By late 1965, the Beatles had grown weary of live performance. George Harrison was the first to tire of Beatlemania, while Paul McCartney supported the idea of maintaining regular … See more

With the troubled Get Back project put on hold, the group continued to record together sporadically during the spring and early summer of … See more

McCartney's wish to dissolve the partnership was problematic, since it would expose them all to enormous tax liability, and his pleas to be released from Apple were ignored by Lennon, Harrison and Starr. McCartney said he struggled all through the … See more

In May 1968, the band met at Harrison's home in Esher to record demos of songs later recorded for their November 1968 release The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). Contemporaneous reviews and retrospective commentary by the Beatles … See more

In early 1969, Apple Corps was plagued by mismanagement and was losing money. On 26 January, Lennon and Ono met with Allen Klein, … See more

Release of McCartney and Let It Be
Having long attempted to maintain cohesiveness within the Beatles, McCartney secluded … See more

The subsequent negotiations were lengthy as McCartney continued to demand his freedom from the Beatles and Apple, yet his own advisors were now giving him the same warnings regarding the potential tax liability as Klein had identified. The other Beatles soon came … See more