Talk:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Release date

There seems to have been a bit of edit warring in the lead and infobox about the UK release date. The main body of the article says that 1 June was the original intended release date but that it was rush released on 26 May. Assuming this is true and backed up by citations (which it appears to be), can we put 26 May as the release date and maybe add a note asking people not to change it without first discussing on the talk page? MFlet1 (talk) 20:47, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

This information is already well sourced and is there in that note. There's nothing more we can do besides revert the vandalism when you see it. Tkbrett (✉) 22:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Greil Marcus in "Retrospective appraisal"

In "Retrospective appraisal", is said Greil Marcus described Sgt. Pepper as "playful but contrived" and "a Day-Glo tombstone for its time" in his 1979 book Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island, the references used are Marcus own book and Tim Riley's 1988 book Tell Me Why – The Beatles: Album by Album, Song by Song, the Sixties and After, and although Riley effectively cites Marcus saying that, he doesn't mention the cite is extracted from Stranded, and the only book from Marcus in the bibliography section is Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music. Does Greil Marcus really described Sgt. Pepper as "playful but contrived" in his 1979 book Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island? --Dreamer plox (talk) 03:07, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

I think that book is on the Internet Archive. Tkbrett (✉) 04:18, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Describing a snipper from McCartney's book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present" as "poorly sourced" is not logical

It's not cool to erase it and describe it that way. It's even on the good source The Paul McCartney Project.[1]Speakfor23 (talk) 18:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

The Paul McCartney Project is a blog which hosts material from Wikipedia (WP:CIRCULAR). Also, my larger point is that a one-sentence paragraph supported by only a blog and a magazine is not a valuable addition. That is not good enough for a featured article. This article is one of the most written about albums ever, for which there is a multitude of reliable secondary sources. Tkbrett (✉) 18:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Far Out Magazine is not though. You also erased that source.Speakfor23 (talk) 18:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Indeed, like I said above, I do not think it is a good enough source for a Featured article. Tkbrett (✉) 19:07, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

User wanting outdated/inaccurate link

Some time ago, someone added a link for a UK "sales figure". Subsequent to that, the BPI certified SPLHCB 18-Platinum. Thus, the link, snd its figure, are not accurate. I have attempted to correct/update the Certifications paragraph. However, a persistent editor seems determined to keep reverting it back to the obsolete lower figure. 197.87.143.112 (talk) 06:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

If you check my revision here, my revision not only undid these edits, but also hid the obsolete information. So the obsolete information no longer shows up when reading the page. And allows editors to replace the obsolete information at a later date. After this edit here, there was no need to continue undoing my edits. Especially as it readded the changes made by this IP address, one of which contained a typo. If a number is obsolete then it should be replaced with an updated number. It shouldn't be removed unless there's no updated numbers to replace them with. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 08:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

But it doesn't need to be there at all. It's irrelevant and immaterial. The BPI Certifications gives the certified sales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.87.143.112 (talk) 10:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)