovely Rita [Speech and Take 9]
6. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds [Take 1 and Speech At the End]
7. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds [Speech, False Start and Take
8. Getting Better [Take 1 - Instrumental and Speech At the End]
9. Getting Better [Take 12]
10. Within You Without You [Take 1 - Indian Instruments Only]
11. Within You Without You [George Coaching the Musicians]
12. She's Leaving Home [Take 1 Instrumental]
13. She's Leaving Home [Take 6 Instrumental]
14. With a Little Help From My Friends [Take 1 - False Start and
15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [Speech and
CD4
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With a Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In the Life
14. Strawberry Fields Forever [Original Mono Mix]
15. Penny Lane [Original Mono Mix]
16. A Day In the Life [Unreleased First Mono Mix]
17. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds [Unreleased Mono Mix - No. 11]
18. She's Leaving Home [Unreleased First Mono Mix]
19. Penny Lane [Capitol Records U.S. Promo Single - Mono Mix]
DVD
1. Nové 5.1 surround audio mixy alba a "Penny Lane" od Gilese Martina a Sama Okella, plus jejich 2015 5.1 surround mix "Strawberry Fields Forever"
2. High resolution audio verze nových stereo mixů alba a "Penny Lane" a 2015 stereo mix "Strawberry Fields Forever"
3. Video: 4K restaurované promo filmy k "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane," a "A Day In The Life;" plus The Making of Sgt. Pepper, restaurovaný dokument s komentáři a rozhovory s McCartneym, Harrisonem a Starrem, a záběry ze studia uvedené Georgem Martinem.
Blu-ray
1. Nové 5.1 surround audio mixy alba a "Penny Lane" od Gilese Martina a Sama Okella, plus jejich 2015 5.1 surround mix "Strawberry Fields Forever"
2. High resolution audio verze nových stereo mixů alba a "Penny Lane" a 2015 stereo mix "Strawberry Fields Forever"
3. Video: 4K restaurované promo filmy k "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane," a "A Day In The Life;" plus The Making of Sgt. Pepper, restaurovaný dokument s komentáři a rozhovory s McCartneym, Harrisonem a Starrem, a záběry ze studia uvedené Georgem Martinem.
