As someone who writes, records, mixes, and masters their own music on modern recording interfaces and DAWs, its amazing what The Beatles could accomplish with a hilariously small mixing console.
@@curiousuranus810 They still had to create the material. We all know they had engineers, but they still had to create the material. As any good engineer knows, if the source being recorded sucks, it's hard to make it sound good. Especially with the limited tech they had at the time.
Yup. But George Martin and Geoff Emerick were the 5th and 6th Beatles. Not much would have happened without them as the facilitators. The Beatles were the ‘ideas men’. George and Geoff took it out of their heads and onto master tape.
When I was eight-years old, in 1967, my father walked into a record shop and asked what was new and exciting, looking for a birthday present for my mother. The attendant said "Sgt. Pepper", so my father bought it. He gave it to my mother, she played it once but wasn't very impressed. I got hold of it and played it downstairs, over and over and over again. It blew my mind. Took me to another world. Expanded my mind. It still does. To this very day.
Spent 27 years as a U.S Army Ranger. Tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. This presentation and others like it - make me realize what really is worth fighting for. I would have fought to protect the studio where these artists recorded vs all the other BS we are told is worth dying for - just so this music could MOVE me for forever... Thank goodness for the Beatles - the multitudes of other wonderful artists - and all technicians who made them great.
Hopefully you understand that today's criminally corrupt left-wing party IS the biggest threat facing our constitutional republic today. Mark Zuckerberg and RFK Jr just detailed how today's criminally corrupt left-wing administration has been violating the constitution repeatedly from day one. Unfortunately, the press and media have brainwashed half the country. But I am becoming more optimistic every day that the left will be defeated this November
@@bradhuskers I agree 100% / I enlisted in 84 at 17 years old. So the music that inspired me then and moves me now was of the 60s/70s/80s. So that's what I'm referring to in my post. I want to believe that my service and sacrifice meant something. But these days - I'm not feeling it. Neither are any of the men and women who retired along with me. Music however stands the test of time / timeless. (feelgood) Try and put yourself in my boots based on last 10 years of political discourse. Open Boarder. Vein service in Iraq/Afghanistan. Our so called leaders are putrid liars and cheats. Music doesn't lie.
@@tomp3146 It's the criminally corrupt left-wing party. Today's left-wing has become an Oligarchy run by left-wing elitist fascists. If they are not defeated, they will destroy our constitutional republic.
I'm a singer songwriter and bass player and Paul overdubbed all his bass parts on Sgt,Pepper,you can tell he worked meticulously on the album with every bass note thought out and it sounds great,I believe Pepper is the best album the Beatles ever made although my favorite Beatle album is the American Rubber Soul album,the Beatles the greatest band ever. Bob
Pepper is my favorite Beatles album for one reason and one reason only. After 15 years of hearing it for the first time and listening to it over a hundred times since then, I learn something new about it all the time. It actually does, Get Better All the Time.
Strawberry FIelds blew my mind when it first came on he radio back in the 60s. Just one of many favourite Beatle songs of mine. And then I listened to Sgt. Pepper at a friend's house. Another of my favourite Beatles albums. The could do no wrong by me. Let's face it - the band combined with Geoff Emerick and George Martin added up to brilliance. There has never been another like them.
Nothing can beat the wonder of a kid (me) exploring this magical record album, reading the lyrics on the album cover while lying on the floor listening and being ushered into a magical new world of imagination and exploration.
What a wonderful, in-depth look at the sessions for PEPPERS. And the period of time in late 66 thru summer of 67. This is when the world changed, and this 15 year old boy was absolutely overwhelmed by what THE BEATLES had created! There is so much detail included in this superb accounting of what went into producing this pinnacle of not just THE BEATLES ....but the entire popular music industry! A typical RINGO moment at around the 17 minute. While working A DAY IN THE LIFE, they had left a 24 bar gap in the middle...ostensibly to be filled in later with ~something~ . JOHN wanted a sound which would "start small and building to something huge" To which PAUL suggested "how about an orchestra "? George Martin quickly shot down the idea, noting that EMI would "never pay for a full orchestra to record only 24 bars". RINGO then interjected "what if we hire half an orchestra and record them twice"! That's exactly what they did. RINGO...very pragmatic he is, indeed. Yes this is a great video account from 57 years ago. And I am grateful to have lived through it all.
This album has been discussed, dissected, its recording related, countless times over the last 57 years, yet it's still possible to take a fresh look at it, and learn more about it. It is a masterpiece of art. That doesn't mean there aren't others, or that this must be the best of them, but it does make it a phenomenon.
Yes Water. I'm a recently retired Soldier with 7 combat tours. I'm once again finding the Beatles and other artists as well. Music has come back into my life to kind of save my life. I'm thankful...
Flash from the past, I was in High School! All their songs known by heart, this was a great dissection of their musical genius. Well done! Grandchildren listen to Beatle music.
Fascinating description of the recording process of one of the Beatles greatest albums. So many different styles of music & so many wonderful songs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I have ( still!) The 8 track tape, as well now the CD, and formerly, before a flood, the vinyl....this particular album got me through the awkward teenage years when your body goes insane, and you spend some time hiding at home feeling unpopular. I was also burned as a child, and a nurse suggested rubber soul....the Beatles got me through some of the worst times in my life.....im forever grateful ❤
Echoing the excellent script writing here and incredible information I've never heard before as a life long Beatles fan. I guess it really is getting better all the time.
I watched one called+ it was 20 years ago today+ I think it was really interesting. I seen one time on TV only in 1987..I think it's available on DVD. This looks interesting too.
In my last year for Architecture degree we spent about eighteen hours a day for six months in the design studio developing our theses. We played this newly released record over and over to keep awake in the night.
Beautifully researched and compiled, especially the many wonderful pictures, many of which I'd never seen before. Overall, I got a real impression of being an onlooker, as modern musical history was made and played out. Thanks so much.
Sgt. Pepper’s and Pet Sounds are both such dense and rich projects. It took me until I was about 30 to mature enough to fully understand how monumental these works are/were
Best regards from france. Born in 57, I discovered the Beatles in 70, on a friend's minicassette player. It was Eleanor Rigby, and I became a musician. Throughout my life I have regularly returned to listening to the fab four, but less and less over time, and almost never again in recent years. But your great little videos, so well commented, are like powerful reminders to me! Thank you so much.
My bandmates recently told me I’m a Beatles super fan… so with that I wanna say that your documentaries are fantastic and my favorite for the Beatles. I usually either watch technical(maybe a lil boring for most) rundowns of their process/gear/engineering or I watch the big budget stuff like eight days a week and the get back sessions. Yours are a great balance of both. Btw your script writing is REALLY good
Thanks for all these videos you’ve made documenting the Beatles discography, really good stuff. Made even better by your West Midlands narration, you’re a legend!
It's both sad and comical that so many "audio experts", both authorized by rights holders, and amateurs at home, think they can improve on the 1967 mix. The original mono should be left alone because the entire group and G. Martin signed off on it. The Stereo mix, supposedly done in a rush and therefore unworthy, is a spectacular gemstone of the era, despite the limitations of the gear at Abbey Rd. in '67. Hurried or not, it has the best use of musical dynamics and the best overall volume balance of elements, better than any remix thus far. It stands to reason that attempting to remix a legendary album will result in a disassociation with history. Increasing the prominence of some subtle effect or vocal can change the delicate balance in such a way as to alter the dreamlike effect of the original and iconic listening experience. Such works of art should really be left to mature like fine wine rather than goosing them with caffeine.
Geoff Emerick said every Beatle record should be played in mono. They were recorded in mono and mixed in mono with Beatles in tow. The Beatles could care less about stereo and wouldn’t show for those sessions.
@@lotswifemusic9965 I hope you noticed that I did say the mono mixes should be left as is, and I fully understand that in most cases, the MONO were the only mixes the band themselves took part in. That did change by the "White" album, in in particular Abbey Road, where they had more tracks than previous, allowing for a more satisfying stereo mix that they all contributed to. We are on the same page, but I take it you are more of an evangelist for mono than I am. My beef is with the folks who think they can improve on the Stereo mixes, even Gilles Martin himself. The 1967 Pepper stereo mix is fantastic and iconic.
A stereo mix is perfectly valid. It doesn't have to replace the original mono recording: That way, it's up to the listener. I have it on good authority that the stereo version IS PHENOMINAL to listen to whilst under the influence of marijuana or (the then ot yet illegal) LSD.
@@patrickmackey1566 Hi patrick, no, not 'high". Anyway, I can full accept the modern stereo mix is aimed at an entirely different generation. My assertion is that the 1967 STEREO mix, rushed though it was, stands up better to repeated plays and does not cause any ear fatigue. Does the recent mix reveal things? Sure, but it also lacks dynamics and magic.
Agree. Stereo was barely more than a gimick as far as recording was concerned because in 1967 in England 99 percent of records were played on a mono single speaker record player. I remember when my brothers mail order Stereo record player turnned (1971)I was eight years I knew how to play records. I carefully unboxed the new Stereo. It plugged it in. I put on a record. The arm went up across and down as expected. BUT THEN....Not a sound other than the needle tracking. I freaked out I thought I had broken the thing. before my brother hadnt even seen it let alone heard it. I got such a fright I ran off down the park. it was OK. I had no idea you had to plug two speakers INTO the record player to listen to music on a Stereo.
I saw the Beatles in concert in Dallas in 1964. I could see them, but could hardly hear them over the nonstop high pitched screams of 10,000 young girls. When we arrived, there was a big crowd of people standing in front of an entrance that had been roped off. Police officers were standing there. We worked our way to the front of the crowd. A little girl was with her father standing in front of me. An officer took pity on her and leaned over and said, “They won’t be coming here.” I told my friends so we left and started walking around the auditorium toward the main entrance. About halfway there, a limousine turned the corner and drove down a ramp to a door and stopped. The Beatles got out and went inside. We were the only people who saw them. It’s been all downhill since then. 😆
What an awesome experience. I am 32. Never got to see any of the greats in they're hayday. Love hearing real people's experience. I did see church of misery live, talked with them and got my album signed by the band. Met the singer of 9rangw goblin in line for a hotdog after they're concert with my father.
My dad was 6 in 1964. N his parents let him stay up to watch them on ed Sullivan. He told me him and my grandma laughed at the hordes of screaming teenage girls lol that's the best I can do 😆
Too many years to count after I'd thought I'd seen and heard everything there is to see and hear about the Beatles, you have gathered into one place an incredible treasure trove of history. I cannot believe how much of this I have never before heard or seen. Well done, sir.
I was 13 in 1982, when I got my first copy of Sgt. Pepper (1981 purple Capitol Dome label, heavy weight - for Capitol - vinyl, but not audiophile vinyl) and was immediately impressed. I was already a Beatle fan, but this was something else!
I really like this fly-on-the-wall reporting. If you can believe I was barely aware of the Beatles at that time. This reporting takes me back to that time and what I missed.
Watching more of the video, I am struck how George, who had wanted to quit completely the Beatles, nonetheless stuck it out to make Sargeant Pepper. This is how I like to remember the Four, the lads working together, both professionals and long-time mates. ...Also, so much "glamor", publicity, ruckus around the Beatles in the outer world, but how does it feel late in the evening in that dingy-looking studio trying to find together that new sound: will it take an hour, a day, never? I suppose that's what a painter feels looking at a new, all-white canvas.
Not sure if I said this in another video, but I actually love "Only a Northern Song!" It was the first psychedelic-era Beatles song I ever heard. I was 11 and my mind was permanently altered. BTW, I thought Ringo was the one who learned how to play chess during the Sgt. Pepper sessions.
@@Tom-hk6ub You are correct. Ringo is the one who said he learned to play chess during the recording of Sgt. Pepper, since the band spent way more time on vocals and overdubs than on the basic rhythm tracks.
George H had just had enough after their disastrous touring. As has been said, he wanted out at that time. I don’t think Pepper did much to change his mind.
it’s so wholesome to think about the other three band members clapping and cheering when ringo hit his high note at the end of “with a little help from my friends” 🥹
That was very well done. As I was listening, I was wondering what Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever had to do with the Sgt Pepper album, so I read a back story on PL and SFF and now I know something I never knew. Thank you.
I was 11 years old when Peppers came out. I had to go to summer school, and the school bus dropped me off seven blocks from home. I remember hearing someone playing Sgt. Peppers on every block I walked by.
great job again. and to reiterate: i am not a beatles fan, but seeing their process and interaction with martin+emerick detailed in these vids is very interesting.
Fantastic work here … with a little help from our friends - The Beatles. Count me in as a sub as I glance at your “back catalog” I’m looking forward to diving into. Cheers!
You did great work here. i’ve actually been aware of Ken Tamplin ever since his music was big in my world even before 1990 - so yes, i like him. But this video and the previous one were totally objective with no axe to grind. Fil isn’t attacking Ken, it truly is objectively analyzed data. People were listing their credentials, but anyone that works with the digital capture of audio on any level should be able to understand what Fil is pointing out - facts using objective analysis.
Just wanted to say to keep up the good work! I also loved your Brian Wilson and Brando videos! Do you like Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor from Brando’s era? They’d be perfect for videos
Seems they’ve about fully transitioned this channel into being more of a “music film retrospective” rather than movies, but it’s working and I do love this direction
@@CantTellYou Yeah the movies weren't getting many views. So its mainly music documentaries now. I don't know how many people would want to see any movie retrospectives anymore. but i have a book vs film retrospective planned on the movie Secret Window.
I was born i 1962 in Wales.The first sound I remember hearing was tthe opening chord of A hard days night. The last sound I ever hear I want to be .. The Beatles.
There's quite a bit here. Nice job putting this together. I had no idea how much time was spent on each tune, and am truly happy to hear how well things actually came together sonically speaking, even if the lads were struggling. Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane are masterpieces, and if they spent that much time on 2 tracks, that is seriously impressive work. Sgt. Peppers is so good. The most underrated track is "She's leaving home", and if you just listen to the instrumental of that, it's beautiful. I think on the Anthology Disk 2 you can hear John sounding/speaking oddly when they're doing "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" with Paul's pep talk trying to solidify the vocal. Perhaps John was high on LSD at that time? I think the technical restraints on the recording process forced them to work harder for what they were trying to go for. Imagine if the Pink Floyd tried to make Dark Side of the Moon with 1960's 4-Track technology? It probably never would have come out the way we all know it. Now it makes me wonder what Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd did exactly in EMI studios to come up with their first album?
So glad your keeping the ' word' going .The one thing i admired about McCartney is that he openly adressed the genius of " god only knows " he's said it inspired 'here there and everywhere.people get confused when an artist says he's 'inspired ' cos it doesn't have to sound like it ..its a vibe ... a possibilty. The beach boys were so good that I envy anyone that hasn't heard them cos pet sounds is just sublime ...from a one eared man with a spector obsession
It was only much later, when I bought the CD that I heard the full run-out clip. The album bought in the 70s had a shortened clip at the end of side two, consequently for many years I thought this was the whole piece. I still may not have heard it all as apparently there's a high pitched tone that humans can't hear but dogs can.
As someone who writes, records, mixes, and masters their own music on modern recording interfaces and DAWs, its amazing what The Beatles could accomplish with a hilariously small mixing console.
No; its amazing what The Beatles got other people to accomplish
I was in the same train of thought. Amazing!!
@@curiousuranus810 They still had to create the material. We all know they had engineers, but they still had to create the material. As any good engineer knows, if the source being recorded sucks, it's hard to make it sound good. Especially with the limited tech they had at the time.
Yup. But George Martin and Geoff Emerick were the 5th and 6th Beatles. Not much would have happened without them as the facilitators. The Beatles were the ‘ideas men’. George and Geoff took it out of their heads and onto master tape.
b.s.
When I was eight-years old, in 1967, my father walked into a record shop and asked what was new and exciting, looking for a birthday present for my mother. The attendant said "Sgt. Pepper", so my father bought it. He gave it to my mother, she played it once but wasn't very impressed. I got hold of it and played it downstairs, over and over and over again. It blew my mind. Took me to another world. Expanded my mind. It still does. To this very day.
It’s basically an album about drugs lol
I'm with u brother ...I climbed inside that album ..its a gift that keeps giving
@@aunch3 same with the double white album
Happiness is a warm gun
I’m so tired
Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey
I didn’t do lsd for the first time like John but I got lcd for the first time. Very cool. I see things differently now
@@TorMax9 first time hearing it's a moment of I'll always remember feeling this way
Spent 27 years as a U.S Army Ranger. Tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. This presentation and others like it - make me realize what really is worth fighting for. I would have fought to protect the studio where these artists recorded vs all the other BS we are told is worth dying for - just so this music could MOVE me for forever... Thank goodness for the Beatles - the multitudes of other wonderful artists - and all technicians who made them great.
Hopefully you understand that today's criminally corrupt left-wing party IS the biggest threat facing our constitutional republic today. Mark Zuckerberg and RFK Jr just detailed how today's criminally corrupt left-wing administration has been violating the constitution repeatedly from day one.
Unfortunately, the press and media have brainwashed half the country. But I am becoming more optimistic every day that the left will be defeated this November
@@bradhuskers I agree 100% / I enlisted in 84 at 17 years old. So the music that inspired me then and moves me now was of the 60s/70s/80s. So that's what I'm referring to in my post. I want to believe that my service and sacrifice meant something. But these days - I'm not feeling it. Neither are any of the men and women who retired along with me. Music however stands the test of time / timeless. (feelgood) Try and put yourself in my boots based on last 10 years of political discourse. Open Boarder. Vein service in Iraq/Afghanistan. Our so called leaders are putrid liars and cheats. Music doesn't lie.
Alright brother
@@tomp3146
It's the criminally corrupt left-wing party. Today's left-wing has become an Oligarchy run by left-wing elitist fascists. If they are not defeated, they will destroy our constitutional republic.
Thank you for your service.
I'm a singer songwriter and bass player and Paul overdubbed all his bass parts on Sgt,Pepper,you can tell he worked meticulously on the album with every bass note thought out and it sounds great,I believe Pepper is the best album the Beatles ever made although my favorite Beatle album is the American Rubber Soul album,the Beatles the greatest band ever. Bob
Paul cites this as his favorite Beatles album.
Pepper is my favorite Beatles album for one reason and one reason only.
After 15 years of hearing it for the first time and listening to it over a hundred times since then, I learn something new about it all the time. It actually does, Get Better All the Time.
Thanks for posting this well crafted documentary.
Strawberry FIelds blew my mind when it first came on he radio back in the 60s. Just one of many favourite Beatle songs of mine. And then I listened to Sgt. Pepper at a friend's house. Another of my favourite Beatles albums. The could do no wrong by me.
Let's face it - the band combined with Geoff Emerick and George Martin added up to brilliance. There has never been another like them.
Nothing can beat the wonder of a kid (me) exploring this magical record album, reading the lyrics on the album cover while lying on the floor listening and being ushered into a magical new world of imagination and exploration.
I love that album!The most talented band ever!I'm a huge Beatle fan.
Don't go down the PID road.....
What a wonderful, in-depth look at the sessions for PEPPERS. And the period of time in late 66 thru summer of 67. This is when the world changed, and this 15 year old boy was absolutely overwhelmed by what THE BEATLES had created! There is so much detail included in this superb accounting of what went into producing this pinnacle of not just THE BEATLES ....but the entire popular music industry!
A typical RINGO moment at around the 17 minute. While working A DAY IN THE LIFE, they had left a 24 bar gap in the middle...ostensibly to be filled in later with ~something~ . JOHN wanted a sound which would "start small and building to something huge" To which PAUL suggested "how about an orchestra "? George Martin quickly shot down the idea, noting that EMI would "never pay for a full orchestra to record only 24 bars". RINGO then interjected "what if we hire half an orchestra and record them twice"! That's exactly what they did.
RINGO...very pragmatic he is, indeed.
Yes this is a great video account from 57 years ago. And I am grateful to have lived through it all.
Yup! Us Boomers had the best of the best - we heard it all first hand and never looked back!👍
Thanks so much for this video! I was a major Beatles fan in the '60s, and this was a great tour down memory lane.
This album has been discussed, dissected, its recording related, countless times over the last 57 years, yet it's still possible to take a fresh look at it, and learn more about it. It is a masterpiece of art. That doesn't mean there aren't others, or that this must be the best of them, but it does make it a phenomenon.
Yes Water. I'm a recently retired Soldier with 7 combat tours. I'm once again finding the Beatles and other artists as well. Music has come back into my life to kind of save my life. I'm thankful...
Flash from the past, I was in High School! All their songs known by heart, this was a great dissection of their musical genius. Well done! Grandchildren listen to Beatle music.
These stories are fantastic. I feel like this history needs to preserved and celebrated.
What an excellent piece of work, thank you so much. I really enjoyed it.
Fascinating description of the recording process of one of the Beatles greatest albums.
So many different styles of music & so many wonderful songs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I have ( still!) The 8 track tape, as well now the CD, and formerly, before a flood, the vinyl....this particular album got me through the awkward teenage years when your body goes insane, and you spend some time hiding at home feeling unpopular.
I was also burned as a child, and a nurse suggested rubber soul....the Beatles got me through some of the worst times in my life.....im forever grateful ❤
Echoing the excellent script writing here and incredible information I've never heard before as a life long Beatles fan. I guess it really is getting better all the time.
Watched quite a few Pepper's videos, this is the best one.
I watched one called+ it was 20 years ago today+ I think it was really interesting. I seen one time on TV only in 1987..I think it's available on DVD. This looks interesting too.
In my last year for Architecture degree we spent about eighteen hours a day for six months in the design studio developing our theses. We played this newly released record over and over to keep awake in the night.
In 1st year we played a Beatles compilation with a lot of pre-Sergeant Pepper's, and the Stones "Hot Rocks".
Beautifully researched and compiled, especially the many wonderful pictures, many of which I'd never seen before. Overall, I got a real impression of being an onlooker, as modern musical history was made and played out. Thanks so much.
*VERY INTERESTING* . from a long time Beatle person, lying dormant, this is relevant info.
This video made me cry, it hit my nerves of the love of those songs that have been forgotten by most of humanity.
Liked, subscribed, and saved to watch over-and-over.
Thanks for posting. ❤
Great documentary!
Choc full of photos, filmage, and rich history. Great narration, super interesting, well done!😌
That was a masteriece documentary
Love your work
That “Day In The Life” orchestral session is one of the greatest studio stories I ever heard
Very True Cant... Good luck finding anything even remotely insightful today. I wish!
Sgt.Peppers lonely Hearts Club Band…..FANTASTIC Álbum!!❤
The BEST blow by blow, moment by moment discourse of the Beatle's creative process I've ever seen.
In my neighborhood every one had that album. As you walked down the street you heard bits and pieces of each song on Sgt. Peppers.
Sgt. Pepper’s and Pet Sounds are both such dense and rich projects. It took me until I was about 30 to mature enough to fully understand how monumental these works are/were
“What about if we book half an orchestra and record them twice” is about the most Ringo sentence I’ve ever heard. I can hear it in his voice lmao.
Best regards from france. Born in 57, I discovered the Beatles in 70, on a friend's minicassette player. It was Eleanor Rigby, and I became a musician. Throughout my life I have regularly returned to listening to the fab four, but less and less over time, and almost never again in recent years. But your great little videos, so well commented, are like powerful reminders to me! Thank you so much.
Excellent video. Much insight into the inner workings of a production whose music shaped my teenage mind in 1968. Thanks.
My bandmates recently told me I’m a Beatles super fan… so with that I wanna say that your documentaries are fantastic and my favorite for the Beatles. I usually either watch technical(maybe a lil boring for most) rundowns of their process/gear/engineering or I watch the big budget stuff like eight days a week and the get back sessions. Yours are a great balance of both. Btw your script writing is REALLY good
Hell yes. I was always a pretty big Beatles fan anyway but this channel may be turning me into a super fan too lol Film Retrospective rules
This guy is the best.
This Beatles super fan agrees! I love this channel’s content!
I have been having the same thoughts. This is a great channel - not too fussy and interesting facts
@@Itsthatguy24I am the biggest Beatles fan there is. Nobody is a bigger fan than me.
Brilliant album that appears to be out of favour at the moment. Please disregard the modern critics, this is a masterpiece.
Here comes the sun is probably one of the three best Beatle songs EVER! The other two are Yesterday and Hey Jude! I've been a fan forever!
Thanks for all these videos you’ve made documenting the Beatles discography, really good stuff. Made even better by your West Midlands narration, you’re a legend!
It's both sad and comical that so many "audio experts", both authorized by rights holders, and amateurs at home, think they can improve on the 1967 mix. The original mono should be left alone because the entire group and G. Martin signed off on it. The Stereo mix, supposedly done in a rush and therefore unworthy, is a spectacular gemstone of the era, despite the limitations of the gear at Abbey Rd. in '67. Hurried or not, it has the best use of musical dynamics and the best overall volume balance of elements, better than any remix
thus far. It stands to reason that attempting to remix a legendary album will result in a disassociation with history. Increasing the prominence of some subtle effect or vocal can change the delicate balance in such a way as to alter the dreamlike effect of the original and iconic listening experience. Such works of art should really be left to mature like fine wine rather than goosing them with caffeine.
Geoff Emerick said every Beatle record should be played in mono. They were recorded in mono and mixed in mono with Beatles in tow. The Beatles could care less about stereo and wouldn’t show for those sessions.
@@lotswifemusic9965 I hope you noticed that I did say the mono mixes should be left as is, and I fully understand that in most cases, the MONO were the only mixes the band themselves took part in. That did change by the "White" album, in in particular Abbey Road, where they had more tracks than previous, allowing for a more satisfying stereo mix that they all
contributed to. We are on the same page, but I take it you are more of
an evangelist for mono than I am. My beef is with the folks who think they can improve on the Stereo mixes, even Gilles Martin himself. The 1967 Pepper stereo mix is fantastic and iconic.
A stereo mix is perfectly valid. It doesn't have to replace the original mono recording: That way, it's up to the listener.
I have it on good authority that the stereo version IS PHENOMINAL to listen to whilst under the influence of marijuana or (the then ot yet illegal) LSD.
@@patrickmackey1566 Hi patrick, no, not 'high". Anyway, I can full accept
the modern stereo mix is aimed at an entirely different generation. My assertion is that the 1967 STEREO mix, rushed though it was, stands up better to repeated plays and does not cause any ear fatigue. Does the recent mix reveal things? Sure, but it also lacks dynamics and magic.
Agree. Stereo was barely more than a gimick as far as recording was concerned because in 1967 in England 99 percent of records were played on a mono single speaker record player. I remember when my brothers mail order Stereo record player turnned (1971)I was eight years I knew how to play records. I carefully unboxed the new Stereo. It plugged it in. I put on a record. The arm went up across and down as expected. BUT THEN....Not a sound other than the needle tracking. I freaked out I thought I had broken the thing. before my brother hadnt even seen it let alone heard it. I got such a fright I ran off down the park. it was OK. I had no idea you had to plug two speakers INTO the record player to listen to music on a Stereo.
When Tim Leary saw the album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", he said that, "The drug war is over, and drugs win!"
I saw the Beatles in concert in Dallas in 1964. I could see them, but could hardly hear them over the nonstop high pitched screams of 10,000 young girls. When we arrived, there was a big crowd of people standing in front of an entrance that had been roped off. Police officers were standing there. We worked our way to the front of the crowd. A little girl was with her father standing in front of me. An officer took pity on her and leaned over and said, “They won’t be coming here.” I told my friends so we left and started walking around the auditorium toward the main entrance. About halfway there, a limousine turned the corner and drove down a ramp to a door and stopped. The Beatles got out and went inside. We were the only people who saw them. It’s been all downhill since then. 😆
The Beatles were a product of the tavistock institute manufactured to bring about social change.
What an awesome experience. I am 32. Never got to see any of the greats in they're hayday. Love hearing real people's experience. I did see church of misery live, talked with them and got my album signed by the band. Met the singer of 9rangw goblin in line for a hotdog after they're concert with my father.
My dad was 6 in 1964. N his parents let him stay up to watch them on ed Sullivan. He told me him and my grandma laughed at the hordes of screaming teenage girls lol that's the best I can do 😆
Yeah, but what a starting point!🎸
@@tmikula97 If your dad was only 6 in 1964. Then your wrighting was great.
Always love it when I see you post a new vid! I love all these rock and roll minutia and you’re channel is constant quality
Too many years to count after I'd thought I'd seen and heard everything there is to see and hear about the Beatles, you have gathered into one place an incredible treasure trove of history. I cannot believe how much of this I have never before heard or seen. Well done, sir.
I was 13 in 1982, when I got my first copy of Sgt. Pepper (1981 purple Capitol Dome label, heavy weight - for Capitol - vinyl, but not audiophile vinyl) and was immediately impressed. I was already a Beatle fan, but this was something else!
I loved that ending trumpet to penny lane. I heard that on the anthology version and always wondered why it was left off. Nice video
Also - I thought the lsd incident happened during the sessions of Getting Better, not Lovely Rita
@@plush1993 Was getting better
@@plush1993 was it an accidental incident? Or an “accidental” incident
It was on the Rarities album ten years prior to Anthology......just for the record. lol
@@CantTellYou or an incidental accident
Fantastic !! Thank you for this.
Thank you so much. I love to know the real story of the making of great Music 🎶
I’m glad I got to enjoy this record when it first came out.
This when the beatles found themselves as individuals ❤❤❤❤
I'm just happy they made this one.
why?
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That's pretty self explanatory.
I really like this fly-on-the-wall reporting. If you can believe I was barely aware of the Beatles at that time. This reporting takes me back to that time and what I missed.
Watching more of the video, I am struck how George, who had wanted to quit completely the Beatles, nonetheless stuck it out to make Sargeant Pepper. This is how I like to remember the Four, the lads working together, both professionals and long-time mates. ...Also, so much "glamor", publicity, ruckus around the Beatles in the outer world, but how does it feel late in the evening in that dingy-looking studio trying to find together that new sound: will it take an hour, a day, never? I suppose that's what a painter feels looking at a new, all-white canvas.
As per usual, great video!!
You drop so many little factoids I've never heard, and I've watched all the Anthologies and tons of documentaries!
I really enjoy the perspective and detailed insights
These are sooooo good. Thank you, please keep it up 🙏🏽
Not sure if I said this in another video, but I actually love "Only a Northern Song!" It was the first psychedelic-era Beatles song I ever heard. I was 11 and my mind was permanently altered.
BTW, I thought Ringo was the one who learned how to play chess during the Sgt. Pepper sessions.
I love 'Only A Northern Song' too ! . I love the chord changes and especially the drone organ.
@@Tom-hk6ub You are correct. Ringo is the one who said he learned to play chess during the recording of Sgt. Pepper, since the band spent way more time on vocals and overdubs than on the basic rhythm tracks.
From what Paul said in a 1987 year interview, George just didn’t show up a lot to sessions because he was having a swimming pool built at house.
George H had just had enough after their disastrous touring. As has been said, he wanted out at that time. I don’t think Pepper did much to change his mind.
It's a fantastic cut
it’s so wholesome to think about the other three band members clapping and cheering when ringo hit his high note at the end of “with a little help from my friends” 🥹
Truly great video. Thank you.
I know its a lot of work you did here. Im glad you are a Brit. All I can say is I am mesmerized. You really have talent.
so good I love when you post your videos
Thank you for this great doc. Fantastic pictures in addition to the timeless music.
Just discovered your channel. Thanks for covering the beatles in depth. Great stuff and keep going! 👍🇬🇧
Welcome aboard!
That was very well done. As I was listening, I was wondering what Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever had to do with the Sgt Pepper album, so I read a back story on PL and SFF and now I know something I never knew. Thank you.
Fantastic video, well done dude🎯
Such details on the recording of one of music's most influential albums.From singles to art.
I wish they'd make a documentary on Revolver or the White Album, they are far finer Beatles' albums!
I was 11 years old when Peppers came out. I had to go to summer school, and the school bus dropped me off seven blocks from home. I remember hearing someone playing Sgt. Peppers on every block I walked by.
great job again. and to reiterate: i am not a beatles fan, but seeing their process and interaction with martin+emerick detailed in these vids is very interesting.
The Doors first album was released in January 1967. B.S. comment 3:24.
THIS,IS THE BEST ..L.P.ALBUM..EVER! IT CHANGED THE MUSICAL..SCENE, FOREVER!!❤.A.CLASSIC!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
"A Day in the Life" is the best song....evah. Consider what was on the charts at that time and even previous Beatles albums.
No contest.
A Day in the Life has been identified as The Beatles greatest song, including in a musicians poll in Rolling Stone magazine.
Yes it was so far ahead of its time,took 3 years for Pink Floyd to match with Dark Side of the Moon
@@davesteffin9012only a match for musical imbeciles
@@davesteffin9012 Six years...Dark is from 73 but both are great indeed
@josephdemenezes1522 Yes,missed that,6 more years
Absolutely fantastic. Thank you 👏👏👏👏
Very nice documentary. Thanks. 🙂
So many great deets!! thnx
Still believe they are the best musicians of my era. 😎
All that chaos and dissent, and we ended up with a MASTERPIECE !!!
When I first heard this album I fell backwards on the floor. I am still there to this very day. Help.
😂
Crowley and Law of reversal
Great production. Nice work.
Keith Moon was at the recording of "All You Need is Love" also. On his best behavior, thankfully
This was excellent!
Fantastic work here … with a little help from our friends - The Beatles. Count me in as a sub as I glance at your “back catalog” I’m looking forward to diving into. Cheers!
Great video. Thanks.
The Beatles = The greatest band on earth. 🌎
And Across the Universe 😂
You did great work here. i’ve actually been aware of Ken Tamplin ever since his music was big in my world even before 1990 - so yes, i like him. But this video and the previous one were totally objective with no axe to grind. Fil isn’t attacking Ken, it truly is objectively analyzed data. People were listing their credentials, but anyone that works with the digital capture of audio on any level should be able to understand what Fil is pointing out - facts using objective analysis.
Fantastic video and story!
True pioneers of musical innovation! 👍Sgt. Pepper was most influential to my late teen years!
Brilliant! Nice script, nice editing. Well done!
Just wanted to say to keep up the good work! I also loved your Brian Wilson and Brando videos! Do you like Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor from Brando’s era? They’d be perfect for videos
Seems they’ve about fully transitioned this channel into being more of a “music film retrospective” rather than movies, but it’s working and I do love this direction
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Yeah the movies weren't getting many views. So its mainly music documentaries now. I don't know how many people would want to see any movie retrospectives anymore. but i have a book vs film retrospective planned on the movie Secret Window.
Very good. More from you.
I was born i 1962 in Wales.The first sound I remember hearing was tthe opening chord of A hard days night. The last sound I ever hear I want to be .. The Beatles.
There's quite a bit here. Nice job putting this together. I had no idea how much time was spent on each tune, and am truly happy to hear how well things actually came together sonically speaking, even if the lads were struggling. Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane are masterpieces, and if they spent that much time on 2 tracks, that is seriously impressive work. Sgt. Peppers is so good. The most underrated track is "She's leaving home", and if you just listen to the instrumental of that, it's beautiful.
I think on the Anthology Disk 2 you can hear John sounding/speaking oddly when they're doing "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" with Paul's pep talk trying to solidify the vocal. Perhaps John was high on LSD at that time?
I think the technical restraints on the recording process forced them to work harder for what they were trying to go for. Imagine if the Pink Floyd tried to make Dark Side of the Moon with 1960's 4-Track technology? It probably never would have come out the way we all know it. Now it makes me wonder what Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd did exactly in EMI studios to come up with their first album?
Useful reporting and analysis
I never heard any suggestion, that the lyrics were "Cranberry sauce" After all these years, right up till now, I only hear ... "I bury Paul"
RIP PAUL 11/09/66 ❤🙏
9 11 66
So glad your keeping the ' word' going .The one thing i admired about McCartney is that he openly adressed the genius of " god only knows " he's said it inspired 'here there and everywhere.people get confused when an artist says he's 'inspired ' cos it doesn't have to sound like it ..its a vibe ... a possibilty.
The beach boys were so good that I envy anyone that hasn't heard them cos pet sounds is just sublime ...from a one eared man with a spector obsession
This was an interesting insight into their process. As a lifetime musician Im grateful for the insight and, inspiration.
Sgt Peppers. The album that changed the world.
It was only much later, when I bought the CD that I heard the full run-out clip. The album bought in the 70s had a shortened clip at the end of side two, consequently for many years I thought this was the whole piece. I still may not have heard it all as apparently there's a high pitched tone that humans can't hear but dogs can.
Recording remarkable music is tough, even and especially today.
Thàt perfectly ened in sync with the final piano chord of my lp ;)