beatlz
May 22, 2003, 09:57 AM
Look what they've done to Sgt Pepper May 22 2003
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0800beatles/0050news/page.cfm?objectid=12983823&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=Look%20what%20they%27ve%20done%20to%20Sgt %20Pepper
By Kirsti Adair Daily Post Staff
THE most famous album cover in pop music history has been transformed to celebrate Liverpool's cultural icons.
The Beatles' 1967 Sgt Pepper album design has been re-worked by original artist Sir Peter Blake in recognition of the unique talent generated by the city.
The original cover was recently acclaimed by design historian Jonathan Glancey as one of the defining images of the 1960s.
The new collage replaces the original "magical crowd" with an array of famous Merseysiders.
Sir Peter Blake will today unveil the new collage which features 62 famous Merseysiders.
Among those included alongside the Fab Four are pop stars Atomic Kitten, Elvis Costello, and Mel C, writers Beryl Bainbridge, Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale, and actors and entertainers Rex Harrison, Kim Cattrall, Ken Dodd, Cilla Black and Johnny Vegas.
Sporting heroes have not been forgotten, with Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney making an appearance.
Politicians William Gladstone, Harold Wilson, and Jack Jones will also be lined up, alongside broadcasters John Peel and Anne Robinson.
The cutting edge of Liverpool's cultural renaissance will be there in the form of artist Fiona Banner, Whitbread poetry prize-winner Paul Farley, and cult film maker Alex Cox.
Sir Peter's work also depicts representatives of Liverpool's "creative diaspora" including actress Halle Berry and comic star Mike Myers.
The Tate gallery commissioned the collage after a meeting with Liverpool PR company October Communications highlighted the number of big names with connections to the city.
After all the images - many of which come from the Daily Post & Liverpool Echo photographic archives - were collated, Sir Peter had just five days to complete the collage, which is being shown at the Tate in London.
It is hoped it can be brought up to Liverpool later.
Chief executive of the Liverpool Culture Company Sir Bob Scott described the image as "an extraordinary and vivid depiction of Liverpool's creative spirit."
Sir Bob, who is spearheading the city's European Capital of Culture bid said: "Sir Peter's work perfectly expresses the extraordinary diversity of Liverpool's personality.
"This is an exceptional and stimulating city. It can be charming, humorous and witty, as well as irreverent, opinionated and challenging.
"It is always pioneering and passionate, but never mundane or mediocre.
"Liverpool's identity has been forged by global influences, and the city has in turn exported its talent and culture to the four corners of the earth. Liverpool can truly claim to be the world in one city."
Sir Bob said the collage represented Liverpool's sense of continuity.
He said: "The city is continually renewing and expressing itself. Culture and creativity are not an add-on to life in Liverpool, they are an integral part of what the city is and what it is becoming."
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0800beatles/0050news/page.cfm?objectid=12983823&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=Look%20what%20they%27ve%20done%20to%20Sgt %20Pepper
By Kirsti Adair Daily Post Staff
THE most famous album cover in pop music history has been transformed to celebrate Liverpool's cultural icons.
The Beatles' 1967 Sgt Pepper album design has been re-worked by original artist Sir Peter Blake in recognition of the unique talent generated by the city.
The original cover was recently acclaimed by design historian Jonathan Glancey as one of the defining images of the 1960s.
The new collage replaces the original "magical crowd" with an array of famous Merseysiders.
Sir Peter Blake will today unveil the new collage which features 62 famous Merseysiders.
Among those included alongside the Fab Four are pop stars Atomic Kitten, Elvis Costello, and Mel C, writers Beryl Bainbridge, Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale, and actors and entertainers Rex Harrison, Kim Cattrall, Ken Dodd, Cilla Black and Johnny Vegas.
Sporting heroes have not been forgotten, with Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney making an appearance.
Politicians William Gladstone, Harold Wilson, and Jack Jones will also be lined up, alongside broadcasters John Peel and Anne Robinson.
The cutting edge of Liverpool's cultural renaissance will be there in the form of artist Fiona Banner, Whitbread poetry prize-winner Paul Farley, and cult film maker Alex Cox.
Sir Peter's work also depicts representatives of Liverpool's "creative diaspora" including actress Halle Berry and comic star Mike Myers.
The Tate gallery commissioned the collage after a meeting with Liverpool PR company October Communications highlighted the number of big names with connections to the city.
After all the images - many of which come from the Daily Post & Liverpool Echo photographic archives - were collated, Sir Peter had just five days to complete the collage, which is being shown at the Tate in London.
It is hoped it can be brought up to Liverpool later.
Chief executive of the Liverpool Culture Company Sir Bob Scott described the image as "an extraordinary and vivid depiction of Liverpool's creative spirit."
Sir Bob, who is spearheading the city's European Capital of Culture bid said: "Sir Peter's work perfectly expresses the extraordinary diversity of Liverpool's personality.
"This is an exceptional and stimulating city. It can be charming, humorous and witty, as well as irreverent, opinionated and challenging.
"It is always pioneering and passionate, but never mundane or mediocre.
"Liverpool's identity has been forged by global influences, and the city has in turn exported its talent and culture to the four corners of the earth. Liverpool can truly claim to be the world in one city."
Sir Bob said the collage represented Liverpool's sense of continuity.
He said: "The city is continually renewing and expressing itself. Culture and creativity are not an add-on to life in Liverpool, they are an integral part of what the city is and what it is becoming."