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''Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father'' is a 1988 multi-artist compilation LP/cassette of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on
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. The title is a pun on the song " Lloyd George Knew My Father". A single released to help promote the album, a double-A side of "
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Track listing

The track listing of the album was identical to that of the Beatles' original release, though the gibberish known as the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" appears as part of Frank Sidebottom's appearance at the end of side one, as well at the end of side two (recorded by The Fall).


See also

* '' Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty'' - features the Top 10 version of "Suicide Is Painless" by Manic Street Preachers


References

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