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Tony Barrow served as the press officer for the Beatles from 1962 until 1968. He began working with the group after Brian Epstein contacted him for professional advice regarding their management.
A seventeen-year-old sixth-form schoolboy landed his first regular freelance writing job in 1954. He wrote pop-rock record reviews for the Liverpool Echo, which was the largest-selling provincial evening newspaper in the UK at that time.
He received a one-off freelance fee of £20 to compile the initial press kit for the launch of the group's first UK single Love Me Do. This task occurred in October 1962 when he became the band's part-time press-publicity consultant.
The Beatles set up Apple Corps as their own self-management operation in 1968, which made Barrow's job as publicist redundant within the new structure. He left NEMS Enterprises to set up Tony Barrow International with headquarters in London's Mayfair district.
The group accompanied him on their private summit of the giants meeting with Elvis Presley at his home in Bel Air, California. These international concert tours took place during 1965 and 1966.