In this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June.

The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their greatest single ever and then turn their full attention to creating what is surely at least their most famous album, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. We cover the recording, album cover, launch party, release and legacy of 'Pepper', as well as some of the other songs recorded around the same time and used for other singles and projects.

In amongst all this, John Lennon trips out in public at one of the premier British psychedelic events of the hippie era…

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episode links

Strawberry Fields Forever video (in shimmering colour!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8

Strawberry Fields Forever take 26 (brass & strings score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNtvnUEjJk

A Day In The Life 'video' (orchestra overdub session)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM

A Day In The Life take 1 (echoey counting starts at 2.10)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txyItk5lXY

John Lennon at the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream (music by Pink Floyd)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z0Ph7ldFYg

Yoko Ono performs 'Cut Piece'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaYNusT9Cc

Sgt Pepper's launch party

https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1967/05/launch-party-for-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band/

Who's who on the Sgt Pepper album cover

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sgt-pepper-cover-art-whos-who/

'Paul Is Dead' clues on the Sgt Pepper cover

https://turnmeondeadman.com/paul-is-dead-clues-on-sgt-peppers-lonely-heart-club-band/

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution (Howard Goodall)

http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/tv-presenting/sgt-peppers-musical-revolution

Howard Goodall - The Beatles: A Musical Appreciation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQS91wVdvYc

Cynthia Lennon 'John' audiobook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97WjVEFJyI&list=PLfATtdZX-KZ6TAhRBbTdKv3j3XkxqB7Rt&index=1