Beatles vs. Stones (35 page)

Paul scrutinizes the Rolling Stones’ album
Aftermath.

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Workers on the production line in the EMI factory in Hayes, Middlesex. Fans argued about which group was better, but the Beatles always outsold the Rolling Stones by a wide margin.

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The Beatles and their manager arriving in London, July 8, 1966.

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Producer George Martin and Paul McCartney at Abbey Road Studios recording
Sgt. Pepper’s
. “As I could see their talent growing, I could recognize that an idea coming from them was better than an idea coming from me,” Martin said.

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New York City police try to restrain teens near the Warwick Hotel, where the Beatles were staying, August 12, 1966. “I don’t envy those Beatles,” Mick Jagger said at the time. “Look how much freedom we have, and they’re locked up in their hotel.”

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Rare photo of David Snyderman (aka David Jove) and Keith Richards at West Wittering Beach, February 12, 1967. They were both on LSD when this picture was taken. A few hours later, the police would raid Richards’s home, and Snyderman/Jove would be accused of being a police plant.

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Mick and Keith leave court after being charged with drug possession after the bust at Redlands.

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May 11, 1967. Brian Jones, haggard and frightened, arrives at court to answer a drugs charge.

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Jane Asher, Paul, and Beatles’ assistant “Magic Alex” Mardas arriving in London, July 1967. After a public outcry, Mick and Keith had their drug convictions overturned.

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Mick and Paul prepare to board a train from London to Bangor, Wales, in order to attend a seminar on spiritual enlightenment led by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

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Mick and Marianne Faithful in a carriage, traveling with the Beatles to North Wales, August 25, 1967.

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Ringo, George, and John speak briefly with reporters shortly after learning that their manager, Brian Epstein, had died. “Meditation gives you comfort enough to withstand something like this,” George said.

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