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This is an audio essay on The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It is comprised of original Beatles material, plus that of other recording artists, presented either in its original form or manipulated to construct the narrative of the work. Intercut with this is interview material I took from friends, family and sonic peers about the record, plus archive interview footage of the Beatles and George Martin.
This album was chosen for the documentary treatment (in a style I refer to as 'Audio Essay') as I feel it has many facets influential on modern music, and is the place where sonic art (experimental music) and pop music clash in the best known and celebrated way. Of course it could be argued that there are more accomplished works which achieve the same thing (one might argue that actually 'Revolver' might be a better work if one wanted to select the Beatles for study), but this is precisely the reason for its choosing - a contentious point is always the more engaging in its argument.
This is a selection of five of the tracks (the whole album has been reworked in the full version of the project) to give a flavour of the audio. If you are interested in hearing the whole record, please send me an email and I can arrange a file transfer.
Thanks to Jim Davies, Eph Greenland, Samantha Hudson, Sam Johnson, Cliff Knox, Martyn Knox, Christos Peonides, Colin Stokes, Dan Woodhouse, and musicians Sam Bailey and Filipe Gomes.
This is an audio essay on The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It is comprised of original Beatles material, plus that of other recording artists, presented either in its original form or manipulated to construct the narrative of the work. Intercut with this is interview material I took from friends, family and sonic peers about the record, plus archive interview footage of the Beatles and George Martin.
This album was chosen for the documentary treatment (in a style I refer to as 'Audio Essay') as I feel it has many facets influential on modern music, and is the place where sonic art (experimental music) and pop music clash in the best known and celebrated way. Of course it could be argued that there are more accomplished works which achieve the same thing (one might argue that actually 'Revolver' might be a better work if one wanted to select the Beatles for study), but this is precisely the reason for its choosing - a contentious point is always the more engaging in its argument.
This is a selection of five of the tracks (the whole album has been reworked in the full version of the project) to give a flavour of the audio. If you are interested in hearing the whole record, please send me an email and I can arrange a file transfer.
Thanks to Jim Davies, Eph Greenland, Samantha Hudson, Sam Johnson, Cliff Knox, Martyn Knox, Christos Peonides, Colin Stokes, Dan Woodhouse, and musicians Sam Bailey and Filipe Gomes.
