. . . to personally remember the mid to late Sixties. If The Beatles had released Sgt. Pepper a year or so later, would we now be talking about other albums from that time that would have had more of an impact on the music scene? This thought came to mind as I scanned across "Head" by The Monkees (seriously) this morning in my collection.
2007-11-22 03:14:21 · 10 answers · asked by the buffster 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
*Edit - Ralph, yeah they had the impact, but SO many bands have said that their effort crumbled then because of Sgt. Pepper.
2007-11-22 03:29:30 · update #1
Good question. There were so many Sgt. Pepper influenced albums that came out 6 months to a year later, and every big name British and American group seemed to jump on the band wagon. So any number of them could have been a likely candidate I suppose. God help us if it turned out to be a Monkee's album!
But it might have been one of the following, which were released between 1967-68:
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks
The Who - Sell Out
Family - Music in a Dolls House
The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath
The Seeds - Future
Tomorrow - Tomorrow
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
The Deviants - Ptooff! (haa! nice thought)
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
The Chocolate Watchband - No Way Out
And let's not forget The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out, which came out almost a full year before Sgt. Pepper. George Martin and The Beatles were heavily influenced by it's production techniques, and studio trickery.
But I definitely feel that Sgt. Pepper overshadowed anything else at the time, primarily because The Beatles were already such a phenomenon, and a household name for a few years prior to it's release. I think that if The Beatles had been a relatively new band, and only released one or two albums prior to Sgt Pepper, it wouldn't have achieved the notoriety and success that it did.
2007-11-22 03:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by Smiley 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Hey Buffster, Happy Thanksgiving
I remember 68 & 69 (I was 3 & 4 respectively)
If there was no Sgt Peppers I believe the king album from 1967 would be either
Pink Floyd-Piper At the Gates Of Dawn
The Rolling Stones-Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Doors-the Doors
From the only other three bands big enough to make that much of an impact that released an album in 1967
2007-11-22 17:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without the success of Sgt Peppers many of the other mentioned albums may have struggled to make an impression. Once the Beatles opened the door to concept albums it became easier to sell the idea to the public.
"Smile" was probably the next best option .
Head was a good album but they admitted to getting much inspiration from attending "Sgt Pepper" sessions earlier in the year.
2007-11-25 02:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by toddytoad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) would have been much bigger.
Also think Steppenwolf would have had more airplay too. Their first two albums (both 1968) were fantastic.
Blue Cheer was another great band that released two albums in 1968 that were underplayed.
The Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majestries Request would never have been released if Sgt. Peppers hadn't come out first because that album was their answer to Sgt. Peppers!
2007-11-23 00:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
or
The Rascals - Groovin'
have had more of an impact? Hum.....
Despite the insurgency from abroad, The Beach Boys & The Four Seasons were about the only American bands not to get totally derailed. (at least with unit sales)
2007-11-22 12:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel that it's all in the marketing. The US was only reactive in their efforts to pick the next big trend. Thanks to some successful whoring of the Beatles, we were forced to scramble for something that we could call unique. Case in point, have you ever heard of something like this about "The American Invasion" from the Britts. No, that's due to the fact we marketed so many groups,(not to say there wasn't one that we could have sunk all our time and effort into) that for us, it was not about the one, but the many. Had we have taken the same approach to any American band that was used for the Beatles, who knows, maybe the "Invasion" would have been quashed before it reached the end of the pond.
2007-11-22 12:09:08 · answer #6 · answered by fourstarchef2003 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree with Dee. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
2007-11-22 11:25:22 · answer #7 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Possibly, but the Beatles had a massive impact at that time
2007-11-22 11:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by Ralph 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Love's Forever Changes would have got the amount of attention it deserved. More important possibility however: maybe, just maybe The Beach Boys' Smile would have been completed after all!
2007-11-22 18:37:56 · answer #9 · answered by Max I 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys perhaps....
2007-11-22 11:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by Awesome★Possum♕҉☮♪♥♠♦♣♫ღ☼✔♀✫ஐ¤Δ☺◎ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋