Paul McCartney February 1967, and the LP followed in June. McCartney's "She's Leaving Home" was an orchestral pop song. MacDonald described the track as "[among] the finest work on "Sgt. Pepper"—imperishable popular art of its time". Based on an ink drawing by McCartney, the LP's cover included a collage designed by pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, featuring the Beatles in costume as the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, standing with a host of celebrities. The heavy moustaches worn by the Beatles reflected the growing influence of hippie style trends on the band, while their clothing "spoofed the vogue in
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