In Search of the Lost Chord : 1967 and the Hippie Idea

A rollercoaster new history for the 50th anniversary of the ‘Summer of Love’, from a music business veteran who was actually there.

''Danny Goldberg is probably one of the purest, most reasonableguides you could ask for to 1967.'' Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. ''Weaves together rollicking, rousing, wonderfully colourful anddisparate narratives to remind us how the energies and aspirations of thecounterculture were intertwined with protest and reform . mesmerising.'' The NationIt wasthe year that saw the release of the Beatles'' Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts ClubBand, and of debut albums from the Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix andJanis Joplin. The year of the Summer of Love and LSD; the Monterey Pop Festivaland Black Power; Muhammad Ali''s conviction for draft avoidance and MartinLuther King Jr''s public opposition to war in Vietnam.On its 50th anniversary, music business veteranDanny Goldberg analyses 1967, looking not only at the political influences, butalso the spiritual, musical and psychedelic movements that defined the era,providing a unique perspective on how and why its legacy lives on today.Exhaustively researched and informed byinterviews including Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary and Gil Scott-Heron, InSearch of the Lost Chord is the synthesis of a fascinating andcomplicated period in our social and countercultural history that was about somuch more than sex, drugs and rock n roll.