Did Sgt Pepper’s call the Toon in 67?
SGT Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club has one of the most memorable album covers in music history.
Designed by pop artist Peter Blake, the colourful collage features The Beatles as members of Sgt Pepper’s band alongside cutouts of famous people.
The artwork features 57 photographs and nine waxworks of everybody from Marlon Brando to Sonny Liston, and Oscar Wilde to Marilyn Monroe.
A North East connection comes with the surprise appearance of former Newcastle United and Liverpool striker Albert Stubbins.
Apparently John Lennon merely liked the sound of his name!
Then, 35 years after the classic album hit the shops, came a Geordie take on the landmark cover.
Put together by Chronicle graphic artist Doug Young in 2002, it helped marked the launch of NewcastleGateshead’s ultimately unsuccessful 2008 European Capital of Culture bid.
It featured famous North East showbiz and sporting figures with a sprinkling of business people, clergymen and politicians thrown in.
Some faces will be more familiar than others.
Back Row: Sting,
IT was 50 years ago today... The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released on June 1, 1967.
Whether you consider it a ground-breaking, era-defining classic, or an over-rated, over-blown collection of tosh, it’s quite probably the most famous album of all time.
Masterminded by producer George Martin, its rich orchestrations and exploratory lyrics were a far cry from the Fab Four of just a few years earlier.
Instead of the simple pop of Hard Day’s Night, Help and Love Me Do, we had the ambitious A Day In The Life, With A Little Help From My Friends,