The Mammoth Book of the Beatles

Over 30 landmark interviews, accounts, and memoirs of The Beatles and their entourage, recording how they inadvertently became counter-culture_s figureheads and changed society.The pieces include Paul Johnson_s _The Menace of Beatlism_, Maureen Cleave_s _Beatles Bigger than Christ_ feature, the News of the World feature suggesting The Beatles were spent forces _ just before they unleashed Sergeant Pepper on the world _ interviews with their entourage and main loves; plus latter-day contributions from the likes of Paul Gambacinni, Dave Marsh, Greil Marcus.Also included is a chronological tracing of each Beatles album and single, and analysis of all Beatles movie releases and television appearances.