Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", which was released until June 1967. Their best singles, and one of the most influential singles in the later development of Progressive Rock music,īoth songs of this single (which was released in February 1967) were recorded in late 1966, during the early
This Psychedelic single is maybe one of the most important singles in THE BEATLES's musical career, one of Posted Friday, J| Review this album | Report (Review #225639) Bearing that in mind this is an essential release by The Beatles and one of their most memorable and accomplished releases. Both track were later released on the US/Canada album version of the "Magical Mystery Tour (1967)" but until then they were exclusively available on this single. The two very different sounding tracks, which tell the intriguing story of late 60s Beatles (from experimental psychadelic rock act to softer melodic yet still adventurous pop/rock), compliment each other extremely well. Both tracks could easily have been included on one of the band´s albums, but they were specifically chosen to appear together on this single release. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)"). The experimental and psychadelic tinged "Strawberry Fields Forever" and the beautiful and melodic "Penny Lane" weren´t just leftover tracks from an album session, or a hit album song with a leftover B-side track (although "Strawberry Fields Forever" was written during the sessions for "Sgt. When you wasn´t there it´s easy to forget how important singles were in the 60s, and how much time and effort were put into creating a single release like "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever". The single went number #1 in the US charts though. The technicality that the single had two A-sides meant that the BBC counted the single as two seperate singles and because of that Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release Me", which sold only half as many copies as the "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever" single, went number #1 and kept The Beatles on number #2. While it is widely considered a classic pop/rock single from the 60s it was actually the first Beatles single not to reach number #1 in the UK charts since "Love Me Do (1962)". It´s a double A-side single release where the John Lennon penned S"trawberry Fields Forever" was paired with Paul McCartney`s "Penny Lane". The single was released through Parlophone Records ( EMI) in February 1967. "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever" is a single release by British pop/rock act Theīeatles.
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