as around
             this time, that John Lennon began to search for himself. He began using any
             means that he thought might help him connect. This era was marked by the
             Beatles visits to the Maharashi Mahesh Yogi, and the beginning of heavy
             drug use 3. As Lennon began to use LSD in greater and greater quanti-ties4,
             the other Beatles began to have more and more influence in the production
             of the albums. Lennon began to become almost reclusive, and often delayed
             recording sessions.By the time that they were recording Sgt. Pepper's
             Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, Lennon would simply propose songs and
             themes, and McCartney was left to execute the plans and tie together whims.
             They began to make demands of the crew:Beatles songs were quite simple in
             the early days, you couldn't play around with them too much. But by 1967 we
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