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“Sgt. Peppers” RAW! The Beatles Rock Out A Stripped Down Version Of The Title Track!

By johnrieber on April 27, 2017 • ( 3 )

“I feel it, I feel it, oh baby now I feel it … Gotta be free now”

Sing it, John! This is a revelation for fans of The Beatles – a raw, stripped down take of “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” – just a couple of minutes of crunching guitar, great singing, and some really fun banter between Paul and John – the “I feel it” line, followed by Paul suggesting they still have more work to do!

Bravo To TheGuardian.com!

The Guardian has an amazing scoop – a raw version of the title track “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” – with some great banter between John and Paul at the end!

It’s part of the album’s 50th Anniversary Edition that comes out on May 26 – with the album newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, new notes from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and – ready for this – 34 previously unreleased recordings!

Here’s how The Guardian describes this stripped-down version of the title track:

“Without the horn fanfare in the middle or the audience’s cheers and laughter, this version sounds pretty stripped back – and it features some trippy voices echoing around towards the end (“I feel it, I feel it, oh baby now I feel it … Gotta be free now”). Then there’s a brief conversation between John and Paul about singing technique, and some bits where Paul has run out of breath!”

Check it out here:

http://vevo.ly/NakmF9

If this isn’t opening properly, go to the original story at TheGuardian.com, which has the clip as well – you can access here – and get the entire snippet:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/27/beatles-sgt-pepper-anniversary-listen

This amazing new release follows another recent 50th anniversary for the band: