The Beatles Monopoly: Collector's Edition

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Visit your favourite songs and albums from the beloved band, but watch out for The Taxman, jail and bankruptcy! We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. The game board features all the albums recorded by The Beatles from Please, Please Me to Let It Be, along with special Fabs versions of the pewter tokens.

When the Beatles landed for their first US tour in 1964, they gave a press conference at JFK Airport and were asked if they were just Elvis Presley rip-offs. John had annoyed Presley by making his anti-war feelings known the moment he stepped into the massive lounge and spotted the table lamps – model wagons engraved with the message: ‘All the way with LBJ. And I remember Ringo, who of course didn't have an instrument, tapping out the backbeat with his fingers on the nearest bits of wooden furniture. The world’s best family board game brings you another exciting edition of MONOPOLY – The Beatles edition.The Beatles press officer Tony Barrow said of the 1965 meeting: "John asked what had happened to the old rock and roll Elvis, who at that point was mainly singing the soundtracks to his films.

Elvis was so offended after he met The Beatles he wanted them banned from America THE BEATLES were huge Elvis fans but when they were invited to his house it went so badly wrong that for years after The King tried to get the US President to ban them from America.

Elvis had actually resisted, telling Hutchins, " You are just trying to get these boys some publicity off my back.

The boys found that they could make much better conversation with their guitars than they could with their spoken word. As the two teams faced one another, there was a weird silence and it was John who spoke first, rather awkwardly blurting out a stream of questions at Elvis, saying: 'Why do you do all these soft-centred ballads for the cinema these days? To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. It was an awkward atmosphere, with John trying to lighten the mood by putting on an Inspector Clouseau voice, which just baffled Elvis.I remember George saying 'if this is going to be another dirty big publicity circus, let's forget it'. Hutchins added: ""Elvis had prepared a little party for when we got there, but it was rather stilted and felt too obviously set up by me and Elvis’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. The Elvis And Us exhibition, which explores how The Beatles were influenced by Elvis, is at The Beatles Story for the next two years.