All right, technically we're talking 20 years ago June 1, but while the classic album serves as an anchor and reference point, "Today" is much more than musical nostalgia or a Beatles memorial. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (tonight at 9 on WETA and WHMM). This social, sexual and musical revolution is examined, and celebrated, in "It Was 20 Years Ago Today," a two-hour documentary produced by Britain's Granada Television to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of "Sgt.
Pepper," the Summer of Love, psychedelic explosions and spiritual expansions, the Monterey Pop Festival, Armies of the Night camped out at the Pentagon, and of course, lots and lots of great music from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix, among others.
It was a very good year, but as George Harrison admits, 1967 "did take about 50 years to complete." Some highlights: "Sgt.
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