'' The Beatles '' has been revised and updated several times . In the 1982 edition , Davies included a report of a telephone conversation he had with McCartney in June 1981 , six months after Lennon 's murder . In an outpouring that Beatles historian Erin Torkelson Weber recognises as uncharacteristically open for the singer , McCartney complained about the media 's portrayal of him as inferior to Lennon , a depiction that had been enforced by the success of Philip Norman 's acclaimed Beatles biography , '' Shout ! '' McCartney also shared his hurt at comments made by Starr , Neil Aspinall and Cilla Black , at Starr 's recent wedding , that appeared to underline others ' impression of him as an insincere person . McCartney was disappointed that Davies chose to write about the conversation , which he thought was a private discussion
Lennon 's murder
Murder of John Lennon
The Beatles: The Authorised Biography