The "Beatles" Diary by Barry Miles
Exposes the unvarnished stories of the four band members, uncovering the quarrels, the sex and drugs, as well as the personal triumphs. This is nothing less than a 30 year diary of the Beatles, from wartime Liverpool to the swinging sixties in London.
'Long time McCartney accomplice Miles must have recognised the market space for a Chronicle - type book with more zippy execution than Lewisohn managedErgo, the diary, distinguished chiefly by its gorgeous use of photography - it's almost album sized and recurrently employs huge double paged spreads. The best coffee tabke Fabs book currently available.' Q MAGAZINE
Paul McCartney acknowledges that it was Miles who introduced him to London's avant-garde scene. It was at Miles' London flat where McCartney first read William Burroughs and the beat poets, and heard experimental music. Miles' record collection of cutting edge jazz proved highly influential to The Beatles' development. When Miles opened Indica Books and Gallery and co-founded International Times, McCartney helped him support the ventures - and Indica was where John and Yoko would famously meet. Miles subsequently became label manager for Zapple, an experimental subsidiary of The Beatles' own Apple label and wrote for NME and various underground publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711983083 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711983089 |
| Title | The "Beatles" Diary |
| Author | Barry Miles |
| Series | Falk Symposium |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Omnibus Press |
| Year published | 2001-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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