Every era has a beginning and an end.
My Tallassee Tribune colleague and mentor Willie G. Moseley often opines that the greatest period of creativity in popular music occurred between 1967 and 1973, and he uses the bookend releases of SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND by the Beatles on one end and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON by Pink Floyd on the other (with special mention for TUBULAR BELLS by Mike Oldfield).
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