Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles turns 50 this week... and we've got a copy of the new Super Deluxe Pepper box-set to give away!
It was 50 years ago this June 1st when The Beatles’ John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr astonished and delighted the world, ushering in the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a groundbreaking masterwork that became popular music’s most universally acclaimed album. To salute the occasion, The Beatles have released a suite of lavishly presented Sgt. Pepper Anniversary Edition packages - the album itself (available in single disc, 2-disc and 6-disc versions) is newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, and expanded with early takes from the original studio sessions.
The super deluxe 6 disc box set comes with 33 recordings from the Pepper sessions, most of which have never been released, unreleased mono mixes of several songs, surround-sound audio mixes of the album on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as promo films for several tracks and a restored version of the rare 1992 documentary, The Making of Sgt. Pepper, plus a 144-page hardcover book featuring a new introduction from Paul McCartney and producer Giles Martin (son of original producer George), who newly mixed the album.
"It’s crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art," says Paul McCartney in his newly-penned introduction for the Pepper Anniversary Edition.
The remixed and expanded Sgt. Pepper is out now - and we've got a copy of the Super Deluxe 6 CD box-set to give away, plus a copy of the Deluxe 2 CD set. To be in with a chance to win, follow RTÉ Culture on Twitter or Facebook and tell us this: What is the title of the closing track on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
Send us your answer along with the hashtag #RTEpepper50 before 6pm next Monday evening. Now get cracking - and the very best of luck!
