I was an only and suddenly I felt as though I'd got three brothers. Ringo: 'They became the closest friends I'd ever had. It's only bad if we didn't learn: 'Who am I? Where am I going? Where have I come from?' Whatever happened is good as long as we've learnt something. It was a hyper-version of what everybody else was going through. For The Beatles, our lives were a very heightened version of that: of how to learn about love and hate, and up and down, and good and bad, and loss and gain. George: 'The moral of the story is that if you accept the high points you're going to have to go through the lows. So sticking to our own guns and really saying what we thought in some way gave some other people in the world the idea that they too could be truthful and get away with it, and in fact it was a good thing.' We always were very true to ourselves-and I think that the brutal honesty The Beatles had was important. Paul: 'To thine own self be true.' I think that was very apt with The Beatles. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest.' We were all on this ship-a ship going to discover the New World. The Beatles were part of the revolution, which is really an evolution, and is continuing. The youth got it first and the next generation second. John: 'The Sixties saw a revolution among youth-not just concentrating in small pockets or classes, but a revolution in a whole way of thinking.

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The result is an extraordinary wealth of visual material brimming on each and every page. Paul, George, Ringo, and Yoko Ono Lennon all opened their own archives just for this project, as did Apple, EMI, and others long associated with The Beatles, allowing the unprecedented release of photographs, documents, and other memorabilia from their homes and offices. The Beatles Anthology features over 1300 images, most previously unpublished. The Beatles Anthology is, in effect, The Beatles autobiography.

Created with the full cooperation of Paul, George, Ringo, and Yoko Ono Lennon, it also includes the words of John, painstakingly compiled from sources worldwide. The Beatles Anthology is, for the first time, the story of The Beatles by The Beatles. The Beatles Anthology is a once-in-a-lifetime volume: warm, frank, funny, poignant, and bold-just like the music thats been a part of so many of our lives. Interwoven with The Beatles own memories are the recollections of such associates as road manager Neil Aspinall, producer George Martin, and spokesman Derek Taylor. The international best-seller is now in paperback! From their years growing up in Liverpool through their ride to fame to their ultimate breakup, heres the inside story.

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