Alberto Mario Banti
"The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

According to George Martin, the legendary producer of the Beatles, the greatest achievement of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was its ability to capture the spirit of its time — to embody the very essence of the 1960s and everything that defined that decade: psychedelia, fashion, the fascination with Eastern philosophies, peace and love, the pacifist movement. It was all there — and much more.
As this book reveals, beyond its extraordinary musical quality, the Beatles’ album absorbed the most vital energies of contemporary countercultural communities while also inspiring unexpected creative developments: progressive rock, world music, and studio experimentation.
That is why Sgt. Pepper still deserves to be regarded today as one of the absolute pinnacles of twentieth-century Western musical culture.

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