I am going to discuss an album cover of The Beatles and how it played an important role int he visual arts industry tying it in with the social surroundings at the time and how the band had progressed into this phase.
The album itself was incredibly important to that era,spreading the theme of love and spirituality unlike any other album before it or since. It contributed to the sociecty of the time and the peoples mindsets. For the band themselves this album was important, because it was the point in their careers together where they began to grow apart and began to hate being the beatles.
For this album the band went undercover. They were no longer The Beatles, and this meant that they were free to experiment.
"We'd pretend to be someone else,". "It liberated you – you could do anything when you got to the mic or on your guitar, because it wasn't you."
- Paul McCartney, The Beatles Anthology
The album was the first produced with an 8 track recording; 2 4-track machines were used together in sync.
The theme for the album cover was "people we like". In short, Peter Blake (the artist behind the design) said that if they were in a park playing a concert then the people in the photo would just be anyone who turned up to the concert, but if they used cardboard cutouts, those people could be whoever they wanted. Along side celebrities and well known people, the Beatles also featured waxworks of themselves all dressed in matching suits; they referred to these as "the old Beatles".
The Beatles former bandmate, Stuart Sutcliffe was also featured on the album cover, dispite having died in 62. John is thought to be behind choosing Stuart to appear as he always thought of his as his best friend.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The album itself was incredibly important to that era,spreading the theme of love and spirituality unlike any other album before it or since. It contributed to the sociecty of the time and the peoples mindsets. For the band themselves this album was important, because it was the point in their careers together where they began to grow apart and began to hate being the beatles.
For this album the band went undercover. They were no longer The Beatles, and this meant that they were free to experiment.
"We'd pretend to be someone else,". "It liberated you – you could do anything when you got to the mic or on your guitar, because it wasn't you."
- Paul McCartney, The Beatles Anthology
The album was the first produced with an 8 track recording; 2 4-track machines were used together in sync.
The theme for the album cover was "people we like". In short, Peter Blake (the artist behind the design) said that if they were in a park playing a concert then the people in the photo would just be anyone who turned up to the concert, but if they used cardboard cutouts, those people could be whoever they wanted. Along side celebrities and well known people, the Beatles also featured waxworks of themselves all dressed in matching suits; they referred to these as "the old Beatles".
The Beatles former bandmate, Stuart Sutcliffe was also featured on the album cover, dispite having died in 62. John is thought to be behind choosing Stuart to appear as he always thought of his as his best friend.
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