50 years ago this week, on 1 June, 1967, an album was released that changed music history - The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In this film, composer Howard Goodall explores just why this album is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential. With the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band, never heard before outside of Abbey Road, Howard gets under the bonnet of Sgt Pepper. He takes the music apart and reassembles it, to show us how it works - and makes surprising connections with the music of the last 1,000 years to do so.
Credits
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution Cast
Name |
Character |
George Harrison
He was 74, 58 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
John Lennon
He was 76, 40 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
Ringo Starr
He was 76, now 84 years old
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
Paul McCartney
He was 74, now 82 years old
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
Howard Goodall
He was 59, now 66 years old
|
as Himself - Presenter |
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution Crew