 According to music journalist Neil Spencer, the album's title was an apt comment on the band's unprecedented commercial value as entertainers, given the wealth of Beatles-related merchandise introduced over the previous year.The sleeve notes for "Beatles for Sale" were written by Derek Taylor, who, until a recent falling out with Epstein, had been the band's press officer throughout their rise to international stardom.In his text, Taylor focused on what the Beatles phenomenon would mean to people of the future