Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It was Forty Years Ago TodayOlivier Julien commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Beatles album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by addressing issues that will help put the album in perspective; issues such as the cover, lyrics, formal unity, connections with psychedelia and, more generally, the sociocultural context of the 1960s. |
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Contents
Sgt Pepper and the diverging aesthetics of Lennon and McCartney | 23 |
Sgt Peppers quest for extended form | 33 |
The sound design of Sgt Pepper S Lonely Hearts Club Band | 45 |
The Beatles and Indian music | 63 |
psychedelic classicism | 75 |
magic myth and music | 91 |
Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 103 |
Sgt Pepper and fables | 121 |
a reencounter with | 139 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It was Forty Years Ago Today Ashgate popular and folk music series |
| Editor | Olivier Julien |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 |
| ISBN | 0754667081, 9780754667087 |
| Length | 190 pages |
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