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NOT THE BEATLES ALBUM
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.
Although 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 soundtrack album and the successful singles it spawned later
covered those losses.
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Track listing
Disc 1
01 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)
02 "Here Comes the Sun" — by Sandy Farina (3:45)
03 "Getting Better" — performed by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (2:46)
04 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" — Dianne Steinberg and Stargard
05 "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)
06 "Good Morning Good Morning" — performed by Paul Nicholas, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees (1:58)
07 "She's Leaving Home" — Steven Tyler, The Bee Gees, Jay MacIntosh and John Wheeler (2:41)
08 "You Never Give Me Your Money" — Paul Nicholas and Dianne Steinberg (3:07)
09 "Oh! Darling" — Robin Gibb (3:21) reached #15 in United States Billboard Hot 100 chart
10 "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" — Steve Martin and the vocal chorus (4:31)
11 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
01 "Got To Get You Into My Life" — Earth, Wind & Fire (3:36) reached #9 in United States Billboard Hot 100 chart
02 "Strawberry Fields Forever" — Sandy Farina (3:31)
03 "When I'm Sixty-Four" — Frankie Howerd and Sandy Farina (2:40)
04 "Mean Mr. Mustard" — Frankie Howerd (2:46)
05 "Fixing a Hole" — George Burns (2:25)
06 "Because" — Alice Cooper and The Bee Gees (2:45)
07 The Death of Strawberry (3:24)
"Golden Slumbers" — Peter Frampton (1:39)
"Carry That Weight" — The Bee Gees (1:45)
08 "Come Together" — Aerosmith (3:46)
09 "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" — Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, and George Burns (3:12)
10 "The Long and Winding Road" — Peter Frampton (3:40)
11 "A Day in the Life" — Barry Gibb and The Bee Gees
12 "Get Back" — Billy Preston (2:56)
13 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Finale]" — The cast (2:13)
