Looking Through You: Rare & Unseen Photographs from the Beatles Book Archive - Rilegato

Adams, Tom

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ISBN 10: 178558006X ISBN 13: 9781785580062

Casa editrice: Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books, 2016

Riassunto

In 1963, it was unusual for a pop group to have a monthly magazine devoted exclusively to their career. Only Elvis Presley had been considered important enough to warrant such an honour. But then the Beatles were unusual. Within the space of that pivotal year, the Fab Four became the biggest thing in British popular culture and their worldwide fame was soon inescapable. One of the first to astutely recognise their greatness was Sean O'Mahony and the monthly magazine he launched with the full blessing of The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein - The Beatles Book.Looking Through You presents a selection of over 300 images from the precious Beatles Book photo archive, many unpublished or unseen in their original form from the original negatives, as well as the story behind the success of the regular Beatle bulletin.With each new issue, Beatle fans worldwide would voraciously devour the contents from cover-to-cover, discovering the Fab Four's latest news and activities and most of all, savouring the exclusive B&W photographs, captured by in-house photographer, Leslie Bryce.During the magazine's six-year run only a small fraction of these photographs were printed - and then often altered in some way. The Beatles Book Monthly captured the Beatles' development from British provincial theatres - through foreign tours including their ground-breaking first American visit - and onwards to the band's withdrawal into the recording studio. It was unique in its access - as well as concert tours and television shows, the band were photographed off duty, at their homes and in the studio - locales that were generally out-of-bounds to most Beatle observers. This unique and original photographic record preserves many important moments within the Beatles' career, providing a historically important glimpse into the world's greatest ever entertainment phenomenon.

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L'autore:

Tom Adams is an award winning television producer and author. He was born in Yorkshire but now lives in Sevenoaks in Kent. As a producer he has made documentaries on everything from David Livingstone (I presume) to the Berlin Wall, from the Seven Wonders of the World to the Industrial Revolution. With a science background, he was inspired to turn his hand to writing children&;s books once his eldest son, then 5, started asking questions about how the world worked. He now has three children&;s interactive science books to his name: Feel the Force, Molecule Mayhem and That&;s Life. Molecule Mayhem won the Society of Authors/ ALCS Award for Educational Writing 2013.

Product Description:

[English]

Looking Through You features over 300 Rare And Unseen Photographs taken from the archives of The Beatles Book, a monthly magazine devoted to the Fab Four. A unique publication, the stunning images captured by photographer Leslie Bryce are collected in this wonderful hardback edition.

When publisher Sean O'Mahony launched 'The Beatles Book', he negotiated unprecedented access to the band at their performances, backstage, in the recording studio and at home. Boasting news of the band, articles and exclusive photography, the contents of The Beatles Book were devoured by fans, increasing its circulation from an initial 80,000 copies to a readership in the millions at its peak. Thousands of photographs were taken, but only a fraction of these were ever used, and even then they were often retouched or altered.

In Looking Through You, over 300 of the most beautiful photographs from the magazine's precious archive are presented, many unpublished or unseen in their original form from the original negatives, as well as the story behind the success of the regular Beatle bulletin. Featuring a foreword from Jo Adams (daughter of Sean O'Mahony), an insightful introduction by Andy Neill and some fascinating information to accompany the photographs, Looking Through You is an important visual record of a musical phenomenon. This unique and original photographic record preserves many important moments within the Beatles’ career, providing a historically important glimpse into the world’s greatest ever entertainment phenomenon.

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• Editore: Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 178558006X
• ISBN 13: 9781785580062
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208