THE BEATLES will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their ground-breaking album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band this year with several special reissue packages.
Arriving on 26th May, the newly mixed reissues will feature previously unheard studio takes of each song and up to 34 unreleased recordings. With a number of different packages available, the unreleased 1992 documentary film ‘The Making Of Sgt. Pepper has also been restored for the anniversary edition’s super deluxe boxed set alongside a 144-page hardback book which will open with introductions from Paul McCartney and producer Giles Martin.
Furthermore, for Record Store Day on April 22, Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will release an exclusive, limited edition seven-inch vinyl single of The Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane,’ two of the first songs recorded during the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ sessions
Paul McCartney said: “It’s crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art.” His former bandmate Ringo Starr added: “‘Sgt. Pepper’ seemed to capture the mood of that year, and it also allowed a lot of other people to kick off from there and to really go for it”.
You can preorder the special anniversary packages here.
