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    BBC RADIO 2 - 60s SEASON - DOCUMENTARIES

    Stereophonics
    SERGEANT PEPPER'S 40th ANNIVERSARY

    Parts 1&2 (repeat): Wednesday 26 December
    1600-1800

       See photos of the Part 1 recordings
       See photos of Oasis
       See photos of Jamie Cullum
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      See the full album tracklist

      To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' legendary album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, multi award-winning engineer Geoff Emerick heads back into the studio to demonstrate the innovative techniques employed for the recording at Abbey Road studios back in 1967. 

      Talking to BBC News about the recording, Noel Gallagher said: "Sgt. Pepper is special for me because I was born on the 29 May, and it came out on the 1 June, so when I was being born in St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, it was being played on hospital radio..... and it still contains some of the greatest Beatles songs, like A Day in the Life, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." 

      Part 1 of the documentary featured the Kaiser ChiefsThe Magic Numbers, Bryan AdamsRazorlightThe Fray and Travis.

      Part 2 featured Oasis, Stereophonics, The Zutons and Jamie Cullum joining Geoff to witness and discuss how he first recorded the album tracks, as they record their own interpretations of one of the famous tracks, using the original analogue 4-track equipment.

      Album Tracklist
      The final tracks covered were as follows:

      Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – Bryan Adams
      With A Little Help From My Friends – Razorlight

      Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Athlete
      Getting Better – Kaiser Chiefs

      Fixing A Hole – The Fray
      She’s Leaving Home – Magic Numbers

      Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite - Jamie Cullum
      Within You Without You - Oasis

      When I'm Sixty Four - Russell Brand
      Lovely Rita – Travis

      Good Morning Good Morning - The Zutons
      Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Stereophonics


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