The new book about the Beatles , All You Need Is Love , authored by writers Steven Gaines and Peter Brown , personal assistant to manager Brian Epstein , is expected to reveal previously untold stories about the group. This includes a meeting described as "uncomfortable" between John Lennon and Mick Jagger , frontman of the Rolling Stones.
According to information from The Times of London , the meeting took place when Allen Klein took over as the Beatles' accountant. Klein fired everyone who worked for the band at the time, in 1969.
Gaines also suggests that Paul McCartney disliked Klein. He cites interviews that indicated this was due to Klein allegedly offering Yoko Ono make a film.
In an attempt to dissuade the band, Brown asked Mick Jagger to attend a meeting with the Fab Four. The goal was to explain who Allen Klein was, as he had previously managed the Stones. However, the frontman didn't trust Klein, mainly because he controlled the band's entire catalog of recorded music up to that point.
Knowing this, John Lennon put Klein in the same meeting. This was "deeply embarrassing" and "made Mick very uncomfortable."
Controversies related to the book
Also according to The Times of London , Peter Brown stated that the first book he co-authored with Steven Gaines, The Love You Make , from 1983, did not please the Beatles.
He then claimed that “Paul and Linda [McCartney] tore up the book and burned it in the fireplace, page by page.” The writer also said that there was “a code of silence among the Beatles, and they didn’t think anyone would step forward to tell the truth.”
This time, the book, scheduled for release next Thursday, the 11th, will bring together a series of interviews taken from the 1983 book.
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