Studio - 8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. Planned TV movie.
On 10 February 1967, during the orchestral recording sessions for "A Day in the Life", six cameramen filmed the chaotic events with the purpose of using the footage for a planned but unfinished Sgt. Pepper television special. The TV special was to have been written by Ian Dallas and directed by Keith Green. The shooting schedule included all the songs from the album set to music video style scenes: for example; "Within You Without You" scenes would have been set throughout offices, factories and elevators. There were even production numbers planned involving "meter maids" and "rockers". Although production was cancelled, the "A Day in the Life" footage was edited down with stock footage into a finished clip. [21] This clip was not released to the public until the John Lennon documentary Imagine: John Lennon was released in 1988. A more complete version was later aired on The Beatles Anthology series.
8. Legacy.
It has been on many lists of the best rock albums,[22] including Rolling Stone, Bill Shapiro, Alternative Melbourne, Rod Underhill and VH1. In 1987 Rolling Stone named Sgt. Pepper the greatest album of the last twenty years (1967-1987).[23] In 1997 Sgt. Pepper was named the number 1 greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998 Q magazine readers placed it at number 7, while in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 10;[24] In 2003, the album was ranked number 1 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[1] In 2006, the album was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time.[25] In 2002, Q magazine placed it at number 13 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.[26] In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.[27]
It also has inspired the 1978 feature film, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as a number of tribute albums. The American rock band Cheap Trick performed the entire Sgt. Pepper album live in New York and released the live recording in both CD and DVD formats in September 2009, with all proceeds benefiting prostate cancer research. This recording was engineered by Geoff Emerick, the original engineer for the Sgt. Pepper album. [28]
9. Charts.
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | US Billboard 200 | 1 (15 weeks) |
| 1967 | UK Albums Chart | 1 (27 weeks) |
| 1967 | Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 1 (30 weeks) |
| 1967 | Norwegian Album Chart[29] | 1 (22 weeks) |
The album entered the UK Albums Chart on 3 June 1967 and has remained there for a total of 201 weeks as of 1 July 2007. In the USA the album stayed in the Billboard 200 chart for 175 weeks.
10. Awards.
10.1. Grammy Awards.
The album project was nominated for seven Grammy Awards on the 1968 ceremony, receiving four of them, including Album of the Year, becoming the first rock/pop album to receive the prize.
| Year | Winner | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Album of the Year |
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts |
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical |
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Contemporary Album |
1.2. Grammy Award nominations.
| Year | Nominee | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Group Vocal Performance |
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Contemporary Vocal Group |
| 1968 | "A Day in the Life" | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s |
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