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Peppers lonely hearts club band with a heaping helping of abbey road, thiscult favorite features the bee gees and peter frampton as the fab four and george burns as the narrator. The bee gees and peter frampton saw their careers slide wildly downhill when the film crashed at the box office, and producer robert stigwood would have gone bankrupt if not for the success of the tworecord soundtrack. Where the beatles album was a groundbreaking moment in pop music, the robert stigwood film was an unmitigated disaster, an embarrassment not. What else happens is up in the air but its a big cheesy extravaganza run by the music of the beatles.
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Peppers lonely hearts club band were a central fixture of the town of heartland, usa through both world wars and all the times in between, always having made people dance happily until sergeant pepper died in 1958. Where the beatles album was a groundbreaking moment in pop music, the robert stigwood film was an unmitigated disaster, an embarrassment not only to the beatles, but to everyone involved in the production. Starring peter frampton and the bee gees along with steve martin, george burns, aerosmith, alice cooper, billy preston and earth, wind and fire performing almost two dozen incredible beatles covers, sgt. I wouldnt be surprised that in this 50th year celebration of the sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band bluray 1978 best buy. Peppers lonely hearts club band, which starred the. Peppers lonely hearts club band comes to dvd with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2. Billy preston, som sjunger get back i filmen, spelade piano pa originalversionen med beatles. It was released in july 1978, as the soundtrack to the film sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band bluray 1978 at best buy. Peppers lonely hearts club band is so beloved that their. Peppers lonely hearts club band is a 1978 american musical comedy film directed by michael schultz, written by henry edwards and starring an ensemble cast led by the bee gees.
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