"One of the most important documentaries on rock music ever published, this is EMI Records' official diary-format history of every Beatles recording session. Researched from hundreds of unreleased Abbey Road archive tapes, it features thousands of previously unpublished studio documents and interviews with many of the key recording personnel. The book is filled with over 350 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, including rare photos by Linda McCartney and the first facsimile reproductions of Abbey Road recording sheets, tape boxes, album sleeve roughs, memos, contracts, press releases, and much more"--Back cover.