(from Tony Eastley’s show, May 28):
MICHAEL ROWLAND: Sgt. Pepper was the Beatles as their fans had never seen or heard them before.
They’d ditched their grey suits and ties in favour of technicolour military style uniforms, and the catchy two minute pop tunes had given way to musical experimentation on a grand scale.
(excerpt from song Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!)
TIM RILEY: These were songs that were best suited to the recording studio, that nobody would try and reproduce these songs live. There wouldn’t be any point. The ultimate version of these songs would be the way the Beatles produced them for tape…
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Unless I’m very much mistaken Hendrix played a cover of ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ on the night after the album was released.