The Beatles: “Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove” from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

About “Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove”

“Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove” is a hidden song by The Beatles from their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

The very end of the album typifies the advanced studio trickery applied throughout Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. After the last droplets of the crashing piano chord of “A Day In The Life” have evaporated, come a few seconds of 15 kilocycle tone, put there – especially to annoy your dog – at the request of John Lennon. Then, as the coup the grace, there is a few seconds of nonsense Beatle chatter, taped, cut into several pieces and stuck back together at random so that, as George Martin says, purchasers of the vinyl album who did not have an auto return on their record player would say “What the hell’s that?” and find curious noise going on and on ad infinitum in the concentric run-out groove. – from the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band CD sleeve notes.

The track was not titled on the original release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but received a title on the US compilation Rarities, on which it was included.

About Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the Beatles, released on June 1, 1967. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative albums in the history of rock music. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is a concept album that presents the Beatles as the fictional Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and it includes a range of musical styles and experimentation with new techniques, such as tape loops, backward recording, and orchestration. It features some of the Beatles’ most iconic songs, including “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, and “A Day in the Life”. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was a commercial success, topping the charts in several countries and winning four Grammy Awards in 1968. It is often cited as a landmark album in the development of rock music and has been praised for its innovative use of studio recording techniques, its artistic vision, and its influence on subsequent generations of musicians.

How to find “Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove”

On CD & vinyl: Begins at 5:07 of track #13 (“A Day In The Life“)

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