Album Cover Art Research - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

In this classic psychedelic rock album artwork, which is by The Beatles who were contemporary's of Jimi Hendrix. The artwork show's several references to the era and of people The Beatles considered their heroes or celebrities they liked. The references of the era included the flowers which represent the Flower Power movement or the Hippie Movement, this is important because in 1967 both artists released albums that heavily influenced people in the "Summer of Love" in 1967, and the famous people on the cover, such as Bob Dylan - who had recently "gone electric" - Marilyn Monroe, were influential figures in the 60s. While people like Freud and Karl Marx had heavily influenced the ideologies of the time. The Beatles themselves are the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and are dressed in uniforms that are their characters on the album, though not a concept album per se. It also cost £2,868 5s 3d (£38,823) which was the most expensive album artwork of it's time.

The inside of the album, contains the album lyrics and photos of the band, which apart from the front cover which in many ways is unlike any other album covers of the time, is pretty much like any other from the period.