THE "fifth Beatle" has quit as head of Apple Corps in an apparent row over turning the band into a "cash cow".
Neil Aspinall, 64, a schoolfriend of Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison, was their first road manager and drove the Fab Four to concerts.
He was later rewarded with a management role. But he walked out as chief executive yesterday following "differences" between him and the board.
A music insider claimed: "The board is not Paul and Ringo - it's lawyers and accountants. They want to make as much money as possible. Neil was against making the Beatles a cash cow. There is a plan to flood the market and put out a newly-remastered Beatles backcatalogue."
The Beatles' ex-PR Geoff Baker said: "I fear for the integrity of the Beatles' legacy without Neil."
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