... spread to a new and larger audience. Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band released in 1967, encapsulated all these factors: it 'captured psychedelia, fashion, the vogue for eastern mysticism, the spirit of adventure, peace and love, and the anti war movement' 1(Pg.157). Sgt Peppers had become the summary of the 1960's through its music material, the song lyrics and, in certain cases, the structure. It was a completely different album to what had been seen in Britain before. It 'caught rainbow confidence and colour of the 1960's' 1 (pg.113). Its new approach to music, design, and burst of psychedelic rock music even produced a cult in the USA 1 (pg.113-114) giving evidence that The Beatles were becoming a cultural phenomenon. 'In an unsystematic fashion it represented the life and times it was created in' 1 (pg.3). The Beatles were four men from Liverpool who wrote music from the influence of ...

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