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Normandie:

I just stumbled across this article and wanted to share it. It's the first specific breakdown of the cover art I've seen. Interesting!

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sgt-pepper-cover-art-whos-who/

Moogmodule:
That’s really interesting. I hadn’t seen it comprehensively set out like this either.  Lots of people who are forgotten now. 

zipp:
Yeah, that's great, especially the little explanations of what these people did.

There's another site where someone tried to find all the orignal photos used for the sleeve.

This shows that often the original photos were colorised or the colors were changed. It makes you realise that the Sgt Pepper cover was a planned work of art.

If I find the site's address I'll post it later.

Normandie:
Burning Ambitions: A History of Punk

This one was new to me. Wonder if there's a guide to the cover art for this, too. I'm curious as to why they chose Sgt. Pepper to imitate. If I get a sec I'll look that up.

nimrod:

--- Quote from: Normandie on April 29, 2021, 12:45:59 AM ---I just stumbled across this article and wanted to share it. It's the first specific breakdown of the cover art I've seen. Interesting!

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sgt-pepper-cover-art-whos-who/

--- End quote ---


That's very interesting Kathy.
There's a distinct lack of black people.

A few I'd have put on there;

Ghandi
Nelson Mandela
Miles Davies
John Coltrane
Sammy Davis Jnr.

Wonder why Sonny Liston ahead of Mohammed Ali ?

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