10.24.2006

more from the vaults

in college, my good friend nancy clinton gave me some old beatles memorabilia her mother didn't want any more ... one of them was this incredible sheet music book of "sgt. pepper" ...


pepper album cover (front cover), originally uploaded by pr9000.



nancy was (probably still is) a pretty cool person -- she never failed to make me laugh, and i had a crush on her for about an hour my freshman year, until i realized that a good friend of mine was going to ask her out ... for some reason, i turned off that part of my brain and said "good luck" and that, as they say, was that.

she visited my parents' estate in farmington once, and a few weeks after that i waited in line with about every senior woman at denison and secured her a really good room in the best all-women dorm ... for some reason, i turned off that same part of my brain mentioned above and wasted a great opportunity to flirt with rich college babes.


pepper lyrics (back cover), originally uploaded by pr9000.



for some reason, the lyrics to the songs on side A are on individual pages inside, but the lyrics to side B are on the back cover here ... it's odd to me, because that is by far the better side. six songs -- indian raga, old-tyme vaudeville shtick, power-pop, distorted saxophones, a hard-rock visit from side A and then "a day in the life" ... for my money that's the side i prefer. especially "when i'm sixty-four" and then "lovely rita."


pepper TOC, originally uploaded by pr9000.



the original album came with cutouts: a moustache, a picture card of Sgt. Pepper, stripes, badges and a "stand up" of the band. and here the theme is continued, thought thank goodness nobody cut that part out.

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