Heading uptown this morning I picked up a copy of March’s Mojo at the newsagent, tempted by the enticing cover CD – a reworking of Sgt Pepper by a dozen groups most of whom I confess not to have heard of. The mag itself features a lengthy article describing the impact of this seminal album. Few would argue that it marked a watershed and remains one of rock’s defining statements. Yet its appeal has not endured, now consistently outperformed in the all time favourite charts by many albums that it inspired and also by the Beatle’s own Revolver (a taste of things to come) and Abbey Road (in many respects a reprise).

Try to find something about the article on the Mojo site if you will. This quote from David Crosby (from elsewhere on the web) is illustrative of Sgt Pepper’s impact:

I was, as near as I know, the first human being besides them and George Martin and the engineers to hear A Day In the Life. They sat me down; they had huge speakers like coffins with wheels on that they rolled up on either side of the stool. By the time it got the end of that piano chord, man my brains were on the floor.