"A Day In The Life"

Today, we give you Uncle Larry's Most Favorite, Most Excellent Album Track Ever Of All Time. Ever.

To me, "A Day In The Life" is an absolute masterpiece, worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Bach or any classical composer. John read about the death of socialite Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune, and also how there were an estimated 4,000 holes in the streets of Blackburn, Lancashire, near Liverpool. So he had a beginning and end to a song, but no middle. Paul had a song with a middle, but no beginning or end. It was pure genius to combine the two. Ringo's drum part is outrageous. I've previously discussed the process with the orchestra and also that crashing final chord - see this blog's posts from February 2017 as to how and when those were recorded. A fitting end to "Sgt. Pepper." (I'm not counting the gibberish as the record grooves run out at the end.) 50 years later, that Beatle album is still the most influential rock record ever made.