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Podcast: Rock N Roll Librarian
Episode: With A Little Help From My Friends: The making of Sgt. Pepper
Description: As a companion piece to Rock N Roll Archaeology EP14: I'd Love to Turn You On, Shelley and Christian discuss this book on the making of The Beatles Sgt. Pepper by George Martin & William PearsonMartin, writing with freelancer Pearson, describes in detail the creative processes-both artistic and technical-that went into making one of the most acclaimed Beatles albums, the 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, `a musical fragmentation grenade, exploding with a force that is still being felt.'Tracing each song on the record from its genesis in the mind of one of...