5/21/2023 0 Comments The beatles anthology bookAn enthralling book for any Beatles fan (tons more fodder for trivia challenges: which songs have only two Beatles playing on them? what did Paul buy John for his 21st birthday?) or child of the 1960s. Harrison is especially honest about drugs, McCartney remains somewhat coy. Lennon always had the image of the working-class rebel, but even in the 1960s, he often sat docile for the stupid things the Beatles were expected to be and do, while Harrison sometimes said, "I don't have to do that." The book is especially illuminating for the period of touring Britain in 1963 between their first EMI sessions and heading to the U.S. For someone who has read the Hunter Davies, Philip Norman, _Lennon Remembers_, _Apple to the Core_, _A Hard Day's Write_ and other accounts, perhaps the biggest surprise of this version is how sharp and independent George Harrison is (and was). Extensive print and broadcast interviews with Lennon are woven seamlessly into the mix, and there are contributions from some of the other players - e.g., George Martin, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor. This extraordinary project has been made possible because Paul McCartney, George Harrison and. A huge coffee-table size history of the Beatles, chockful of hundreds of photographs, color and black and white, with text consisting solely of interviews with and commentary by the lads themselves. This is the perfect gift for any Beatles fan, and we are close to the holidays so. Buy a cheap copy of The Beatles Anthology book by The Beatles. In more ways than one, the BIG bestseller of 2000.
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