Sgt. Pepper: 'It Was 40 Years Ago Today...'

Jun 2, 2007

0h 59m

★ 10.0

Overview

Studio engineer Geoff Emerick challenges modern musicians to recreate songs from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles, to celebrate the album's 40th anniversary.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Hart Davies Television

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

John Thomson

Self

Geoff Emerick

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Sgt. Pepper: 'It Was 40 Years Ago Today...'

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