Nobody goes to this album cover any more. It's too crowded. Maggie's Farm finds this obscure bit of Beatleania @ The Bigger Picture: Uncropped Versions of Iconic Photos (arrow points to Hitler, who Lennon wanted included - but was not).
The collage depicted more than 70 famous people, including writers, musicians, film stars, and (at Harrison’s request) a number of Indian gurus. The final grouping included Marlene Dietrich, Carl Gustav Jung, W.C. Fields, Diana Dors, James Dean, Bob Dylan, Issy Bonn, Marilyn Monroe, Aldous Huxley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sigmund Freud, Aleister Crowley, Edgar Allan Poe, Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, William S. Burroughs, Marlon Brando, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and controversial comedian Lenny Bruce. Also included was the image of the original Beatles’ bassist, the late Stuart Sutcliffe. Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ were requested by Lennon, but ultimately they were left out.
It's a testament to the iconic nature of the Sgt. Peppers cover that I don't have to include the original in this post. Right?
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 16, 2012 9:06 AM
That someone was there to overrule the Hitler brainwave explains why Lennon's solo career suffered so much in comparison. If only Yoko had been there, she'd have chided him for excluding Stalin and Mao.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at June 16, 2012 9:24 AMWho are the Beatles?
Posted by: Donald Sensing at June 16, 2012 9:27 AMNobody likes a wise guy.
Posted by: vanderleun at June 16, 2012 12:28 PMEvening Standard March 4 1966, John Lennon-
"We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary."
Actually they were more popular, in England.
Posted by: Rocky at June 16, 2012 12:33 PMI always thought the cover was done with cutouts of pictures and not life size stand up pictures.
Posted by: Matt at June 16, 2012 1:06 PMNope, they did it the hard way in the pre-CGI era
Posted by: vanderleun at June 16, 2012 1:10 PMOld gray headed farts probably don't need a reminder of that album. Nor of the childish movie that followed, made especially for those boomers who had outgrown their diapers and were ready for the Barney phase of moral development. Younger folks, if any frequent this joint, could possibly use some help.
Posted by: chuck at June 16, 2012 1:41 PMSomeone should make a Hitler Didn't Make the Cut in his bunker video.
Posted by: Jewel at June 16, 2012 2:33 PMNever could understand all the fuss about Sgt. Pepper. I thought Magical Mystery Tour was better. It was recorded earlier but was released after Pepper.
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