Giles Martin’s remix is a vast improvement on the old stereo version – more muscular, with an unexpected emphasis placed on Ringo Starr’s drums – although the original mono mix, also here, is the one with the Beatles’ fingerprints on it. It’s all beautifully done, as you might expect: few organisations part fans from their cash with such good taste and elegance as Apple Corps.
There’s an argument that it was this event that really kicked off the heritage rock industry, and led us, ultimately, to where we are today: a super-deluxe six-disc box-set version of Sgt Pepper, complete with facsimile posters, hardback book and a 3D lenticular sleeve that, ironically, gives the cover something of the look of Their Satanic Majesties Request, the Rolling Stones’ reviled attempt to rival the Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece.
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