I still find it interesting that they went for a more Stripped down sound for the follow-up.
Can you really see the Beatles surviving Psychedelia? Really?
I dunno, I'm guessing the best we could have had from them in 1967 would be a clunky "period piece" of an album?
It probably would have flopped, given the sheer volume of great albums that came out that year.. I mean, could that out-do Pink Floyd's spacey improvisation, Frank Zappa's keen social commentary, The Doors darkness, or the Beach Boys studio skills? Even if they went straight-ahead rock, Jimi Hendrix had the market cornered.
I realized how great Tomorrow Never Knows is on their last album, imagine an entire album like that!