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= March 18 =

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2017 release
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is to be re-released on June 1, 2017, with the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" added. Will it be remixed?

"Penny Lane" was remixed for the 1 album and the remix sounds remarkably better than the old mix. It makes sense that they would remix the other tracks. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:31, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Except that the only person to be trusted with that job is no longer able to do so. A bit of Googling doesn't seem to turn up anything one way or the other. Most sources seem to stem from an article from The Times, but it's mostly hidden behind a paywall. Matt Deres (talk) 03:14, 18 March 2017 (UTC)


 * George Martin didn't remix "1+" - Giles Martin did new stereo mixes from the original multi-track tapes (except that the first three songs are in mono), and he did a great job. And about the time the 2009 remasters came out, I remember someone saying "wait until you hear Sgt. Pepper remixed." Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 03:20, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Those two songs came from the Sgt. Pepper sessions, but have you seen any info on how they're supposed to "fit" into song list for the album? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:37, 18 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, they were two of the first three songs recorded for those sessions and it has been reported that the Beatles wanted to include them on the album, but the record company wanted a single since it had been 6 months since they had released anything. I am also wondering where they will go in the sequence.  I slightly doubt that they will simply be added to the end (or beginning) as bonus tracks.  But if they are inserted into the others, it will be strange to hear the album that way.  But it may be more of what the Beatles intended.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:56, 18 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Not that it's official in any way, but this bootleg fits them between She's Leaving Home and Within You Without You, shifting Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! up. Of course, besides being unofficial it's also not really meant to be listened to in order (what with multiple takes and mixes thrown in there). Matt Deres (talk) 13:53, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Basically a fan's fantasy, yes? The original was done in a way that kind of resembled a concert, with an opening number, a playlist, a reprise of the opening number, and an "encore". It will be interesting to see how the two remaining Beatles and the two widows and everyone else involved figure out how to do this without it seeming to be "tacked on". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:44, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes. For another take, in the so-called "Blue Album", Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane open the album, ahead of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but that's because they were listed in order of release. Matt Deres (talk) 16:44, 18 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Does the OP have a source for the re-release? Canonically, it doesn't make sense since given the 1987-1988 standardization of the Beatles catalog, those two songs already have album representation on Magical Mystery Tour (see Beatles discography also).  I'd be interested to see the reliability of sources on the re-release.  -- Jayron 32 02:49, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * How about 50 years on: the real Sgt Pepper in The Sunday Times? --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 15:46, 19 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Here is another source ("he record will be reissued in the form originally intended by the band"). Those two songs were two of the first three recorded for the Sgt. Pepper album ("Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was the other).  But the record company wanted something to release.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:34, 20 March 2017 (UTC)