Taylor of Savile Row: Derek Taylor, 1932-1997
Chris Bourke, New Zealand Herald, September 1997
DEREK TAYLOR, WHO will forever be known as "the Beatles' press officer", leant across and switched my tape recorder to "pause". I had just admitted I couldn't roll a joint if my life depended on it, and he had an anecdote to say that one day, it might.
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