As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By is astonishingly variable and extremely scattershot but still worth reading if you're interested in Derek Taylor, The Beatles, or their era more generally. As Time Goes By by Derek Taylor was originally published in 1973. A new Faber and Faber reissue came out on 5 April 2018. Early i......more

This book by Derek Taylor is a total surprise. First of all the late Mr. Taylor is famous for being the Beatles press agent during Beatlemania and then went off to work for The Byrds, Captain Beefheart among others as a press agent as well as one of the original organizers for the Monterey Pop Festi......more

totally brilliant and a different take on the 60s, includes great Beatles inside information (he was their press officer). The best, almost magical chapter describes a trip (in more than one sense of the word) with McCartney to play with a brass band up north (the track 'thingumybob'), on the way ba......more

This reads like it was written on drugs.......more

In 1970 George Harrison says to Beatles' PR man Derek Taylor "go home and write." So Derek did. The result is a collection of essays that are witty and charming much like the man himself. Good Read.......more