Agree ! The Beatles were pioneers in so many ways !!

George Martin the fifth Beatle which the Beatles always said he was. He worked with the Beatles not just as their music producer but played with the group on some of their songs in the early days before Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Clubs Band was released in 1967. This was the album that was the change in the Beatles music after the iconic Revolver album.

I wouldn’t say George Martin, too…. As an afterthought…. I would say because of George Martin.

Absolutely 🎸

And kudos to LSD and Mary Jane 👌😊

Whoever responsible for changing Pepper From being Rolling Stone top LP after decades JUST PLAIN STUPID HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE (If you're lonely you can talk to me)🍏

You're quite welcome. Thank you for Grand Funk Railroad.

Per George Martin, they had 2 sections that needed to be filled and it was Paul who came up with the idea. He asked the orchestra to start at the lowest note and work up to the highest note. George said they just looked at him funny and he had to write up the score for them to play.

The collaboration / completions betw Paul, John and mr Martin are astounding

Paul also came up with: I'd love to turn uou on

It was suspected that LSD influenced this song, because it feels like an acid trip.

U wrong, the crescendo was Lennons idea.

Beatles had 2 producers. Paul McCartney and George Martin. In that order.

Well said...I really notice the drumming this time also. Just perfect restraint and subtle genius.

Ringo is a drumming virtuoso at bringing the right drums/percussion to the song. He was as essential to The Beatles, as the other three. He really shines on A Day in the Life.

@@waynej2608 Yes!

Absolutely 📯

Ringo's drumming is genius.

"Gobsmacked" must be a contender for the coarsest and ugliest word in common English usage. There are ALWAYS better alternatives!

Those albums still stand up and stood out to anyone curious about music when eighties metal was my joi de vive

@@finlybenyunes8385 Really? I quite like the word. It hints at an earlier more elegant era. I suppose i could have said "blown away" but that strikes me as more coarse. Horses for courses, i guess.

@@finlybenyunes8385 How about Flabbergasted? Is that any better? I prefer Mind Blown myself because that’s what it does. A stunning peak in a Masterpiece Album. The way Pepper flows like a river of ideas, I always listen to it complete. Thank you Beatles!

@@billclarke6203 NO refined or elegant person would EVER use the G-word!

Yeah, they had a total of 8 tracks on 1 tape. Syncing machines together was near impossible. Bouncing tracks can only take you so far. Had to be able to record multiple parts at the same time. All being mixed to stereo during recording. Sir George Martin advanced recording science with every Beatles album. None of the old head audio engineers of the day wanted to work with them. Sir George embraced it, becoming a legend, and the 5th Beatle, in the process. He also arranged almost all of the orchestral parts. Many Mic'ing, FX, EQ, Dynamics, and mixing& editing techniques, in various forms, date back to his intellectual experimenting with the Boys from Liverpool's recordings.

@@davidstephens6462 That's true, George Martin was an important influence to the boys, I think he never told them 'this cannot be done', just the opposite, they all experimented together to see how far they could go, as he himself or John once said, I don't remember, we all learned in the process, and boy, they did it in a big way. Also his musical contributions in some songs, my favorite 'In My Life', it's stunning.

@@juanita6479 - "In my life" is beautiful. His solo song "Mother" is heartbreaking. John was a genius as was George Martin. Martin encouraged them and let them experiment. Martin played the Baroque sounding piano on "In my life".

@@susieq9801 Yes 'Mother' is heartbreaking, and how about 'Julia', even more, also 'Free as a Bird' and 'Real Love' with that sad touch, both unfinished but embellished by his mates and his voice sounds longing, as Luke rightly described it. About 'In My Life' I like everything in the song, and that piano contribution from GM is what I refer as my favorite of his, simply perfect 👌

I heard he recorded his vocal in a special room for this song. And Martin applied some effects on his voice as well giving it an ethereal haunting quality that worked perfectly!

Kurt Cobain said the same thing. - "The Beatles going from I wanna hold your hand, to Sgt. Pepper was a massive progression."

Yes, reactors are missing a huge element of feeling and understanding the group by not going on the chronological order. The growth is mesmerizing.

George Martin certainly had a role to play. I just wish he credited the Beatles more so. These were their songs and if the disagreed... and they did a number of times... it didnt fly. Martin is more of a technical guy...high .. but still technical.

@@shanna9650 George Martin was more than just a technician. He was an innovative artist, just like all four of the Beatles. He experimented with lots of instruments, tones and effects, giving the Beatles that "Beatley" style from the get-go.

@@shanna9650 George Martin had great instincts himself and created the orchestral backings on many of the songs we love so much. think 'Yesterday', 'I am the Walrus' quickly come to mind. Story is told of john giving I am the Walrus to G Martin and saying 'lets see what you can do with that one' or some such, I can't imagine that song without the String Parts.

The piano note at the end was also extended with tape by looping a section of layered E major chord.

@@mikefetterman6782 Geoff Emerick said he had placed 2 microphones inside the grand piano. He added the execs would have been furious if they knew.

Actually, John said Paul came up with the lick 'Love to turn you on.'

Crescendo idea was John. Executed by Martin and Paul.

The Beatles will be listened to for much longer than 55 years from now. Just as we still listen to Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, etc today.

My absolute favorite also. Sort of proto-prog.

Very cool! do you have a source for it? I can't find one, sadly.

@@lauraallen55 I'm trying to remember where I heard this, too. There are dvds called Deconstructing the Beatles that you can still find on ebay. A guy by the name of Fineman (?) did programs many years ago ono each of their albums and he talked about the tracks of the songs and how they accomplished some of the things they did. I think that's where I may have heard about this.

@@monica11760 Awesome, thank you Monica!

Very cool to have heard it first, in the Village, in NYC. 😎👍

I remember our Orlando radio station played the entire album when it came out, which was unprecedented. This was before home taping, so the record company didn't mind.

The Doors first album is better than Pepper and was a hit during the Summer of Love.

The Beatles tried to copy Freak Out by Zappa. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMh4gMqirdqlqWQ.html

Nothing gets close to Beatles music …take the next 5 best bands in the world combine them they would still be a distant 2nd to the beatles

@@dalegallacher7074 that's your opinion, you are entitled to it, even if you are wrong. (jeez I hope you found that funny)

I think Strawberry Fields is two different takes spliced together, not two different songs. That’s why there’s a noticeable shift and John’s voice sounds so eerie; the two takes were recorded in different keys and different speeds, and the second take had to be slowed down to match the first.

@@michelepaccione8806 Correct. George Martin was able to transcend John's vision of the song, by splicing the two speeds together. Brilliant.

And that was a brilliant decision by George Martin! Magical

On a clear day, I can still hear that final chord!

I thought it was 4 but it definitely sounds more like 7

@@tristramcoffin926 was 3 plus George Martin on harmonium, so 4 total yeah!

I couldn’t find the word but to me this song is a sing along! Know the words, the music, the breaks and even when the last nite ends! Someone new to it has no clue what’s coming!

In reality, it was an article in the newspaper that John read about Tara Browne, the heir to the Guinness fortune, who was killed in a car crash. Tara was 21 years old and was a friend of Paul's.

@@patticrichton1135 I know that's what he based it on, but the reason why he worded it the way he did was to make that point.

@@patticrichton1135 John often had a couple of meanings in mind when he wrote something. That man was a force of nature.

Actually it is not mostly Lennon's song. Paul developed the middle part, the orchestra swirl, and he also had a hand in the ahhs at the end of the dry part. This is very much a team effort. I think Lennon and McCartney were very much equals. Each had different strengths that they brought to the table and to separate one from the other would be a gross misunderstanding on how they made the music.

@@Robertj64 The Verse is the main part of the song and that was Lennon’s! Yes, Macca contributed the Bridge. The 2 Swirls and the Closing Piano chord I’m not certain about. You may be right but I’ll have to look into it further. Macca did give the Orchestra the instructions for those Swirls. Who played the Final piano 🎹 Chord? Macca or Lennon? Maybe both in unison? I’m not sure exactly but I’m going to find out! Yes, it was a collaboration. But to me the Verses of a song are the songs main part! We all live in a Yellow Submarine! It turns out Lennon wrote the melody and verse for Yellow Submarine. Then the words changed. That must be why they always shared the credits because they usually contributed something or dismissed something that didn’t work from the songs. Macca wanted to change the lyrics to Hey Jude. Lennon said the line he wanted to change was the best line in the whole song! The movement you need is on your shoulder. That’s a good line! So they definitely helped improve each other’s songs with constructive criticism! They were a team as well as rivals! My favorite is when Macca wrote I have to admit it’s getting better and Lennon shot back with it can’t get much worse! That is their partnership in a Nutshell! Macca the optimist and Lennon the Cynic! Good and bad, light and dark, day and night! They balanced each other out so well! They complimented each other perfectly! Enjoy! 👏🏻😊

@@dynjarren8355 But the Crescendo idea was John's. Paul may have executed it, but the idea of raising it to a height was John.

I heard it was to imitate a musical orgasm.

@@eileenegger1466 You mean a Sexual one? Stairway to Heaven does this musically by building and building until it climaxes at the end. You can interpret it anyway you like, of course but to me it simulates musically a head rush like from a drug. Songs mean different things to different people! That’s my take on it anyway! And when I heard that explanation it suddenly made sense to me. You can think something entirely different. That’s why music is so appealing! It’s an amazing song regardless! And that last Piano Chord is like a final stamp on it all! Enjoy!

Martin was an arranger. He should be credited as such and no more.

The Royal Albert Hall ! What Memories from the early 1970s :) Successive weeks seeing Deep Purple and Creedence Clearwater Revival with 5,000 others and the cost for both Concerts combined..? 50..............PENCE or 70 CENTS ...😀

Same age, same feeling, same memories!

Michael York from "The Monkees"? Donovan Leitch in there too.

@@susieq9801 You are an expert in everything that regards those bands, I am not so much.

@@juanita6479 - Michael York was a British actor. Michael Nesmith was the Monkees guitarist. Donovan Leitch was a lovely folk singer in the 60's, "Jennifer Juniper", "Catch the Wind", "Mellow Yellow", "Sunshine Superman", etc. 😊

Reel to Reel tape player and recorder

Peel what a Legend

I think you meant John and Paul