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McCartney - "We're so well established that we can bring our fans with
us and stretch the limits of pop."
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(6/1/67)
- the classic rock album
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- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Within You, Without You
- When I'm 64
- "concept album" - how so?
- Lennon says that the album "doesn't go anywhere.... ALL of my
contributions have absolutely nothing to do with this idea of
Sgt. Pepper and his band ... It works because we said it works
and thats how it appeared."
Click on the image to the left for a "tour" of the Sgt. Pepper
album cover.
- Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
- summer of 1968: Yellow Submarine is released
(psychedelic trip to "Pepperland"); voices of cartoon characters are not the Beatles
- extended excerpt from the beginning of film: the Blue Meanies attack Pepperland
- resolution at end of film & the Beatles make a cameo appearance for the song "All Together Now"
- The Beatles (the White Album, 1968); mish-mash collection of a variety
of musical styles
- Back in the USSR
- Rocky Raccoon
- Why Don't We Do It in the Road
- Hey Jude (1968)
- Abbey Road (1969); the Beatles' biggest selling album (#1 for 11 weeks) & George's emergence as 1st-rate songwriter
- Let It Be (1970)
The Beatles during the 70s
doing an impersonation of The Band at Woodstock
The Beatles Go Solo
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