Act You've Known for All These Years

It was forty years ago that "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the Beatles was released, an LP that changed the face of popular culture and continues to top public and critical polls of the greatest albums ever made. "The Act You've Known for All These Years" reconstructs the life and times of Sgt. Pepper, the cultural backstory of the band, and rock's turbulent early adulthood. Weaving the activities of the Beatles in with those of their contemporaries and rivals; notably Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, and Pink Floyd; heralded music critic Clinton Heylin reveals the inspirations and explodes the myths behind this talismanic, iconic album and the summer of love itself. In addition, the book surveys what happened next, telling the history of the LP's "afterlife" from 1967 to the present day. Featuring interviews with those who were there at the time and those who followed in the Beatles' wake, "The Act You've Known for All These Years" is the definitive book on the defining LP of the pop era.