S1 E6: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (W/John Mays) PART ONE

Not My Forte

Jun 20 2022 • 1 hr 1 min

Our brave hero Ian descends deeper and deeper into The Beatles' catalogue. On Episode 6 of our first season, IAN HEARS THE BEATLES, we encounter the groundbreaking, the paradigm-shifting splendor of The Beatles' 8th album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. And for Ian, it's of course his first time experiencing it.   Our guest this week is John Mays (@mayscast)! John is the Vice President of A&R at Centricity Music and was a wonderful choice with which to discuss this big honkin' album. He was such a lovely conversationalist that we are turning this discussion into a TWO-PARTER!! Side 2 will come out next week.   Hear: - John's recollections about seeing the '64 Ed Sullivan show performance - Why this album didn't spawn any #1 singles - What were the two songs that producer George Martin left off Sgt. Pepper's and forever regretted doing so?   Learn all this and much more on episode 6!