Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Pop was going long before Sgt. Peppers.

Sgt. Peppers took it to a totally new level. Listen to "Day in the Life"

It was the first pop album that you had to LISTEN to, to really enjoy.

I know I was there in 1967.

It was strange. Up until then we used to like, enjoy and hear pop music. It was always on in the back ground. Even the White Album and Revolver. But Sgt. Peppers you LISTENED to. And in that it was the first POP ALBUM to achieve that. Jazz and blues had been doing it but not POP.

Go look at pop charts pre Sgt. Peppers and then after.