Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" and "A Day in the Life". Producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick helped realise the group's ideas by approaching the studio as an instrument, applying orchestral overdubs, sound effects and other methods of tape manipulation. Recording was completed on 21 April 1967. The cover, depicting the Beatles posing in front of a tableau of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the British pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth. "Sgt. Pepper" is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the use of extended form in popular music while
Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father is a 1988 multi-artist compilation of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on The Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The album was produced by the "New Musical Express" to raise money for Childline, the charity founded by the now-defunct BBC1 consumer programme "That's Life!" It was also intended to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the original release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on 1 June 1967. The title is a pun on the song "Lloyd George Knew My Father". A single released to