ON THE RECORD

I’D LOVE TO TURN YOU ON

This piece captures The Beatles as an ever-expanding universe—centered on their iconic Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band collage.

Built on vintage vinyl, the composition reimagines that original crowd as something more personal—pulling in their muses, collaborators, and cultural echoes that orbit the band’s story. (see below)

Titled “I’d Love to Turn You On,” the last lyrics on Sgt. Pepper’s final track - A Day In The Life - that paints a picture of dreaming, awakening and sensory overload.

IMAGE CREDITS: The original Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, using life-sized cut outs, was designed by British Pop artist Sir Peter Blake and Jann Haworth (who appear in my expanded collage) and was staged and shot by Michael Cooper.

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  • Ed Sullivan

  • Bobbies holding back Apple Scruffs

  • The Magical Walrus and friends

  • The lads stair dancing to “Your Mother Should Know”

  • Matt Busby

  • Ravi Shankar

  • Jane Asher

  • Maureen Starkey

  • A Blue Meanie

  • B.B. King

  • An octopus with garden flowers

  • Mr. Kite (from the original circus poster)

  • All of the Beatles’ album cover designers

  • Paul on a hill watching the sun going down

  • A Yellow Submarine

…and more!

  • Yoko Ono

  • Linda McCartney

  • George Martin

  • Brian Epstein

  • Billy Preston

  • Martha “My Dear” (Paul’s sheepdog)

  • “Dear” Prudence Farrow

  • Julian “Jude” Lennon

  • Julia Lennon

  • “Mother” Mary McCartney

  • Eric Clapton (his guitar gently wept)

  • A hiding monkey

  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  • The Rutles

  • Doris Day

  • Paul’s troublemaking “Grandfather”

Embedded throughout the collage: