FEATURE:
The Digital Mixtape
IN THIS PHOTO: The Beatles in 1967 ahead of their Our World performance/PHOTO CREDIT: David Magnus
Songs from Concept Albums
__________
A couple of amazing things…
PHOTO CREDIT: Photo By: Kaboompics.com/Pexels
happened on 4th June, 1967. Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles saw Jimi Hendrix headline a concert at the Saville Theatre in London. It was a day of celebration for The Beatles as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band began its twenty-three-week run at number one on the U.K. album chart. It is hardly surprising. An album that completely captured the mood and tone of the summer of ’67 – Summer of Love and this psychedelic age -, it is a monumental work that is often cited as the best album by The Beatles. Even though it would not be in my top three of theirs, it is perhaps one of the most influential albums ever released. Because 4th June marks fifty-eight years since Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band started its near-six-month run at the summit of the album chart in the U.K., I wanted to use that as a jumping off point in a mixtape featuring cuts from concept albums. In spite of the fact Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is an album many argue is not a concept is – it is because The Beatles said it is! -, you cannot deny how historic and important the album is. Below is a collection of brilliant songs from some eclectic and notable concept albums. We still have them released today, though they are not as common (or at least talked about). Quite hard to pull off and impress critics. However, when the album is done right, the results…
CAN be spellbinding.