THE BEATLES SGT. PEPPER REBORN!

Celebrating the album that invented the album, at 50. Paul McCartney on how they “vibed” it; Jon Savage on the songs and the significance; Nigel Hartnup relives that sleeve shoot; Giles Martin defends his stereo Pepper for the new millennium. Plus: Beatle peers Graham Nash, Justin Hayward, Phil May and more remember how Sgt. Pepper blew their minds.

Fifty years young, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band killed the beatles so that they might live, and unveiled a boundary-smashing philosophy that enriched all pop and rock to come. In 2017 it is reborn, augmented by revelatory outtakes and a spectacular new stereo mix: two more reasons to turn on and tune into the alpha and omega of albums and, over 20 action-packed pages, explore why it mattered – and still does. Portrait by michael cooper.

THE LINE-UP

PAUL McCARTNEY on The Beatles in 3D p64 JON SAVAGE on the album, song by song p68 GILES MARTIN’s stereo secrets p72

AND ON BACKING VOCALS:

Graham Nash, Justin Hayward, Phil May, Glyn Johns and Eddie Kramer