..and while im on my soapbox and waiting for the kettle to boil...

Yes, Sgt Pepper is a great achievement and one of the most important cultural products in recent history..

But if it hadn't been for the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" waking the Beatles up to what could really be done in a studio...??

Personally I prefer Pet Sounds because I can enjoy listening to it fairly often, whereas Pepper is a bit of a chore I put off for years at a time due to over familiiarity...

..and then there is Syd era Pink Floyd singles and LP..

"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was recording concurrently at EMI with Pepper, but was released just a few months later....

For me, Piper has always been a more magical, evocative experience than Pepper...

I'll probably insist on "Bike" being played as I enter the crematorium...