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| Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 |
The album cover started from an ink drawing from McCartney and this was then given to Pop artist Peter Blake and his wife Jann Haworth to design the final layouts and was directed by Robert Fraser and the final cover was photographed on the 30th of March 1967 by Micheal Cooper. The drum in front of the band members was painted by Joe Ephgrave and the collage includes 57 photographs, 9 wax works and the members of The Beatles.
The characters include; Mahavatar Babji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Bob Dylan, Sri Yukswar, Bobby Breen,Paramahansa Yoganda, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Aubrey Beardsley, Albert Stubbins, Sonny Liston, Stan Lauren, H.G Wells, Oscar Wilde, Dylan Thomas and Oliver Hardy.
The purpose of having this massive collection of iconic people was meant to show a wide diversity of people who influenced the world to make it the way it was on that day. On the cover is also wax works of The Beatles as how they looked at the beginning of their career next to the real them as they appeared at that point. This showed the audience a huge distinction between who they were and who they came to be in their lives and careers.
This cover cost nearly £3,000 in comparison to most albums back in 1967 which on average cost around £50. Seemingly worth it as this cover came to change album covers forever, it was a huge leap towards new and different covers expressing different things in off beat and new ways.
The characters include; Mahavatar Babji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Bob Dylan, Sri Yukswar, Bobby Breen,Paramahansa Yoganda, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Aubrey Beardsley, Albert Stubbins, Sonny Liston, Stan Lauren, H.G Wells, Oscar Wilde, Dylan Thomas and Oliver Hardy.
The purpose of having this massive collection of iconic people was meant to show a wide diversity of people who influenced the world to make it the way it was on that day. On the cover is also wax works of The Beatles as how they looked at the beginning of their career next to the real them as they appeared at that point. This showed the audience a huge distinction between who they were and who they came to be in their lives and careers.
This cover cost nearly £3,000 in comparison to most albums back in 1967 which on average cost around £50. Seemingly worth it as this cover came to change album covers forever, it was a huge leap towards new and different covers expressing different things in off beat and new ways.
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