From the archive, 23 October 1969: Beatles' magical mystery tour leads to Guardian reporter

A hidden message on a Beatles album sleeve leads US fans on a magical mystery tour - to the telephone number of the Guardian's industrial correspondentRumours that Paul McCartney is dead, which have pushed the Beatles back to the top of the charts in America, are only part of a new surge of Beatlemania which is sweeping across the United States.I know because, unfortunately, my telephone has proved an all too accurate barometer of the Beatles' popularity in the United States.Hundreds of people h...

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