Souvenir 1978: The Bee Gees' EPIC Sgt. Pepper Disaster

Many thanks to Janie for this awesome piece of folly of pop culture tomfoolery.

What do we think ever became of the career of that poor Sandy (Strawberry Fields) Farina?

Eleven years after The Beatles' landmark Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP, Robert Stigwood Productions actually thought it would be a FANTASTIC idea to put The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and George Burns in a $12,000,000.00 cinematic send-up of those (and other) Fab Four songs.  Clearly, everyone was riding high on more than just The Bee Gees' Post-Saturday Night Fever hubris and I'm certain that more than a few people got fired when the tidal wave of critical brickbats started swinging.  

Vintage Treasure: Beatles & Blake

It's one thing to find a nice, clean copy of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper on vinyl, but it's ANOTHER thing to find this 44-year-old masterpiece in phenomenal shape WITH the 12 inch square cardboard insert showcasing Peter Blake's uniquely illustrated souvenir character cutouts completely intact.  

I think I have to give this vintage flea market find a HELL YES!  

8 Track: Beatles Cover Band

8 Track Cassette Tape from 1970.

Hit Songs Of The Beatles performed by The Decibels.

I think the guy in the middle is supposed to look like George Harrison.

8 Track Attack

A few late 1960s 8-track cassettes from a recent flea market blitz.

Of Beatles, Rockers, Mods & Mop Tops...

Some of my 1960s rock swag. I've posted more at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/sets/

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