Never before have their stories been told in such detail. With the addition of scrupulously stitched-together John Lennon quotes drawn from interviews with the slain Beatle, the three living members of the band tell their stories with the ease, candor and wit that marked their charming interviews on the TV program. With more than 300 books about the Beatles already published, this huge oral history was probably the only important book about them left to write. The book is the final piece of archival housecleaning that previously resulted in "The Beatles Anthology," a 1995 six-hour television miniseries (and subsequent 10-hour home video version), and "The Beatles Anthology," three double-CD sets of previously unreleased recordings. It is getting a reported first printing of 1.5 million copies, and sales are expected to quickly pass the billion-dollar mark. The deluxe, oversize volume is crammed with 1,200 photos, most previously unpublished. By the Beatles Chronicle Books 368 pages $60īut the three surviving Beatles - Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - have turned into hardback writers and gone on the record with their story in "The Beatles Anthology," a sumptuous $60 coffee- table book that hits bookstores tomorrow.
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