简介：Fiftyyearsagothisweek,on1June,1967,analbumwasreleasedthatchangedmusichistory-TheBeatles'SgtPepper'sLonelyHeartsClubBand.Inthisfilm,composerHowardGoodallexploresjustwhythisalbumisstillseenassoinnovative,sorevolutionaryandsoinfluential.Withthehelpofouttakesandstudioconversationsbetweentheband,neverheardbeforeoutsideofAbbeyRoad,HowardgetsunderthebonnetofSgtPepper.Hetakesthemusicapartandreassemblesit,toshowushowitworks-andmakessurprisingconnectionswiththemusicofthelast1,000yearstodoso. SgtPeppercameaboutasaresultofawatershedinTheBeatles'career.InAugust1966,sickofthescreamingmayhemofliveshows,they'dtakenwhatwasthenseenasthecareer-endingdecisiontostoptouringaltogether.Instead,beginningthatDecember,theyimmersedthemselvesinAbbeyRoadwiththeircreativepartner,producerGeorgeMartin,foranunprecedentedfivemonths.Whattheyproduceddidn'tneedtoberecreatedliveonstage.TheBeatlestookfulladvantageofthisfreedom,turningthestudiofromaplacewhereabandwenttocaptureitslivesound,asquicklyaspossible,intoanaudiolaboratory,acreativelaunch-pad.AsHowardshows,theyandGeorgeMartinandhisteamconstructedthealbumsoundbysound,layerbylayer-aformulathatbecamethenormforjustabouteveryrockactwhofollowed. InJune1967,afterwhatamountedtoapressblackoutaboutwhatthey'dbeenupto,SgtPepper'sLonelyHeartsClubBandwasreleased.Itwasasensation,immediatelybecomingthesoundtracktotheSummerofLove-andoneofthebest-selling,mostcriticallylaudedalbumsofalltime.Itconfirmedthata'popmusic'albumcouldbeanartform,notjustacollectionofthree-minutesingles.It'sregularlybeenvotedoneofthemostimportantandinfluentialrecordseverreleased. Inthisfilm,HowardGoodallshowsthatitisthesheerambitionofSgtPepper-initsconception,composition,arrangementsandinnovativerecordingtechniques-thatsetsitapart. MadewithunprecedentedaccesstoTheBeatles'pictorialarchive,thisisanin-depthexploration,insoundandvision,ofoneofthemostimportantandfar-reachingmomentsinrecentmusichistory.…