KLAATU

Sir Army Suit (1978)

Canadian trio Klaatu were big Beatles fans, and hoped the

Fab Four would reunite. In a bizarre twist, a journalist heard Klaatu’s 1977 album

3.47 EST, and spread the rumour that it actually was The Beatles. McCartney admitted to being amused by the reports, and later met up with Klaatu guitarist Dee Long. The two even did some jamming.

By ’78, Klaatu’s third album was exploring pop, hard rock and disco – opener A Routine Day setting a Ram-like course – and with some arrangements, such as Christine, echoing Thrillington, McCartney’s ’77 instrumental version of Ram. MB