Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now - The Barry Miles archive
Comprehensive research library on The Beatles
Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now - The Barry Miles Archive is a writer's reference library rather than a fan's collection. It was assembled to gather together and organise information on The Beatles, which was used by Barry Miles to write many articles and books, the most important of which was the authorised biography - Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. The archive includes the working drafts of this book, including early drafts with material that was later edited out.
Miles first interviewed Paul McCartney for International Times in December 1966. Some of the items included in the archive, such as the scarce Apple in-house magazines, were acquired in the late sixties when Miles worked for The Beatles’ Apple Records as the label manager for Zapple.
Over the years, Miles wrote extensively about The Beatles in magazines like: Crawdaddy, Oz, International Times, NME, High Times, The Observer, Q and Mojo. Miles also wrote about The Beatles in many more obscure titles, including American underground newspapers like the San Francisco Oracle.
Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now - The Barry Miles Archive
The archive comprises approximately:
- 4,000 pages of clippings and tearsheets
- Over 500 complete magazines
- Almost 100 newspapers and specials published at the time of John Lennon’s death
- more than 125 books
- more than 30 bootleg CDs, including the nine volume Beatles at BBC complete
- more than 3,000 pages of notes
- early draft manuscripts
See an overview list and background of the collection. Please contact the LJMU Archivist for more information.