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 recordings include "Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father", a multi-artist charity compilation released by the "NME" in 1988, and Big Daddy's 1992 "Sgt. Pepper" album, a release that Moore recognised as "the most audacious" of all the interpretations of the Beatles' LP up to 1997. All songs written by Lennon–McCartney, except "Within You Without You" by George Harrison. Track lengths and lead vocals per Mark Lewisohn and Ian MacDonald. On 26 May 2017, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was reissued for the album's 50th anniversary as a six-disc box set. The first CD contains a new stereo remix of the