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The Beatles Diary, Volume 2 : After the Break-Up, 1970-2001

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This book was published in 2001, so the 29th of November of that year is not covered. I can understand why the former Beatles must be annoyed that their separate lives are constantly compiled together, but as they have probably figured out by now, Beatledom doesn't end so easily. And undoubtedly they were interested in what each other was putting out for competitive reasons, so there is some logic in writing about them collectively. This book is a pretty exhaustive chronicle of the former Fab's tours, recording sessions, lawsuits and public spats. It gives date-by-date accounts of what these four men, their wives, friends, family and business associates were doing from 1970 to 2001. There are some odd entries, such as one for 1983 which claims that Paul's single "So Bad" went to number one in 1983. Other sources have it as a b-side of "Pipes of Peace," stalling outside of the top twenty, which is probably more accurate since if it did top the charts, it would have appeared on Paul's various "best-of" collections. Anyway it is a bit much to expect 100% accuracy for a text covering so much time and so many lives. This is a great reference work for anyone interested in what happened after 1969. Be prepared for four grown men engaging in a lot of mutual bickering and snide comments.