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