I am 15 and I love the oldies very much. Since I was born in the 90's I was wondering what new sound Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart delivered?
2007-08-18 11:33:57 · 4 answers · asked by Mac 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Sgt. Pepper broke ground by mixing the traditional guitar, bass and drums with such instruments as a mouth organ, a harmonium and the Indian sitar and dilruba. Classical strings and brass joined in, and all were recorded and mixed in ingenious, original ways. This had never been done before. They used new recording techniques that had never been heard of before.
Before 'Sgt. Pepper,' guitars were usually run through an amplifier, which was mic'd and fed into the mixing console to be recorded. But for 'Sgt. Pepper,' The Beatles and George Martin experimented with 'directly injecting' first Paul's bass, and then other guitars directly into the mixer. Today, 'direct boxes' are a mainstay in most recording studios.
I think the recognition of the innovation was people sitting back after the fact saying, yeah, that was really something special.
2007-08-18 11:55:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sgt. Pepper's is probably most famous for being the first "concept album" in rock or pop music. Before it was released, the rock and pop albums were roughly 12 songs of about 3 minutes apiece, with no real reason for being included on the same album, or for being arranged in the order they were. Sgt. Pepper's approached the album as a single concept, a story told in multiple parts - this had been done in jazz before, but was completely new to Top 40 music, and its commercial success proved its worth. The Rolling Stones immediately followed with "Satanic Majesty's Request," and the race was on to out-conceptualize the other guys...
2007-08-18 19:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by Who Else? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sgt. Peppers is considered by many THE best album ever recorded.
There is probably about 100 different articles on the topic.
The Beatles went into the recording studio and experimented with different sounds. This album was recorded before the electronics of today
I suggest you check out this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band
2007-08-18 18:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by Marge Simpson 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it broght the magic of LSD to all the little girls and boys
2007-08-18 19:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by Afrotastic 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋