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 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