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Quirky just isn't the word for this recording! Think Sgt Peppers played in the style of Buddy Holly, Del Shannon and anyone else you can think of from that era and you might be getting somewhere near. I loved Sgt Peppers when it was released and still do, having recently purchased the re-mastered cd. This recording by Big Daddy is as fresh as Sgt Peppers was back in 1967 despite being recorded in the style of 50's do-wop singers and bands.
As I say, if you can get hold of a copy, you won't be disappointed. It might sound a strange mixture, but on the whole I think it works well and is little gem in it's own right. My personal favourite is'Within You,Without you', George Harrison's mystical Indian influenced track that was reputedly shoe-horned in the original Sgt Peppers at the last minute. This is the biggest surprise of the cd.
To hear is to believe!
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A real neat time is guaranteed for all
Big Daddy made of name for themselves playing contemporary songs in the style of pre-Beatles rock and roll. Well, in this case they don't reinterpret recent songs. Instead, they reach all the way back to 1967 and remake the Beatles entire Sgt. Pepper's album. This is amusing stuff, with the songs being performed in the styles of different stars of yesteryear. For instance, the title song(s) is played in the style of the Coasters, "With a Little Help From My Friends" is played in the manner of Johnny Mathis, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is performed like Jerry Lee Lewis and so on. My personal favorites are "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" in the style of Freddie Cannon and "A Day in the Life" a la Buddy Holly. I would recommend this CD to any Beatles fan with a good sense of humor.
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Chas18
A brilliant transposition of the Beatles' songs.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2013
