Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Original Soundtrack)
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Various Artists


Released = 23 March 1978 (LP)
21 April 1998 (CD)
Recorded = December 1977-May 1978
Genre = Rock/Pop/Disco
Length = 83:08
Label = Polydor Records
Producer = George Martin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|1|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:36rx283y05oa link]
Last album =
This album = "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Original Soundtrack)"
(1981)
Next album =

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is the eighteenth album by the Bee Gees. It was released in July 1978 and sold 2 million copies worldwide. The soundtrack to the film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", it consists of a number of Beatles covers. The film starred the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, and Steve Martin.

The soundtrack album was rejected by Bee Gees fans, Beatles fans and mainstream buyers. Whereas the latter objected to the awkward treatment of classic songs such as Martin's comedic take on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", the former, while buying soundtracks featuring disco and pop hits in droves, had no interest in an Alice Cooper version of "Because" or hearing unknown actress Sandy Farina's competent vocal work on "Strawberry Fields Forever". Nonetheless, Earth Wind & Fire's version of "Got To Get You Into My Life" became a Top Ten single. Aerosmith's version of "Come Together" also reached the charts and later appeared on the "Armageddon" soundtrack. While the double-LP shipped enough copies to retailers to reach the top 5 on the US album charts, most of these were eventually returned without selling and the album was still a cut-out bin staple years later. The ensuing financial fallout all but destroyed Robert Stigwood's record label RSO.

Track listing

Disc 1

#Introducing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: – 4:42
##Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1:56 — performed by the Bee Gees and Paul Nicholas
##With a Little Help from My Friends – 2:46 — performed by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees
#Here Comes the Sun – 3:05 — performed by Sandy Farina
#Getting Better – 2:46 — performed by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees
#Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – 3:41 — performed by Dianne Steinberg and Stargard
#I Want You (She's So Heavy) – 6:31 — music performed by George Martin, Peter Frampton and Toto, vocals performed by Donald Pleasance, Dianne Steinberg, Paul Nicholas, The Bee Gees and Stargard
#Good Morning Good Morning – 1:58 — performed by Paul Nicholas, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees
#She's Leaving Home – 2:40 — performed by Steven Tyler, The Bee Gees, Jay MacIntosh and John Wheeler
#You Never Give Me Your Money – 3:07 — performed by Paul Nicholas and Dianne Steinberg
#Oh! Darling – 3:29 — performed by Robin Gibb (reached #15 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart)
#Maxwell's Silver Hammer – 4:00 — performed by Steve Martin and the vocal chorus
#Rise To Stardom Suite: – 5:11
##Polythene Pam :38 — performed by The Bee Gees
##She Came in Through the Bathroom Window – 1:46 — performed by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees
##Nowhere Man – 1:14 — performed by The Bee Gees
##Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – 1:33 — performed by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees

Disc 2

#Got To Get You Into My Life – 3:36 — performed by Earth, Wind and Fire (reached #9 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart)
#Strawberry Fields Forever – 3:31 — performed by Sandy Farina
#When I'm Sixty-Four – 2:40 — performed by Frankie Howerd and Sandy Farina
#Mean Mr. Mustard – 2:46 — performance credited to Frankie Howerd, actually performed by Steven Tyler, The Bee Gees and Frankie Howerd
#Fixing a Hole – 2:25 — performed by George Burns
#Because – 2:45 — performed by Alice Cooper with the Bee Gees
#The Death of Strawberry: – 3:24
##Golden Slumbers – 1:39 — performed by Peter Frampton
##Carry That Weight – 1:45 — performed by The Bee Gees
#Come Together – 3:46 — performed by Aerosmith
#Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! – 3:12 — performed by Maurice Gibb, Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees and George Burns
#The Long and Winding Road – 3:40 — music performed by Toto, vocals performed by Peter Frampton
#A Day in the Life – 5:11 — performed by Barry Gibb and The Bee Gees
#Get Back – 2:56 — performed by Billy Preston (reached #86 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart)
#Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Finale] – 2:13 — performed by the cast

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078239/ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at IMDb]