


“How about if we become an alter-ego band?” McCartney would recall asking the group following his French road trip and Kenyan safari in late 1966. How Paul McCartney’s Travels in France and Kenya Inspired the Title Track Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” reprise on Side Two – that explore the background of this revolutionary and beloved record. In honor of the anniversary, and coinciding with a new deluxe reissue, we have presented a series of in-depth pieces – one for each of the album’s tracks, excluding the brief “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which Rolling Stone named the best album of all time, turns 50 today. If you want to see how this would sound yourself, here's the Spotify Playlist.The Beatles‘ Sgt. I'm not even sure if that will all fit on their respective sides, but there you go. Side Six: Bonus Tracks, or possibly even an etching of the drum head or something. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) Without further ado, here's the track listing: So in a way, this expanded edition turns the album into an excellent transition into the more straightforward rock direction they would go in with the White Album. Looking in hindsight, this new tracklisting would make this album feel like a bridge between Revolver (with songs like All Together Now, Only a Northern Song, etc.) and The White Album (Hey Bulldog, Carnival of Light, etc.).

Finally, while I couldn't include it on the playlist I made for obvious reasons, the unreleased Carnival of Light exists and should go on this album.Across the Universe shows up in the two other expanded editions, and I included Take 2 here because the sitar makes it sound more psychedelic, and as such it would fit in very well on this album, especially because of the presence of Within You, Without You. These include The Fool on the Hill, I Am The Walrus, Hello Goodbye, and All You Need is Love. Some tracks from Magical Mystery Tour that I felt would fit in very well.Hell, Only a Northern Song was written for this album. The Yellow Submarine songs because they would fit in very well.Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever for obvious reasons.In particular I'm really proud of how this one turned out. So I've been making expanded versions of Beatles albums, and for more information please see the master post.
