Robert Fraser (art dealer) first met John Lennon. Fraser art-directed the cover for The Beatles' 1967 LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – he dissuaded the group from using the original design, a psychedelic artwork created by the design collective The Fool, instead suggesting the pop artist, Peter Blake, who created the famous collage cover design. Fraser also gave McCartney a small painting of an apple by René Magritte which is believed to have been the inspiration for the name and logo of the Beatles' record company, Apple Records. It was also through Fraser that Richard Hamilton was selected to design the poster
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film) narration. The film's soundtrack, released as an accompanying double album, features new versions of songs originally written and performed by the Beatles. The film draws primarily from two of the band's albums, 1967's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and 1969's "Abbey Road". The film covers all of the songs from the "Sgt. Pepper" album with the exceptions of "Within You, Without You" and "Lovely Rita", and also includes nearly all of "Abbey Road". The production was loosely adapted from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road", a 1974 off-Broadway production directed by Tom O'Horgan. The film was