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