Comments on: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

By: sheldon goldstein

sheldon goldstein — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:47:35 +0000

Paul plays lead on the 1st track and George plays lead on the reprise.

By: Paul (not Faul)

Paul (not Faul) — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:02:18 +0000

To me it sounds like a recipe for lentil soup

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:26:58 +0000

What it sounds like to me is:
“Stig has been dead for ages, honestly.”

By: Shane McMahon

Shane McMahon — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:31:27 +0000

What is sounds like to me is:
“Paul McCartney was in a car accident- he’s really really dead, oh my god he’s not playing in the band anymore- thank you, it’s better than we imagined”

By: RunForYourLife

RunForYourLife — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:20:44 +0000

It’s being played in unison with the rhythm guitar from 12 seconds onward.
It’s a bit distorted, so the sounds blend, but you can pick it out if you listen carefully.

By: Sergeant Pepper

Sergeant Pepper — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 19:16:26 +0000

Skip to 12:00 minutes into the video

https://youtu.be/gGGcBqrCguU

“Paul McCartney is dead, really really dead. Bring him back bring him back bring him back”
Am i mishearing the lyrics?

By: James Ferrell

James Ferrell — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 06:16:48 +0000

Great song. Neil Young used this opener/reprise concept a few times to great effect (rust never sleeps, rocking in the free world). To me the Sgt. Pepper reprise is much better than the opener–it sounds loose and happy. Nice job lads!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 07:59:21 +0000

One of the few songs (maybe the only) on Sgt Pepper to actually be better in the stereo mix. I never realized Ringo had backing vocals in this; I totally can’t hear his voice in there anywhere

By: albatossursus

albatossursus — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:22:26 +0000

I don’t hear Ringo.

By: Sgt. Bob

Sgt. Bob — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 04:04:45 +0000

wrong. Paul plays RHYTHM guitar on the opening track and just bass on the Reprise track

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:23:38 +0000

It was Billy Shears, Paul was of course dead by this time

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:07:48 +0000

well, it was played by hendrix. At one of his concerts

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:57:13 +0000

that is not documented anywhere, if it’s true

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:55:25 +0000

Noticed this on an original UK mono pressing…very cool

By: armando

armando — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:08:06 +0000

Unfortunately you are all wrong! The lead on the Sgt. Pepper opener is played by Jimmy Hendrix

By: Riffking

Riffking — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:35:52 +0000

According to Guitar World’s “50 Greatest Guitar Songs” by the Fabs, (Jan 2014), it’s George on lead.

By: Kevin McKinney

Kevin McKinney — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 02:04:39 +0000

Wikipedia now cites 3 different books to the effect that it was Paul’s lead on the opening version, but George’s on the reprise. I imagine that goes back to session logs.

By: cthielman

cthielman — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:16:33 +0000

Regarding the chronology,I was going by recording engineer Geoff Emerick’s statement in his book.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:32:35 +0000

I guess it depends whether you think the gobbledegook (which was on the original album and the earlier CD too) can be classified as music. I don't. You're wrong about the chronology though - Within You Without You was completed before the gobbledegook was recorded.

By: cthielman

cthielman — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:08:11 +0000

According to Geoff Emerick, the FINAL music recorded was the “gobbedygook” which comes after “Day In The Life”. This was included in the remastered Sgt. Peppers CD. The final touches of George’s song “Within You Without You” was completed after the “gobbledygook”.