Sgt Pepper - listen to excellent Radio 2 show

[Guilbert]

Sorry to bring up Sgt Pepper again, but here is great show on BBC Radio 2 well worth a listen (via the internet).

BBC Radio 2 are doing a Sgt Pepper celebration, and getting some modern groups to re-record the songs using the old 4 track equipment, with some of the original studio engineers.

The programme follows the process of creating these new recordings.

The thing that comes across is how hard it is to recreate these songs playing "live" - no overdubs (so imagine how hard it was to "invent" them in the first place).

Also what comes across is the admiration and reverence these young people have for the Beatles, most of whom are still only in their 20s so were not around when the Beatles were at their height.

There has been some discussion here about the Beatles being overrated, but if you listen to this program you realise the work that went into Pepper (and their other songs) and how other professional musicians understand and appreciate that.

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Listen again to Sgt. Pepper's 40th Anniversary

[mrmcfister]

Caught this on BBC last week.Brilliant programme.The artists were a really nice lot .Hope the BBC put out a DVD.Fascinating to see the musicians at work.The results were a treat..........Wish I had learned to play another instrument sometimes!

[Guilbert]

> bet the 'new recordings' sounded like a crock of shit mind you

Not at all.

Because they were using the same studio as the Beatles used, and the same equipment, and the same studio engineers, they tried to get the songs sounding exactly the same.

In most cases they were spot on (as near as damn it anyway).

And it was was fascinating hearing the studio engineers talking about the Beatles recording process, saying "well John lennon worked like this" or "George did this" or "Ringo said this" or "Paul suggested this" etc