Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

In June 2017, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sgt. Pepper's LP, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Many believe this to be the most important and influential album by The Beatles. The first half of the book is dedicated to The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper, while the second half reflects on the contemporary political and cultural context. Brian Southall was the press officer for EMI for over ten years and worked with The Beatles as solo artists. The illustrated book presents the story of the album in two halves: The "A-side" focuses on The Beatles, the songs on the album, the recording process at Abbey Road Studios, how the LP was received at the time, and how it later became recognized as one of the greatest albums of all time. The "B-side" revisits the particularly eventful year of 1967: the "Summer of Love" with the flower children, the Vietnam protests, the Six-Day War, the death of Che Guevara, the first Rolling Stone magazine, Jimi Hendrix's first tour in England, and more. Music: Everyone who experienced the year 1967 will remember the enormous positive impact this Beatles album had. And even Beatles fans who weren't there can read about it: a rock album strikes like a musical lightning bolt of fantasy and flowers.