O.T. It was fifty years ago today...

[ramAnag]

...that the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper. Can't believe that...still got my copy and just out of interest...assuming you were born, what were you doing...was DCFC a factor in your life then...and how much of an impact did that album have on music/you?

[roger_ramjet]

I imagine in June 1967 I would have been doing some sort of school exams during the day and looking forward to my upcoming birthday in a week's time. When not studying I suppose I would be doing what every 11 year old does - masturbation, listening to the test match on a smuggled in radio and refusing to admit a lack of ability at tennis on the school grass courts.

DCFC was simply a long distance relationship followed on the pages of Shoot and the various newspapers.

How much impact did the album have on me - probably very little directly as music was still not a great part of my life - but obviously it influenced many musicians that I subsequently was in to. Never owned the album, not sure that I have ever even listened to the whole thing, but must have heard it in bits. I have to confess here that I was never a huge Beatles fan - much more into the Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Small Faces. Besides which, to an approximate 10 year old that we may have been at the time, I suspect the subtle nuances of the album were lost anyway.

[AdiSalisbury]

I would be doing what every 11 year old does - masturbation, listening to the test match on a smuggled in radio and refusing to admit a lack of ability at tennis on the school grass courts.

That's quite a mix for a lunch time habit, thank god it's half term!

I never really got into The Beatles, and now they just remind me of countless sight reading exercises. However, I am not as old as you rA so I'll have to ask my parents

[ramAnag]

'That's quite a mix for a lunch time habit, thank God it's half term!' Lol...Brilliant.

Nothing changes then...heh Rog?
Actually our experiences of that era do seem remarkably similar even though I am just a little older...don't look it though.

Loved all those bands you mention and I think 'Beggars Banquet' came out the same year...another favourite from the collection.

[roger_ramjet]

"...Satanic Majesty..." was 1967: Beggars Banquet late 1968

[ramAnag]

"...Satanic Majesty..." was 1967: Beggars Banquet late 1968

I stand corrected...Leonard Cohen's first album, Disraeli Gears, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Surrealistic Pillow and Forever Changes all amongst the 1967 releases...all favourites, what a wonderful year it must have been.

[roger_ramjet]

Not to mention Axis Bold As Love, Are you Experienced, The Andy Warhol Album, Safe as Milk, Absolutely Free, John Wesley Harding: a good year

[Romanis]

Cor Blimey I was just listening to their songs without realising today's significance.
I dunno which of their songs would be ranked top, but for me it would be I want to hold your hand.

[Romanis]

That's quite a mix for a lunch time habit, thank god it's half term!

I never really got into The Beatles, and now they just remind me of countless sight reading exercises. However, I am not as old as you rA so I'll have to ask my parents

Woohoo, how can one not be into The Beatles? Even present day kids think they're awesome. Their music transcends generations

[AdiSalisbury]

Woohoo, how can one not be into The Beatles? Even present day kids think they're awesome. Their music transcends generations

It's all subjective, I was / am more influenced by 50's rock 'n' roll which the Beatle's were of course a later reincarnation of, but they just don't push my buttons.