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Title: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Subtitle: The Album, the Beatles, and the World in 1967
Author: Brian Southall
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-22-17
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music
Publisher's Summary:
A carefully crafted and collectible volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of a legendary and groundbreaking Beatles album. Expert Brian Southall's unique edition recounts the story behind the music and the cultural climate of 1967 when Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band debuted. The "A side" of this coolly curated title is all about the Beatles, the music on the album, the recording process, how the disc was received at the time, and how it has been acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded. The "B side" looks at the state of the world in 1967, from the Summer of Love to antiwar protests to the launch of Rolling Stone magazine to Jimi Hendrix's first UK tour as a solo artist - and so much, much more.
Critic Reviews:
"Written by the former EMI Head of Press Brian Southall, this project delivers a rave of photos, interviews, anecdotes, and expert commentary on the album and the Fab Four." (Foreword Reviews)
Members Reviews:
The Greatest Rock and Roll Band ever!
Because it is the Beatles!
Five Stars
Excellent book.
"EVERYONE SAID, AH! A CONCEPT ALBUM! IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D HEARD THE WORD." PAUL MCCARTNEY.
"The Beatles saved the world from boredom." George Harrison.
"Maybe calling it the summer of love was a bit too easy; but it was a golden summer." Paul McCartney.
"You could just pick up the vibes, man." George Harrison.
With the 50th Anniversary of "Sgt. Pepper's" and the multi-disc reissue of that album, you would expect there will be books published about that album. One of the first is this book written by Brian Southall who was an EMI press officer and who has written about the Beatles previously. The four "stars" breaks down into three "stars" for the book and a fourth "star" for nostalgia's sake. I just got sucked in, so to each his own.
The book is divided into parts "A" and "B". Part "A" is basically a rehash of the Beatles life as a band. But as a Beatles fan I still enjoy reading about the early days leading up to and including the making of "Sgt. Pepper's", but there's nothing really new here. Included are succinct one page essays on each of the Beatles plus Brian Epstein and George Martin. The album itself is dissected song by song which, while having nothing truly new, is still fun to read. Southall does a good job in breaking down the songs without getting technical. This section of the book (as in the entire book) is full of photos--some you've seen, some not regularly seen--that help define the text. There's a short chapter on the making of the album cover which is pretty interesting including photos of artist Peter Blake at work, and a picture of the gnomes used on the cover which are pretty cool, plus a photo of artist Jann Haworth who created the dolls used on the cover. A chapter on how the album was received by the public and how advanced copies of the album took many by surprise covers that part of the story.
The "B" side of the book looks at the era of 1967 in general, beginning with 1966 and how it influenced 1967.