The Beatles Are Bigger in Britain than the US

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The Beatles Are Bigger in Britain than the US
by beatlesblogger
April 12, 2014

Looking at a copy of the UK version of Kevin Howlett’s The Beatles: the BBC Archives: 1962-1970 at our favourite Sydney discount bookstore we noticed something odd.

We already have a copy of the US edition (published by Harper Design) in the collection, but this UK one (published by BBC Books) looked and felt different….

Turns out it’s BIGGER (US on the left, UK on the right):





And what is printed on the rear of the box which holds the book is different, too: