[1] His assistant, Derek Taylor, was the ghostwriter of the book,[2] which describes the early days of The Beatles, whom Epstein managed.

Lennon later was quoted as saying that the book should have been titled "A Cellarful of Boys" in reference to Epstein's homosexuality.

[4] In the 1978 film All You Need Is Cash, a book by Leggy Mountbatten—the manager of the Rutles and a parody of Epstein—is titled A Cellarful of Goys.

Harry Shearer "dramatically reproduced" quotations from this book for the music documentary Pop Chronicles.

[6] The book was reprinted by Souvenir Press with an introduction by Craig Brown in 2021.