Through ‘kaleidoscope eyes’: Sgt. Pepper‘s revival of the Carnivalesque

That the Beatles are immortal is hardly a point to be disputed. A pointer to their perpetual status might be found in the hallucinogenic, Carnivalesque whirl of their art, found particularly in their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the fantastical Magical Mystery Tour that followed it - the albums that propelled them to god-like status.