The Beatles : Unseen Archive

Published by Parragon publishing, London, 2002, hardcover, large format, illustrated, condition: new.

The Beatles: Unseen Archives is a coffee table book with 600 photos of The Beatles throughout their career and thereafter. The big selling point for the book is 200 of these photos were never previously printed. The book itself comes with descriptions of each photo and also comes with both a chronology of events with dates. Each chapter is broken down by each year The Beatles were together, with one chapter dedicated to their early years and one chapter dedicated to life after The Beatles.

The photos that were chosen were wonderful. This book was given to me as a gift a few years ago and it really is a great book to both browse and to read. It covers The Beatles years together and as solo acts and runs up to 2002. It is packed with hundreds of photos, some of which have not been seen before or have not been seen in decades. It is interesting to look at the familiar photos as well as the alternative shots of the same image. It is broken out by individual years and each section begins with a day-by-day listing of key moments in their careers/lives. Highly recommended for Beatles fans.