MUS 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Their Satanic Majesties Request, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bill Wyman
5/11/18
● George Martin, Beatle #5
○ Born 1926
○ Student at Guild Hall School of Music
○ 1950 - 55
■ Asst. head of Parlophone
○ From 1955 - Head of Parlophone
○ Issued records of classical music, plays, & comedy (Peter Sellers)
○ Little interest in pop before Beatles
○ Became their producer, arranger, adviser
○ Also, arranged, composed film scores, often as Graham Fisher
○ His films include
■ Crook’s Anonymous (1962)
■ A Hard Day’s Night
■ Help!
■ Yellow Submarine
■ Pulp (1972)
○ James bond, Live and Let Die (1973)
● The Influence of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
○ Concept albums
○ Albums with song lyrics
○ Album cover design
○ Popular fashion (ex: clothing and hair )
○ Start of art rock (progressive rock) & theatrical rock of all kinds
○ Alter - ego personae (ex: David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust)
○ Albums that imitated the whole album (assimilating or contrasting )
○ answers/ responses to individual songs
○ 1st rock album to get a Grammy as best album of the year
● Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request (Dec. 1967)
○ Mick Japper - lead & backing vocals, percussion
○ Keith Richards - guitars, backing vocals
○ Brian Jones - Mellotron, keyboards, guitars, flute, brass, soprano saxophone,
electric dulcimer, recorder, percussion
○ Bill Wyman - bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals, piano, lead vocals on “In
Another Land”
○ Charlie Watts - drums, percussion, table
○ Plus others
○ TSMR = Stones’ only psychedelic album
○ Lenticular cover
○ Recorded 9 Feb to 23 Oct 1967
○ (SP was released 1 June 1967)
○ Issued Dec. 1967
○ Andrew Loog Oldham, fed up with the drugs, had quit
Document Summary
Student at guild hall school of music. Issued records of classical music, plays, & comedy (peter sellers) Also, arranged, composed film scores, often as graham fisher. James bond, live and let die (1973) Popular fashion (ex: clothing and hair ) Start of art rock (progressive rock) & theatrical rock of all kinds. Alter - ego personae (ex: david bowie as ziggy stardust) Albums that imitated the whole album (assimilating or contrasting ) 1st rock album to get a grammy as best album of the year. Rolling stones, their satanic majesties request (dec. 1967) Mick japper - lead & backing vocals, percussion. Brian jones - mellotron, keyboards, guitars, flute, brass, soprano saxophone, electric dulcimer, recorder, percussion. Bill wyman - bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals, piano, lead vocals on in. Recorded 9 feb to 23 oct 1967. Andrew loog oldham, fed up with the drugs, had quit. Lennon & mccartney sang back - up vocals on 2 songs.
