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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper to be reissued for its 50th



After weeks and weeks of speculation, it's official: the Beatles' 1967 masterpiece Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will be reissued in various forms- in celebration of the iconic album's 50th anniversary. Rumors had spread about there being a re-release of the album earlier this year, with reports claiming that the new reissue will add the singles "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" to the album. A video of the reissue campaign was leaked early yesterday but the content on the set has now been revealed.

The album will be released in these various formats...

-a standard one disc edition with the original album remastered.

-a deluxe two disc edition, featuring the original album remaster and a bonus disc of unreleased session recordings for the album.

-a super deluxe edition with six discs- 4 CDs, 1 DVD and 1 Blu-ray disc. This has everything the deluxe edition has along with another disc of session recordings and the mono mix. The DVD and Blu-ray will feature a new 5.1 surround sound audio mix of the album completed by Giles Martin (son of the late Sir George Martin), along with "Strawberry Field Forever" and "Penny Lane." Also included on the DVD and Blu-ray are promotional videos and an unreleased documentary. The set also comes with a 144 page book and several poster reproductions.

Digital and vinyl LP versions of the standard and deluxe editions will be released as well.

The Sgt. Pepper reissues are set for release on May 26.


The content featured on is as follows- with notes on which tracks were officially released before

Disc One (the original album, remastered)
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help from My Friends
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning, Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life

Disc Two (sessions/outtakes)
1. Strawberry Fields Forever- Take 1 (originally on Anthology 2)
2. Strawberry Fields Forever- Take 4
3. Strawberry Fields Forever- Take 7 (originally on Anthology 2, though with an edit piece)
4. Strawberry Fields Forever- Take 26
5. Strawberry Fields Forever- Stereo/Giles Martin Mix
6. When I'm Sixty-Four- Take 2
7. Penny Lane- Take 6
8. Penny Lane- Vocal Overdubs and Speech
9. Penny Lane- Stereo/Giles Martin Mix
10. A Day In The Life- Take 1 (originally on Anthology 2)
11. A Day In The Life- Take 2 (originally on Anthology 2)
12. A Day In The Life- Orchestra Overdub (originally on Anthology 2)
13. A Day In The Life- Hummed Last Chord
14. A Day In The Life- The Last Chord
15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- Take 1
16. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- Take 9
17. Good Morning, Good Morning- Take 1
18. Good Morning, Good Morning- Take 8 (originally on Anthology 2)

Disc Three (sessions/outtakes)
1. Fixing a Hole- Take 1
2. Fixing a Hole- Speech and Take 3
3. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!- Speech + Take 1(originally on Anthology 2), Take 4 & Speech
4. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!- Take 7 (originally on Anthology 2)
5. Lovely Rita- Speech and Take 9
6. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds- Take 1 and Speech
7. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds- Speech
8. Getting Better- Take 1
9. Getting Better- Take 12
10. Within You Without You- Take 1
11. Within You Without You- George Coaching the Musicians
12. She's Leaving Home- Take 1
13. She's Leaving Home- Take 6
14. With a Little Help From My Friends- Take 1
15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)- Speech and Take 8

Disc Four (Mono)
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help from My Friends
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning, Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life
14. Strawberry Field Forever
15. Penny Lane
16. A Day In The Life- First Mono Mix
17. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds- Original Mono Mix
18. She's Leaving Home- First Mono Mix
19. Penny Lane- Capitol Records Mono Mix

Disc Five and Six (DVD and Blu-ray disc, w/ surround audio mixes and bonus videos)
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help from My Friends
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning, Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life
14. Strawberry Field Forever
15. Penny Lane
+
The Making of Sgt. Pepper- a 1992 documentary
A Day In The Life (promo video)
Strawberry Field Forever (promo video)
Penny Lane (promo video)

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