I recently acquired a first pressing vinyl of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Allegedly there is some random chatter at the end of the second side that is supposed to repeat ad infinitum when the record player hits the run-out groove. I know it's supposed to be there, because it is there in some form at the end of the CD.

I can't seem to get this to work. Maybe my record player stops before the needle can make its course all the way to absolute end of the record. Does this only work on older players? Has anyone here heard this?

8/6/2005 9:08:57 PM

Quote :

"In another innovation, the album (in its original LP form that was later released on CD) ends in an unusual way, beginning with a 15-kilohertz high-frequency tone (put on the album at John Lennon's suggestion, said to be "especially intended to annoy your dog"), followed by an endless loop made by the runout groove looping back into itself. The sound in the loop is also the subject of much controversy, being widely interpreted as some kind of secret message. However, it seems that in reality it is nothing more than a few random samples and tape edits played backwards. The loop is recreated on the CD version which plays for a few seconds, then fades out. Although most of the content of the runout groove is impossible to decipher, it is possible to distinguish a sped-up voice (possibly Paul McCartney's) reciting the phrase "never could be any other way"."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band#Album

http://www.google.com

8/6/2005 10:21:22 PM

this explains why my dog always went apeshit at the end of that album

never actually knew why

8/6/2005 10:30:56 PM

damn. because of that album i thought that my dog had rabies so i put him to sleep.

thanks a lot john lennon.

8/6/2005 10:34:27 PM

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8/6/2005 11:23:58 PM

am i a freak because i can hear the dog whistle thing?

8/7/2005 9:36:07 PM

no, you're a freak for a multitude of other reasons.

8/7/2005 9:51:10 PM

8/7/2005 10:15:33 PM

YOU WIERDO

8/7/2005 10:19:47 PM

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