Editor's note: This originally aired in June 2010.
Forty-three years ago, the Parlophone record company released an album that was to save the biggest rock band of all time: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
By 1967, The Beatles had stopped touring and their songwriting had become increasingly heady and introspective, and that was a departure from the pop music that had garnered them hundreds of millions of fans around the world.
The 39 minutes of Sgt. Pepper took 700 hours to record at an unprecedented cost of over $50,000. To this day, it's regarded as one of the finest albums ever made of any genre.
Now, Cheap Trick, power pop darlings of the '70s and '80s are recreating the album in its entirety. Punctuating a career of comparisons to The Beatles, Cheap Trick pays homage with its unique and energetic interpretation of the album at their show, "Sgt. Pepper Live at Paris Las Vegas."
Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander joins us to discuss the parallels between his band and The Beatles and performing the tribute on the Las Vegas Strip. Also, Geoff Emerick talks about his days with EMI and developing the show.
Guest: Robin Zander, lead singer, Cheap Trick; Geoff Emerick, audio engineer
