Rock's Backpages Library Rock's Backpages

Miles: John, Paul, George and… Barry

Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph, 16 October 2002

IN 1965, A YOUNG bookseller named Barry Miles decided to throw a birthday party in his London flat for his friend, the beat poet Allen Ginsberg, who was visiting from New York. Miles was acquainted with the Beatles, and Ginsberg was insistent that they be invited, too.

Total word count of piece: 1708

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.

Login

Login via your library

If your local library has signed up with Rock's Backpages, please enter your card number below: