Would "Sgt. Pepper's" be a better album if.....


....."Within You Without You" was dropped from the LP and Side 2 began with either "Penny Lane" or "Strawberry Fields"? If so, which of these would best kick off the second side?
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Regarding Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, it was always George Martin's greatest regret that they didn't make it to Sgt. Pepper's.  Certainly Strawberry Fields should have been on it.  To me A Day in the Life is the perfect ending to the album, so it seems to me that Strawberry Fields could have been the opening.  Penny Lane could have replaced Getting Better IMHO.  
Interesting topic.  I beg to differ with the earlier comments about Squeeze.  I mean, the Beatles are the ones who essentially led the transformation of Rock to an art form going from rockabilly (Elvis, Bill Haley, etc...) to concept albums.  Heck, they even led the transformation of hairstyles and dress!  To say that Squeeze has had anywhere near that impact to Rock and music in general, is really missing the scope of the impact the Beatles had.  It's like a comparison of Beethoven to John Williams.   
Honestly, they would have been better off not doing MMT and gone on to the White Album.  MMT is the weakest album of their discography.  I'd almost say it was an album they released to satisfy the bean counters at Capitol, etc...