Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It was Forty Years Ago TodayOlivier Julien Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - 190 pages Olivier 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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