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's Lonely Hearts Club Band works it inspired, and its ongoing recognition as "a defining moment in the history of music". The album inspired the 1974 off-Broadway musical "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road", directed by Tom O'Horgan, and the 1978 film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", produced by Robert Stigwood. In 1977, the LP won Best British Album at the inaugural Brit Awards. It has been the subject of many tribute albums, including a multi-artist CD available with the March 2007 issue of "Mojo" and a 2009 live album, "Sgt. Pepper Live", by the American band Cheap Trick. Other tribute