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