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This was kind of an odd collection of photos of the Beatles. A lot of them were quite interesting, but since they were only taken from one source (the Daily Mail archives) the content is actually quite limited. The book could have been improved by tighter editing choices, since there’s no reason to print a whole run of photos rather than the best image or two from the set. By trying to tell the story of the Beatles using a single source it often felt like the captions were stretching it a bit, and that a lot of the important parts of the story (their early years, international performances, behind the scenes family life, etc) were missing entirely, even though I will concede that it is interesting to see the depth of reportage on the Beatles from a single news source. ( )

My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOgik4wTFc0

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This is an excellent 378 page B&W photo essay of the Beatles by the Daily Mail. It covers the years 1972 - 2002 (most of the 20th Century).....

The Beatles are covered not only as a group but as individuals with and without their respective families......

Glimpses that we would never have seen otherwise, unless we were in the U.K.

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The photographs are wonderful but the substance behind them just isn't there in all the chapters. The first chapter rushes to get the group together and the post band chapter rushes through the last thirty years. The best chapters are probably the ones up through 1967 with the death of Epstein. The band members clearly overworked themselves. It was sad to see the break-up in the making. ( )