And many leave out the fact that the beatles were no longer a band after august of '66/ from then til their breakup in 69 they were a studio group, just like the ripchords and fantastic baggys.
Oh,for the love of Pete,the Beatles WERE still a band.Just because they weren't performing live anymore,means exactly zilch,nada,zip and zero.You really want to hang your hat on THAT.Also there isn't a shread of evidence they used any other guitar players,except Clapton,one ONE song.They also used Billy Preston,who is shown in Let it Be and the roof top concert.They also used various string and horn players,but that's it.They didn't give credit?Well neither did anyone else in those days,INCLUDING,the Beach Boys who use the Wrecking Crew.....heavily.
They also broke up in 70,NOT 69 like you still insist upon.If you're going to even attempt to bring up that Purdie story,you'd better have some new FACTS,and not some made up conjecture.Purdies fairy tale about him being on the first few Beatle albums,and Ringo not playing at all,,as well as the rest of that fairy tale,has been debunked....numerous times. It carries the same weight as bigfoot and Pauls dead.
A band is a band,no matter where you play.George Martin contributed to their sucess,but they wrote the music.They played the music,they sang the music,and toured all over the world,and were a great live band,that sounded just like their albums.They also did the arrangements and instrumentation,as can be witnessed by numerous out takes in circulation.
Sir George was producing comedy and novelty records for EMI when he met the Beatles,and was clueless as how to produce pop/rock bands like the Beatles.It was a learning process.
I don't know where you're getting your information from,but it dosen't resemble the facts what so ever.The Beatles sold over 71 million in cd sales last year,2013.Chew on that one.
Steve B