# How Much of Sgt Pepper could the Beatles have performed live in 1967?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-sgt-pepper-could-the-beatles-have-performed-live-in-1967/965512 "2022-06-01T17:28:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-sgt-pepper-could-the-beatles-have-performed-live-in-1967/965512/41 "2022-06-07T12:54:55Z")

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> [@Ruken](#):
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> I’m not exactly sure how the tour organizers knew who to contact.

Organizers for the Beatles would have probably had little problem finding local musicians familiar with their work. For decades, Chuck Berry counted on the fact that there were always local bands that knew his repertoire well enough that no rehearsal at all was required.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-sgt-pepper-could-the-beatles-have-performed-live-in-1967/965512/42 "2022-06-09T01:44:34Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Well, if we’re doing this, I give you “A Day in the Life” _à la_ Buddy Holly:

That’s just wrong. If there is any kind of criminal code for music then this would have put someone in jail.

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-sgt-pepper-could-the-beatles-have-performed-live-in-1967/965512/43 "2022-06-09T01:59:15Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> I wonder what venue they could have played that would preclude all the screamers. Imagine trying to play anything subtle with all that going on.

Also, stage monitors weren’t in use until they had already stopped touring. The Stones tried to convince to go back on stage because you could hear yourself now, but they were already done with that scene.

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