After the Beatles’ final concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in August 1966, they concentrated on studio recording, bringing the art of popular music-making to unprecedented creative heights. Using both common and rare recordings and video clips, this course will traces their evolution during these crucial years, from the psychedelia of 1967’s Sgt. Pepper to their magnificent finale with Abbey Road in 1969. The development of the numerous styles they pioneered and mastered will be explored in detail, along with their massive effect on the popular music and culture of their era. This class is generously discounted by the Anonymous Fund of the Marin Community Foundation.