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The Beatles Anthology book includes interviews with all four band members John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr. It also features contributions from associates like producer George Martin and press officer Derek Taylor.
The Beatles Anthology book arrived in October 2000 as a companion to a larger multimedia project. The publication went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list on the 22nd of October 2000 during its initial release week.
Content draws from new recordings alongside archived statements by the four musicians including quotes from the December 1970 Rolling Stone interview and September 1980 Playboy conversation. Genesis Publications compiled over 1,200 rare photographs for the visual narrative accompanied by color illustrations throughout the large format volume.
The work received the BCA Illustrated Book of the Year award in London at the British Book Awards ceremony held on the 22nd of February 2001. These awards are popularly known as the Nibbies and have run since 1990 to express the book trade's own preferences of books published in the past year.
Genesis Publications compiled over 1,200 rare photographs for the visual narrative within The Beatles Anthology book. Color illustrations accompanied the images throughout the large format volume to document the history of the group across decades.