

Note: CDs come in LP Sleeve. This extensive collection gives an unprecedented insight into how The Beatles made their ground-breaking album. The box set features a new stereo version by Giles Martin and 33 tracks from the Sgt. Pepper sessions that place you in the studio as the group develop the songs.4 AUDIO CDs:A new stereo mix of the album by Giles Martin. Sgt. Pepper Sessions on 2 CDs – with over 100 minutes of audio illustrating how the album was created. Newly mixed from the original four-track tapes, most of the material is previously unreleased. Also contains the original 1967 mono mix of the album and bonus tracks including three previously unreleased mixes.BLU-RAY/DVD:Fully restored 1992 documentary The Making of Sgt. Pepper, including interviews with Paul, George and Ringo and fascinating in-the-studio footage introduced by George Martin. Restored promotional films for ‘A Day In The Life’, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane’. 2017 Giles Martin 5.1 surround sound mix and high-resolution stereo audio in 96KHz/24bit of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band plus ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane’.144-page hardback book featuring an introduction by Sir Paul McCartney, comprehensive song-by-song details and recording information, in-depth essays about the design of the cover, the album’s musical innovations and its historical context… and much more. Illustrations include photographs from the recording sessions, handwritten lyrics and Abbey Road documentation.Plus a replica of the original card insert and two bonus posters. Review: The world changing album - My parents used to tell me that the "Summer Of Love" didn't really exist in the UK unless you were part of the swinging London scene. For the rest of the country it only existed in the news and on the radio... and maybe in the relaxing (and railing against) of more traditional attitudes towards a more progressive outlook. Fashion became a little more daring, skirts became shorter, but there were still strict parents there trying to make sure their groinfruit didn't partake in such subversive behaviour. For people like my parents growing up in the midlands, it's was less drugs and free love and more like a couple of pints of bitter (with wine or a fruit-based drink for the ladies) and a fumble in the pub car park. The one things that virtually everybody, everywhere, on planet Earth recognised as a major sign that the world was changing was Sgt. Pepper. I was fortunate enough to gain the use of the family record player and my parents' modest, but respectful, collection of LPs from quite an early age and one of those records was Sgt. Pepper. It was, along with Hey Jude (the LP) and Let It Be, the album that made me a Beatles fan the moment I heard it at the age of, I think, around seven. The crowd music, the different singers, the harmonies, the eclectic instrumentation, the sheer ambition of the record... it was unlike anything I'd ever heard before. It shone. It was a magical record, played by these long haired, moustachioed wizards in their colourful outfits. I wanted to look like them. I wanted to be like them. Hell, I wanted to BE them. The only "problem" with Pepper is that it was so highly rated and overplayed over the years that it inevitably (yet unfairly) was the victim of a (mild) backlash, with even staunch Beatles fans repeating the mantra of "Pepper is overrated", with very few in the cult of Fabdom daring to say that their favourite Beatles record was Pepper, for fear of not looking like a "real" fan. Thing is, Pepper is a perfect record; its loose concept opening up the possibilities of any kind of music appearing on a pop record - vaudeville, Indian, psychedelic-circus music resplendent with backwards tape loops... with Sgt. Peppers' troupe of musicians, anything was possible. The fact that Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane were recorded in the same sessions and could have been part of the album instead of a standalone single is even more mind-blowing. The collective offering of the Pepper songs were an artistic apex they'd, until that point, never achieved. Fixing A Hole, with its dreamy, spacey vocals and meandering bassline, She's Leaving Home, one of Paul's very best kitchen sink dramas, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite which still sounds unlike anything else released before or after it, George's utterly beautiful Within You Without You which, quite honestly, might be my favourite track on the whole thing and the reprise of the Pepper theme which then segues into the grand finale, A Day In The Life, which is surely peak Beatles. All four members shine so brilliantly on this album; Ringo's "turn" as Billy Shears on With A Little Help From My Friends as well as some truly superb drumming (especially on A Day In The Life), Paul's precocious growth as a songwriter (Pepper, With A Little Help From My Friends, She's Leaving Home, Lovely Rita), but still having his work Lennonised and improved (Getting Better) and vice-versa for John with Paul providing the supremely melodic, soaring bridge in A Day In The Life and his inspired. Lennon's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is a psychedelic masterpiece and his interpretations of a circus poster (Mr. Kite) and a breakfast cereal box (Good Morning, Good Morning) showcased his talent for taking something relatively ordinary and elevating them to glorious heights. George's lead guitar work is out of this world on Pepper and his solitary songwriting composition was also other-worldly. It was arguably the last time (apart from perhaps Abbey Road) when all four Beatles were still a single "Beatles" unit instead of four individuals making music together. Simply put, Pepper is a masterpiece. It is THE album that virtually every other album is compared with ("Sure, it's good, but it's no Sgt. Pepper"). The genius isn't just in the songwriting, it's the presentation, the Peter Blake cover, the daring concept and the colourfulness. It was the end of the black and white sixties and the dawning of a brighter, more youthful age. It's not just a record, it's a cultural milestone, a happening, an event; you can define music as pre and post-Pepper such was its importance. It remains the toppermost of the poppermost, being the height of all that is fab and gear. It takes me to another world when I listen to it, a world full of fixing metaphorical holes, of dancing psychedelic horses, of newspaper taxis and looking-glass ties, of sobbing heartbroken parents and cottages in the Isle Of Wight, of people blowing their minds out in cars and orchestral orgasms. There's no other record like it. Others have tried and failed, but there is only one Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Review: A splendid time is guaranteed for all... - In 12 years of being an desertcart customer, this is my first review and so I'm sharing my personal perspective on the Super Deluxe edition of Sergeant Pepper, not because I feel my expertise will colour the lives of others (as some other reviewers seem to feel they might), but to give a balanced view as a lifelong fan of The Beatles and additionally because I'm sufficiently sniffy about retrospective tinkering with artist's work to hopefully give perspective. Over the years, many of us have become conditioned to accepted versions of Beatles albums through familiarity - in my case, I got to know Sergeant Pepper firstly through crackly vinyl, played on an old HMV stereogram nearly 40 years ago. At the time, there was nothing more magical and perhaps that's my definitive version of Pepper and indeed their other LP's. Fast forward through the first CD release in 1987, then the stereo remaster box set in 2007, followed by the mono equivalent some time later, with each version giving a newly refreshed view of a familiar album. For me, the mono remaster was possibly the biggest aural surprise as it's just so different from what I'd come to accept as the Sergeant Pepper I'd grown up with and even now, it's probably my personal favourite version, as it still has the power to surprise and delight; plus the mono release was always the definitive version when new as stereo was something of a novelty at the time and as such wasn't treated as a priority when it was mastered, with none of the band in attendance. If you imagine the new album as an oil painting that's been sensitively restored, revealing new colours and textures that you'd never previously seen. Approach it that way and you'll be delighted. That said, the new stereo remix by Giles Martin stands eye to eye with the mono mix from 50 years ago; there are some other silly reviews on here that suggest it's unrecognisable from the original and that's just childish. It's very clearly still Sergeant Pepper, but just a little more dynamic; the bass and drums in particular have been bought forward beautifully in the mix and you'll hear tiny little details that will make you smile. Again, the naysayers on here will say that 'you weren't meant to hear these details', but who's to say? All the bits you hear, sometimes for the first time were always present on the original tracks, but mixed down in the depths. No so now and in my view, all the better for it. The presentation of the super deluxe edition is beautifully and sensitively done, befitting of such an investment and comparable in quality and quantity to similar releases by The Beach Boys for the Smile Sessions and the Small Faces Immediate Anthology Here Come the Nice. Not everyone will want to spend £100+, but in truth; if you don't want to, then you don't have to, as there's are perfectly good versions with slightly less tracks, but still aurally fantastic. There are now two definitive versions of Pepper; one in Mono and another in Stereo and each will delight in equal measure. Giles Martin must be congratulated in taking one of the most significant and recognised albums in the history of popular music and gently making it just a little bit better in pretty much every respect. The only question now is 'which album next?' as every Beatles album deserves a remix as sensitive as this one. Would I pay £100 for each new version of each album? In a heartbeat.





















| ASIN | B06WGVMLJY |
| Best Sellers Rank | 30,158 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) 665 in Dance Pop 3,180 in Box Sets (CDs & Vinyl) |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,301) |
| Is discontinued by manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 5745532 |
| Label | Umc |
| Manufacturer | Umc |
| Number of discs | 6 |
| Product Dimensions | 14.1 x 12.5 x 1.19 cm; 2.93 kg |
A**Y
The world changing album
My parents used to tell me that the "Summer Of Love" didn't really exist in the UK unless you were part of the swinging London scene. For the rest of the country it only existed in the news and on the radio... and maybe in the relaxing (and railing against) of more traditional attitudes towards a more progressive outlook. Fashion became a little more daring, skirts became shorter, but there were still strict parents there trying to make sure their groinfruit didn't partake in such subversive behaviour. For people like my parents growing up in the midlands, it's was less drugs and free love and more like a couple of pints of bitter (with wine or a fruit-based drink for the ladies) and a fumble in the pub car park. The one things that virtually everybody, everywhere, on planet Earth recognised as a major sign that the world was changing was Sgt. Pepper. I was fortunate enough to gain the use of the family record player and my parents' modest, but respectful, collection of LPs from quite an early age and one of those records was Sgt. Pepper. It was, along with Hey Jude (the LP) and Let It Be, the album that made me a Beatles fan the moment I heard it at the age of, I think, around seven. The crowd music, the different singers, the harmonies, the eclectic instrumentation, the sheer ambition of the record... it was unlike anything I'd ever heard before. It shone. It was a magical record, played by these long haired, moustachioed wizards in their colourful outfits. I wanted to look like them. I wanted to be like them. Hell, I wanted to BE them. The only "problem" with Pepper is that it was so highly rated and overplayed over the years that it inevitably (yet unfairly) was the victim of a (mild) backlash, with even staunch Beatles fans repeating the mantra of "Pepper is overrated", with very few in the cult of Fabdom daring to say that their favourite Beatles record was Pepper, for fear of not looking like a "real" fan. Thing is, Pepper is a perfect record; its loose concept opening up the possibilities of any kind of music appearing on a pop record - vaudeville, Indian, psychedelic-circus music resplendent with backwards tape loops... with Sgt. Peppers' troupe of musicians, anything was possible. The fact that Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane were recorded in the same sessions and could have been part of the album instead of a standalone single is even more mind-blowing. The collective offering of the Pepper songs were an artistic apex they'd, until that point, never achieved. Fixing A Hole, with its dreamy, spacey vocals and meandering bassline, She's Leaving Home, one of Paul's very best kitchen sink dramas, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite which still sounds unlike anything else released before or after it, George's utterly beautiful Within You Without You which, quite honestly, might be my favourite track on the whole thing and the reprise of the Pepper theme which then segues into the grand finale, A Day In The Life, which is surely peak Beatles. All four members shine so brilliantly on this album; Ringo's "turn" as Billy Shears on With A Little Help From My Friends as well as some truly superb drumming (especially on A Day In The Life), Paul's precocious growth as a songwriter (Pepper, With A Little Help From My Friends, She's Leaving Home, Lovely Rita), but still having his work Lennonised and improved (Getting Better) and vice-versa for John with Paul providing the supremely melodic, soaring bridge in A Day In The Life and his inspired. Lennon's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is a psychedelic masterpiece and his interpretations of a circus poster (Mr. Kite) and a breakfast cereal box (Good Morning, Good Morning) showcased his talent for taking something relatively ordinary and elevating them to glorious heights. George's lead guitar work is out of this world on Pepper and his solitary songwriting composition was also other-worldly. It was arguably the last time (apart from perhaps Abbey Road) when all four Beatles were still a single "Beatles" unit instead of four individuals making music together. Simply put, Pepper is a masterpiece. It is THE album that virtually every other album is compared with ("Sure, it's good, but it's no Sgt. Pepper"). The genius isn't just in the songwriting, it's the presentation, the Peter Blake cover, the daring concept and the colourfulness. It was the end of the black and white sixties and the dawning of a brighter, more youthful age. It's not just a record, it's a cultural milestone, a happening, an event; you can define music as pre and post-Pepper such was its importance. It remains the toppermost of the poppermost, being the height of all that is fab and gear. It takes me to another world when I listen to it, a world full of fixing metaphorical holes, of dancing psychedelic horses, of newspaper taxis and looking-glass ties, of sobbing heartbroken parents and cottages in the Isle Of Wight, of people blowing their minds out in cars and orchestral orgasms. There's no other record like it. Others have tried and failed, but there is only one Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
L**L
A splendid time is guaranteed for all...
In 12 years of being an Amazon customer, this is my first review and so I'm sharing my personal perspective on the Super Deluxe edition of Sergeant Pepper, not because I feel my expertise will colour the lives of others (as some other reviewers seem to feel they might), but to give a balanced view as a lifelong fan of The Beatles and additionally because I'm sufficiently sniffy about retrospective tinkering with artist's work to hopefully give perspective. Over the years, many of us have become conditioned to accepted versions of Beatles albums through familiarity - in my case, I got to know Sergeant Pepper firstly through crackly vinyl, played on an old HMV stereogram nearly 40 years ago. At the time, there was nothing more magical and perhaps that's my definitive version of Pepper and indeed their other LP's. Fast forward through the first CD release in 1987, then the stereo remaster box set in 2007, followed by the mono equivalent some time later, with each version giving a newly refreshed view of a familiar album. For me, the mono remaster was possibly the biggest aural surprise as it's just so different from what I'd come to accept as the Sergeant Pepper I'd grown up with and even now, it's probably my personal favourite version, as it still has the power to surprise and delight; plus the mono release was always the definitive version when new as stereo was something of a novelty at the time and as such wasn't treated as a priority when it was mastered, with none of the band in attendance. If you imagine the new album as an oil painting that's been sensitively restored, revealing new colours and textures that you'd never previously seen. Approach it that way and you'll be delighted. That said, the new stereo remix by Giles Martin stands eye to eye with the mono mix from 50 years ago; there are some other silly reviews on here that suggest it's unrecognisable from the original and that's just childish. It's very clearly still Sergeant Pepper, but just a little more dynamic; the bass and drums in particular have been bought forward beautifully in the mix and you'll hear tiny little details that will make you smile. Again, the naysayers on here will say that 'you weren't meant to hear these details', but who's to say? All the bits you hear, sometimes for the first time were always present on the original tracks, but mixed down in the depths. No so now and in my view, all the better for it. The presentation of the super deluxe edition is beautifully and sensitively done, befitting of such an investment and comparable in quality and quantity to similar releases by The Beach Boys for the Smile Sessions and the Small Faces Immediate Anthology Here Come the Nice. Not everyone will want to spend £100+, but in truth; if you don't want to, then you don't have to, as there's are perfectly good versions with slightly less tracks, but still aurally fantastic. There are now two definitive versions of Pepper; one in Mono and another in Stereo and each will delight in equal measure. Giles Martin must be congratulated in taking one of the most significant and recognised albums in the history of popular music and gently making it just a little bit better in pretty much every respect. The only question now is 'which album next?' as every Beatles album deserves a remix as sensitive as this one. Would I pay £100 for each new version of each album? In a heartbeat.
C**O
Good brand new
L**.
Tutto perfetto!! Bellissimo cofanetto!
じ**ん
アウトテイクもしっかり聴くことができて、サージェント〜を良く感じることができるボックスでした。 一瞬、輸入盤のように見えましたが、実際は国内盤と同じで同梱品もしっかり付属されていました。破格の値段で買えて本当に良かったです。
R**N
Je ne reviens pas sur le son superbe du Remix , certains l'ont très bien décrit ; j'insiste sur la QUALITE de fabrication du coffret : excellente idée d'avoir fait un " faux " LP Gatefold avec les 6 disc à l'intérieur avec des petites pochettes en carton avec des Alternate photos de la pochette choisie en 1967 . L'ensemble est de très bon "goût" pas désordonné avec un très Beau livre ROUGE et partout l'alternance de pages Jaune et Rouge comme le LP . Grande nouvelle ! ce coffret sera poursuivi par un autre aussi Beau , celui des 50 ans du White album en Novembre 2018 : Giles MARTIN a dit que les travaux de " dépoussiérage" des bandes du White avaient commencé avec des " surprises" : des inédits jamais parus sauf sur des bootlegs + beaucoup d'Alternate takes de chansons en ...MONO et stéréo , car le Blanc est le dernier album des Beatles à avoir été enregistré en MONO au départ en 4 pistes puis 8 pistes à la fin ...Les Beatles n'ont supervisé et participé que le mixage MONO ,laissant la version stéréo à George Martin et aux ingénieurs ! à mon avis ce coffret du White sera pareil , "fausse" boîte de bande d' EMI avec uu double faux LP avec 6 disc à l'intérieur , numéroté et avec "Beatles " en relief comme le double LP de 1968 + 4 grands portraits des Fab + le grand POSTER +un Beau livre blanc ....franchement le digipack remaster de 2009 est moche avec deux cd difficiles à retirer et à ranger ! pas de Poster , pas les vrais 4 photos à part Comme le travail sur le White a commencé , nous aurons aussi un Beau coffret Abbey Road en Septembre 2019 ! ET may be enfin un Beau coffret Let it Be avec DVD , blu-Ray du film avec des bonus de séances filmées ( des km ! ) , et deux CD au moins d'Alternates Takes des chansons du LP tirées des " Get Back sessions " qui ont duré UN mois du 2 Janvier au 31 janvier 1969 ...+ peut être aussi le REMIX Stéréo du CD " Let it Be" + le Livre ... introuvable " Get Back " du coffret fragile de mai 1970 . Les 3 ou 4 feront un bel ensemble ,très " classe" et identiques par leur présentation : Jaune/Rouge pour Pepper tout Blanc pour le White tout Noir pour Let it Be et Vert pour Abbey Road ces albums "méritent" cette sortie en Deluxe , dommage que " Revolver " n'ait pas eu le sien en 2016 , il le méritait MAIS avec la sortie de film " Eight Days a Week" , pas de place pour DEUX grandes sorties Beatles la même année ....
M**T
Seit meiner Jugend (Jahrgang 1950) bin ich fasziniert von der Musik der Beatles. Seit "She Loves you" und "I wan't to hold your Hand" war nichts mehr, wie vorher. Mit den Alben "Rubber Soul" und insbesondere "Revolver" wurden die Beatles deutlich experimenteller und kreativer. Für uns Jugendlich erschlossen sich diese Alben nicht sofort und nicht so, wie die ersten großen Hits. Aber dann kam "Sgt. Pepper" und man dachte, was ist dass denn und wo soll das denn noch hinführen. Das waren nicht mehr "unsere" Beatles. Dieses Album war so anders, alles alles davor. Man musste sich auf dieses Album erstmal einlassen. Der Schlussong "A Day in a Life" war für mich - aus damaliger sicht - am sperrigsten und ich konnte damit zunächst gar nichts anfangen. Der Titelsong: na ja, schon sehr rockig aber zu kurz. Ringos Song, ganz nett. Lucy in the Sky...., und fast alles was danach kam, hatte nichts mehr mit der geliebten Beat-/Rockmusik gemein. Aber: Alles braucht seine Zeit. Das ging mir in der Folgezeit durchaus öfter so (z.B. bei U2, R.E.M., Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers, Arcade Fire um nur einige wenige zu nennen). Mit der Zeit jedoch (es hat nicht sehr lange gedauert) erschlossen sich die Songperlen nach und nach und es wurde das Album, dass ich mir über die letzten 50 Jahre immer wieder allein mit Muße intensiv angehört habe. Vor 50 Jahren hatte kaum jemand vernünftige Stereoanlagen sondern meist nur Plattenspieler mit vielleicht einem angeschlossenen Lautsprecher. D.h., damals haben viele das Album nur in Mono gehört. Stereo Ende der 60-iger war dann sehr oft dass so genannte Ping Pong Stereo (Stimmen auf einem Kanal, Instrumente auf dem anderen Kanal und dazwischen? Nicht viel jedenfalls. Die Qualität der Abspielgeräte und Lautsprecher haben die vielen buntem Fassetten der Musik nicht wirklich gut wiedergegeben. Mit den Jahren wurden die Anlagen besser und die wahrgenommene Wiedrgabequalität von Platte oder in den Achtzigern die ersten CD's brachten die Musik dann schon besser zu Gehör. Dann das Jahr 2009. Die Remaster in Stereo und Mono. Endlich war der Klang entstaubt, die Musik deutlich druckvoller. Aber, es fehlte noch was. Es fehlte ein ausgewogenes Stereo-Klangbild. Das mehr aus den Ausnahmen herauszuholen war, wurde mit der Veröffentlichung von "Love" deutlich. Jetzt also endlich der Stereo-Mix, wie er den heutigen Hörgewohnheiten entspricht. Leadstimme in der Mitte, Background gestaffelt dahinter, die Instrumente nicht mehr extrem auf die beiden Lautsprecher verteilt, sondern räumlicher gestaltet. Dazu insgesamt mehr Druck im Klangbild. Der Bass von Paul (vielleicht sogar etwas zuviel) und das Schlagzeug von Ringo gewinnen deutlich an Ausdruck. Einen solchen Stereo-Mix hat man sich lange gewünscht. Das Team um Gil Martin hat hier nach meinem Geschmack fastt alles richtig gemacht. Chapeau. Die Krönung aber ist für mich der Mehrkanal-Mix. Der Mix ist sehr subtil. Du hast das Gefühl, die Band spielt mit dem besten verfügbaren Equipment vor dir auf einer großen Bühne und du sitzt in der ersten Reihe. Der Klang ist weiträumig, die Staffelung in Breit und Tiefe ist atembraubend. Die Musik löst sich endlich fast komplett von den Lautsprechern, welche man kaum noch wahrnimmt. Einige Effekte (z.B. das Publikum im Titelsong, die Kirmesmusik von "The Benefit od Mr. Kite", die Tiergeräusche im Titel "Good Morning Good Morning" und das kakofone Orchester bei "A Day in the Life" kommen teils erkennbar aus den Rears. So hast Du diese Musik noch nie gehört. Wenn man mit dem Stilmix bisher nichts anfangen konnte, spätestens im Mehrkanal-Mix erschließt sich die ganze Faszination und Einmaligkeit dieses Albums. Gottsei Dank, dass ich das noch erleben durfte. Traurig sein müssen all diejenigen, die keine ordentliche Surround-Anlage zu Hause haben. Für dieses Album lohnt es sich (wenn man dieses Album liebt), in eine entsprechende Anlage zu investieren. Alle Kritiker, die sich über die Jahrzehnte (teils hochwissenschaftlich) zu diesem Album geäußert haben, liegen richtig, wenn Sie es zu den besten Alben aller Zeiten rechnen. Allen anderen ist eh nicht zu helfen. Wer jetzt noch mäkelt, sollte aber bekennen, dass das auf höchtem Niveau geschieht. Jetzt ist die Vorfreude groß auf entsprechende Mixe vom so genannten "White Album", welches im nächsten Jahr zu dessen 50-jährigen Jubiläum erscheinen soll. Obwohl es natürlcih sehr viele tolle Alben anderer Künstler gibt (ich besitzte rund 3.500) - und darunter ist alles, was Rang und Namen hat. An dieses Album reicht nichts wirklich heran, weil dieses Album (und vielleicht noch Pet Sounds von den Beach Boys) - alles was danach an innovativer Musik kam - überhaupt erst den Weg geöffnet hat. Das haben wir uns damals beim ersten Höhren im Erscheinungsjahr so nicht vorstellen können. Den Beatles und den großartigen Köpfen Georg Martin und Geoff Emerick sei Dank. Beatles Forever. Bitte entschuldigt meinen teilweisen Pathos und wenn die Pferde mit mir durchgegangen sein sollten.
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