'Sgt. Pepper's' At 50: Why The Beatles' Masterpiece Can't Be Replicated (Terry Gross, Fresh Air)

Fifty years ago Thursday, Americans got their first chance to hear The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Since then, the album has been hailed by critics and listeners as the greatest in the history of rock music. It has also been recognized as a groundbreaking work that pushed the recording-studio technology of the late 1960s to the limit...
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