Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	23 July 1978 (LP) 21 April 1998 (CD)
Recorded	December 1977–May 1978
Genre	Glam rock, pop, disco, hard rock
Length	83:08
Label	RSO, A&M (UK/Canada)
Producer	George Martin
Various Artists chronology
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Original Soundtrack) (1978) Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Original Soundtrack) re-issue(1998)

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a multi-platinum double album produced by George Martin, featuring covers of songs by The Beatles. It was released in July 1978, as the soundtrack to the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which starred the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and Steve Martin.

The project was managed by The Robert Stigwood Organisation. In 1975 the original plans for the album were suspended due to a dispute between Columbia and RSO. RSO invested $12 million into this soundtrack and the profit offset set against costs such as $1 million for promotion.

Platinum album and fallout

Although the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band debuted at #5 in the U.S. Billboard album charts and stayed there for six weeks, becoming a multi-platinum album, there was reported resistance to the interpretation of The Beatles' songs, such as Martin's comedic take on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". However Earth, Wind & Fire's version of "Got To Get You Into My Life" became a million selling single and Aerosmith's "Come Together" charted in the top 40 and later appeared on the soundtrack for Armageddon.

Radio airplay trailed off when the film was released with poor reviews, only five weeks later. The album immediately dropped out of the top 100 and pre-sale shipments to USA failed to sell in the quantities predicted. Owing to low box office receipts the film failed to make back its production costs, but profits from the sound track album and the successful singles it spawned later covered those losses.

Track listing

Disc 1

(LP Side 1)

1. Introducing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (4:42)

   "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" — The Bee Gees and Paul Nicholas (1:56)

   "With a Little Help from My Friends" — Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (2:46)

2. "Here Comes the Sun" — by Sandy Farina (3:45)
3. "Getting Better" — performed by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (2:46)
4. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" — Dianne Steinberg and Stargard
5. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" — George Martin, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees, Donald Pleasence, Dianne Steinberg, Paul Nicholas, The Bee Gees and Stargard (6:31)

(LP Side 2)

1. "Good Morning Good Morning" — performed by Paul Nicholas, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (1:58)
2. "She's Leaving Home" — Steven Tyler, The Bee Gees, Jay MacIntosh and John Wheeler(2:41)
3. "You Never Give Me Your Money" — Paul Nicholas and Dianne Steinberg (3:07)
4. "Oh! Darling" — Robin Gibb (3:21) reached #15 in United States Billboard Hot 100 chart
5. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" — Steve Martin and the vocal chorus (4:31)
6. Rise To Stardom Suite (5:11)

   "Polythene Pam" — The Bee Gees (0:38)

   "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" — Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (1:46)

   "Nowhere Man" — The Bee Gees (1:14)

   "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) reprise" — Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (1:33)

Disc 2

(LP Side 3)

1. "Got To Get You Into My Life" — Earth, Wind & Fire (3:36) reached #15 in United States Billboard Hot 100 chart
2. "Strawberry Fields Forever" — Sandy Farina (3:31)
3. "When I'm Sixty-Four" — Frankie Howerd and Sandy Farina (2:40)
4. "Mean Mr. Mustard" — Frankie Howerd (2:46)
5. "Fixing a Hole" — George Burns (2:25)
6. "Because" — Alice Cooper and The Bee Gees (2:45)
7. The Death of Strawberry (3:24)

   "Golden Slumbers" — Peter Frampton (1:39)

   "Carry That Weight" — The Bee Gees (1:45)

(LP Side 4)

1. "Come Together" — Aerosmith (3:46)
2. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" — Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, and George Burns (3:12)
3. "The Long and Winding Road" — Peter Frampton (3:40)
4. "A Day in the Life" — Barry Gibb and The Bee Gees
5. "Get Back" — Billy Preston (2:56)
6. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Finale]" — The cast (2:13)

Credits

• George Martin — Arranger, Producer
• Greg Adams — Trumpet
• Robert Ahwai — Guitar
• Wilbur Bascomb Jr — Bass
• Jeff Beck — Guitar
• Larry Carlton — Guitar
• Alice Cooper — Vocals
• Ray Cooper — Percussion
• Earth, Wind & Fire — Performer
• Sandy Farina — Performer
• Victor Feldman — Percussion
• Peter Frampton — Guitar
• The Bee Gees — Performer
• David Hungate — Bass
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka — Sax (Baritone)
• Max Middleton — Synthesizer, Keyboards
• Francis Monkman — Moog Synthesizer
• Paul Nicholas — Performer
• David Paich — Keyboards
• Jeff Porcaro — Drums
• Billy Preston — Hammond Organ
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie — Drums, Percussion
• Tommy Reilly — Harmonica
• Ray Russell — Guitar

Singles

• "Come Together" — Aerosmith — Reached #23 in Billboard singles chart
• "Get Back" — Billy Preston — Reached #86 in Billboard singles chart
• "Got To Get You Into My Life" — Earth, Wind & Fire — (Also released on Earth, Wind & Fire Greatest Hits Vol 1). Reached #9 in the Billboard singles chart and #1 in U.S. R&B charts.
• "Oh! Darling" — Robin Gibb — Reached #15 in the Billboard singles chart.

References

• Ashyia, Gale and Henderson, N. Contemporary Black Biography. Gale / Cengage Learning (2001). Digitized 17 Sep 2008. ISBN 9780787646202
• Denisoff, Serge.R and Romanowski, William D. Risky Business: rock in film. Transaction Publishers (1991). ISBN 9780887388439
• Martin George and Hornsby, Jeremy. All you need is ears. Reprint. St. Martin's Press (1994). ISBN 9780312114824
• Muir, Kenneth John. The rock & roll film encyclopedia. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (2007). ISBN 9781557836939.

External links

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at the Internet Movie Database