The Beatles Anthology In Their Own Words Music Hardcover 2000 Illustrated Book

A must for any Beatlemaniac!  This is a new and unread book with light shelf wear to the dust jacket, some light scuffs on the back and the edges as shown. The definitive book on the Beatles!  This extraordinary project has been made possible because Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr agreed to tell their combined story especially for this book.  Together with Yoko Ono Lennon, they also made available the full transcripts, including all the outtakes, of the television and video series The Beatles Anthology. Through painstaking compilation of sources worldwide, John Lennon's words are equally represented in this remarkable volume.  Additionally, The Beatles opened their personal and management archives specifically for this project, allowing the unprecedented release of photographs which they took along their ride to fame, as well as fascinating documents and memorabilia from their homes and offices.  Each page is brimming with personal stories and rare vintage images.  Snapshots from their family collections back to the days when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey were just boys growing up in Liverpool.  They talk in turn about those early years and how they came to join the band that would make them known around the world as John, Paul, George and Ringo.  Then, weaving back and forth, they tell the astonishing story of life as The Beatles: the first rough gigs, the phenomenon of their rise to fame, the musical and social change of their heyday, all the way through to their breakup.  From the time Ringo tried to take this drum kit home on the bus to their much anticipated audience with Elvis, from the making of the Sgt. Pepper album to their last photo session together at John's house, The Beatles Anthology is a once-in-a-lifetime collection of The Beatles' own memories.  Interwoven with these are the recollections of such associates as road manager Neil Aspinall, producer George Martin and spokesman Derek Taylor.  And included in the vast array of photographs are materials from both Apple and EMI, who also opened their archives for this project.  This, indeed, is the inside story, providing a wealth of previously unpublished material in both word and image. Created with their full cooperation, The Beatles Anthology is, in effect, The Beatles' autobiography.  Like their music has been a part of so many of our lives, it's warm, frank, funny, poignant and bold.