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A) A recording studio in London B) A park in Haight-Ashbury C) A street in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles D) A hotel in San Francisco
A) August 1967 B) November 1966 C) December 1967 D) May 1968
A) John Van Hamersveld B) Bob Gibson C) Bob Neaverson D) Derek Taylor
A) Due to taking hallucinogenic drugs B) Due to jet lag from visiting Haight-Ashbury C) Because of an all-night recording session D) After the flight from London to Los Angeles
A) The first Carnatic raga in pop music B) The ultimate Transcendental Meditation anthem C) A tribute to Derek Taylor D) Harrison's 'farewell to psychedelia'
A) Working on the film soundtrack B) Meeting Capitol Records executives C) His subsequent visit to Haight-Ashbury D) His flight to Los Angeles
A) Mixolydian mode B) Locrian mode C) Lydian mode D) Dorian mode
A) Hindustani raga Bhimpalasi B) Pentatonic blues scales C) Carnatic raga Ranjani D) Western diatonic scales
A) Because EPs were illegal to sell in the US B) Because the Beatles demanded a full LP release C) Because there were too many songs for an EP D) Because EPs were not popular in the US at the time
A) By combining two different albums from Sgt. Pepper B) By adding tracks from that year's non-album singles C) By recording new songs in Los Angeles D) By removing all the soundtrack songs
A) Hello, Goodbye B) All You Need Is Love C) Penny Lane D) Strawberry Fields Forever
A) All You Need Is Love, I Am the Walrus, and Penny Lane B) Penny Lane, Baby, You're a Rich Man, and All You Need Is Love C) I Am the Walrus, Your Mother Should Know, and Magical Mystery Tour D) Strawberry Fields Forever, Hello, Goodbye, and Blue Jay Way
A) All You Need Is Love B) Strawberry Fields Forever C) Baby, You're a Rich Man D) Penny Lane
A) They believed tracks released on a single should not then appear on a new album B) They hated the duophonic sound quality C) They wanted the song order to be reversed D) They did not want an LP released in the US
A) A press conference in London in August 1967 B) An interview with John Kelly in San Francisco C) A May 1968 press conference to promote Apple Corps in the US D) A press conference for the release of Sgt. Pepper
A) In a standard jewel case with a poster B) In a single sleeve without any inserts C) In a gatefold sleeve with a 24-page booklet D) In a plain white cardboard box
A) The Beatles in their Sgt. Pepper uniforms B) The Beatles standing on Blue Jay Way C) The Beatles in animal costumes D) A black walrus in the fog-ridden hills
A) Your Mother Should Know B) I Am the Walrus C) Blue Jay Way D) Penny Lane
A) It was the first time they were photographed in black and white B) It was the last time they appeared together on a cover C) It marked the first time their faces were not visible on an EP or LP release D) It was the first time they appeared as cartoon characters
A) Bob Neaverson B) John Kelly C) Bob Gibson D) John Van Hamersveld
A) Derek Taylor B) John Van Hamersveld C) Bob Gibson D) John Kelly
A) Music publicist B) Head of Capitol's art department C) Beatles Book cartoonist D) Film studies academic
A) Harrison B) McCartney C) Barrow D) Lennon
A) Lennon B) Harrison C) Derek Taylor D) McCartney
A) Reck B) MacDonald C) Gould D) Bob Neaverson
A) That the release was a film soundtrack rather than a follow-up to Sgt. Pepper B) That singles should always be included on albums C) That the band was breaking up to pursue solo careers D) That they were fully embracing Transcendental Meditation
A) Sgt. Pepper B) Magical Mystery Tour C) Strawberry Fields Forever D) Blue Jay Way
A) Enlarged them to LP size inside a gatefold album sleeve B) Removed them entirely from the release C) Converted them to black and white D) Reduced them to fit inside a standard EP sleeve
A) Bob Gibson B) Bob Neaverson C) John Kelly D) John Van Hamersveld
A) Lead soundtrack producer B) Vice-president of distribution C) Music publicist D) Head of Capitol's art department
A) How to include the 24-page booklet in the LP jacket B) Whether the duophonic stereo sound would be rejected C) How to market a record where the Beatles' faces were hidden behind their costumes D) Whether the songs would fit on a single LP side
A) They had been key to the success of the group's US LPs B) The art department had no other design concepts available C) The Beatles refused to sell records without their portraits D) Federal regulations required faces on album covers
A) By adding photographs of the Hollywood Hills B) By inserting comic strips drawn by Bob Gibson C) With a design concept that highlighted the songs D) By making all the costumes bright red
A) As a minimalist masterpiece of modern art B) Like a traditional children's book illustration C) With the dark moodiness of a fog-ridden hill D) With the garish symmetry of a movie poster
A) Art-deco lettering B) Traditional serif lettering C) Psychedelic swirling lettering D) Comic strip lettering
A) A border of photographic stills B) A frame of animal costumes C) A border of op-art clouds D) A ring of rainbow logos
A) Paul is dead theory B) The Apple Corps financial ruin theory C) The Haight-Ashbury drug alternative myth D) The Beatles in Los Angeles conspiracy
A) A brown bear B) A black walrus C) A grey elephant D) A white rabbit
A) Harrison B) Lennon C) McCartney D) Ringo
A) An animal mask B) A white rose C) A black carnation D) A top hat and tails
A) A sign reading 'Blue Jay Way' B) A sign reading 'No More Tour' C) A sign reading 'The End' D) A sign reading 'I WaS'
A) Irish jazz band B) American pop band C) English rock band D) Scottish folk band
A) Parlophone B) Apple Records C) Capitol Records D) Decca Records
A) RCA Victor B) Capitol Records C) Columbia Records D) Parlophone
A) Five B) Three C) Seven D) Eleven
A) 1976 B) 1987 C) 1969 D) 1967
A) A Hard Day's Night B) Please Please Me C) Help! D) Revolver
A) Hello, Goodbye B) The Fool on the Hill C) Magical Mystery Tour D) I Am the Walrus
A) Brian Epstein B) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi C) Bob Gibson D) Parlophone
A) Four B) Two C) Three D) One
A) Blue Jay Way B) Flying C) I Am the Walrus D) The Fool on the Hill
A) The Fool on the Hill B) I Am the Walrus C) Blue Jay Way D) Flying
A) Banned worldwide B) Mixed reception C) Completely ignored D) Universally acclaimed
A) Number 10 B) Number 2 C) Number 5 D) Number 1
A) 1987 B) 1967 C) 1976 D) 1969
A) Brian Epstein B) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi C) Ken Kesey D) Tony Barrow
A) Yellow Submarine B) Apple C) Merry Pranksters D) Magical Mystery Tour
A) Animated B) Documentary-based C) Unscripted D) Fully scripted
A) Various ordinary people B) Professional actors C) The Maharishi's followers D) Famous musicians
A) All You Need Is Love B) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band C) Yellow Submarine D) Magical Mystery Tour
A) Our World B) Merry Pranksters C) Transcendental Meditation D) Apple
A) 1 September B) April 1967 C) 25 June D) Late August
A) The US West Coast B) Liverpool C) London D) Wales
A) A film set injury B) Meditation exhaustion C) Prescription drug overdose D) A coach tour accident
A) 1 September B) Late April C) Late August D) 25 June
A) Paul McCartney B) George Harrison C) John Lennon D) Brian Epstein
A) Executive producer B) Lead actor C) Publicist D) Music supervisor
A) Chappell Recording Studios B) RAF West Malling C) De Lane Lea Studios D) EMI Studios
A) Cannabis B) LSD C) Heroin D) Cocaine
A) Brilliant sonic experimentation B) Disorganised chaos C) Aimless and undisciplined D) Highly structured and precise
A) EMI Studios B) Chappell Recording Studios C) New London Synagogue D) RAF West Malling
A) Harrison's B) Starr's C) McCartney's D) Lennon's
A) Top of the Pops B) The Frost Programme C) The David Frost Show D) The Ed Sullivan Show
A) George Martin B) Shirley Evans C) Ken Scott D) Mike Leander
A) Shirley Evans B) Mike Leander C) George Martin D) Ken Scott
A) Jessie's Dream B) Hello, Goodbye C) Magical Mystery Tour D) Shirley's Wild Accordion
A) Piano B) Accordion C) Mellotron D) Guitar
A) 1965 B) 1966 C) 1964 D) 1967
A) George Martin B) Mark Hertsgaard C) Thomas MacFarlane D) Walter Everett
A) A directional condenser microphone B) A megaphone C) A low-quality microphone D) An old telephone receiver
A) A cheerful carnival feeling B) A medieval church atmosphere C) A spooky Halloween vibe D) The LSD-inspired mood
A) A tape echo machine B) A Moog synthesizer C) A spring reverb unit D) A Leslie speaker
A) Live during the final mixing session B) Before any instruments were recorded C) By pressing a special automated button D) During the initial guitar tracking
A) Thomas MacFarlane B) Walter Everett C) Mark Hertsgaard D) George Martin
A) A strictly mono-compatible experience B) A background ambient listening experience C) A more active listening experience D) A traditional live concert experience
A) Twelve B) Four C) Six D) Eight
A) Russell Reising B) Hunter Davies C) David Reck D) Rob Chapman
A) Hunter Davies B) David Reck C) Rob Chapman D) Russell Reising
A) An orchestral backing track B) A brainstorming discussion the following day C) A recording contract with EMI D) Permission from the Maharishi
A) A trumpet fanfare B) A sitar solo C) An accordion intro D) A string quartet
A) Music hall style B) Hard rock style C) Folk protest style D) Blues style
A) Magical Mystery Tour B) When I'm Sixty-Four C) She's Leaving Home D) All You Need Is Love
A) Total generational rebellion B) Eastern meditation practices C) The abandonment of traditional music D) Generational understanding
A) Magical Mystery Tour B) All You Need Is Love C) When I'm Sixty-Four D) She's Leaving Home
A) Confrontational B) Absurd C) Compliant D) Nostalgic
A) Through the Looking Glass B) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland C) Sylvie and Bruno D) The Hunting of the Snark
A) Dovedale B) Quarry Bank C) Bede House D) Liverpool Institute
A) Hamlet B) The Tempest C) King Lear D) Macbeth
A) Edgar Allan Poe B) Charles Dickens C) Mark Twain D) Oscar Wilde
A) Edgar Allan Poe B) Lewis Carroll C) James Joyce D) William Shakespeare |