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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Steven Morris

Photo that solves Sgt Pepper McCartney mystery up for auction

The album cover for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
A theory had circulated that Paul McCartney’s image had been added on to the album cover for
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band due to tensions with the band, a claim that was always denied.
Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

A vivid image of the Beatles and a memo from their record company’s PR manager busting a myth that Paul McCartney was not present at the photoshoot for one of the most famous album covers of all time are coming up for auction this week.

The photo shows McCartney with the other three Beatles posing together in 1967 for the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band shoot, which produced the famous cover featuring the band in front of lifesize cut-outs of actors, writers and other figures.

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