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More about "The Two Sides of Sgt. Pepper: An Honest Appraisal"
(Source: the
paulingles.com web site >>> )
June 1, 2007 marks the
40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band. For decades, the recording has ranked highly on many All-Time
Best Album lists. Celebrated as the first quasi-concept album in rock, fans
and critics have long lauded the song-craft, the pioneering production
sounds, and its colorful, now iconic, cover art. Some say it both reflected
and drove the burgeoning youth culture through the “Summer of Love” in 1967.
In more recent years, some critics have tried to cut through the mythology
of the album and reconsider it in every way. Some have ranked other Beatle
albums as superior to Pepper and feel the record has been over-hyped.
In this two-hour special, producer and host Paul Ingles (Everything was Right:
The Beatles’ Revolver, The Emergence of Bob Dylan,
The Beatles in
America-1964) presents a lively ride that functions as both a
celebration of a landmark recording and a balanced survey of critical
opinion about Sgt. Pepper. Listeners will experience this music in a new way
as they’ll hear both the stories behind the creation of these memorable
tracks as well as thoughtful perspectives that place the work in context.
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