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Where would you put Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever on Sgt. Pepper’s?

This is inspired by a discussion in a thread yesterday.

It’s known that Magical Mystery Tour is an album that was used for singles recorded around the time of Sgt. Pepper.

In the thread I was reading, it was suggested Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane should have wound up on Sgt Peppers, which would have made the album an undeniable #1 in my opinion.

So, my question is if you could put SFF and PL on Sgt Peppers, where would they go? Which two songs would you remove to make space? Mine would look like this:

Songs I would remove: Good Morning Within You Without You (heresy, I know)

Track list:

Sgt. Pepper’s

Little Help from My Friends

Lucy in the Sky

Penny Lane

Fixing a Hole

Getting Better

She’s Leaving

Mr. Kite

When I’m Sixty Four

Lovely Rita

Strawberry Fields

Sgt. Pepper Reprise

A Day in the Life

I didn’t change much in terms of the track list—probably because so much of the order is ingrained in me and feels iconic.

I’m curious—what would you do?

Posted Dec 1, 2019, 2:03 PM UTC · edited

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