Beatles Book:

		List Price: $29.95		Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Salesrank: 31879
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		Media: Hardcover

Editorial Review:
The Beatles are always in the news and in our hearts. February 2004 marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first trip to America, an historic event that was captured by the young photojournalist Harry Benson.

Benson was commissioned to accompany the Beatles to Paris in January 1964, where he took his famous photograph of the pillow fight the night they learned that "I Want to Hold Your Hand" had climbed to number one on the U.S. pop charts. He was with them on February 7, when they stepped out of their plane in New York and into the pandemonium of Beatlemania, American-style. In Miami, he introduced the Beatles to Muhammad Ali, and later that year he covered the filming of A Hard Day's Night. He was with them in Chicago in 1966, when John Lennon was quoted as saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, and covered their last tour as a band. He documented the eye of the hurricane: four guys in their twenties at the center of the known universe. This handsome, large-format book is a record of those amazing times.

Once there was a way...Photographs of the Beatles Reviews:
beet-tifull!!!!!
2007-01-20 - The book was fantastic & as it was a christmans present for my cousin, it could not have been a more perfect gift! Great purchase!!!!The price was even better,love it, love it, love it!

Beatles
2007-01-10 - This is a beautiful book for Beatle fans. The phographs are good and interesting.

Once there was a way . . . but maybe not what you thought
2005-10-25 - I had hoped for at least one good group portrait, but there was none to be found. However, this book was a great picture history of the early Beatles. The stories behind some of the more famous photos were interesting. For example, the famous pillow fight in the hotel room in Paris looked like such romping good fun--until you see the proofs and read that it was all choreographed and that poor Paul had to do the mid-air jump repeatedly until they got a good photo. And the same trip to Paris, the Fab Four were strictly instructed to stay in their hotel room--for their own safety. Paul and George were able to sneak out for about 20 minutes before they were discovered missing, and then were captured (on film) looking at postcards! All B & W photos, but well worth having a look.

PHOTOGRAPHS
2004-04-07 - This is a delightful book replete with exceptional photographs of the Beatles during their early years performing. The majority of the photographs are taken in 1964, the year the Beatles came to America.

What makes this book such a treat is that there are some cute anecdotes about some of the photographs and I like the way an index print (or contact sheet) is included in a photo series of the Beatles, in February 1964 horsing around in their hotel room. They were like big children, natural and full of fun and the photographs do a good job of capturing that.

I love this book. Although there is very little in the way of new information, if any, it is still guaranteed to bring smiles to the faces of all who read it. I give it a hearty recommendation and a resounding, "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!"

The Beatles forever
2004-03-01 - It grieves me to give any Beatles photograph book only four stars, but I have to say these photos have almost all been published previously. If you're new to the Fabs or don't have many photograph compilations of them, then this will be a magnificent book. But if you've collected on them for years and own Benson's previous book, then many of the pictures will be recycled ones to you.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter, any book featuring the boys is always a treat, even if the information has been read a thousand times before. The quality of the book is good, the photos are reproduced beautifully, what's not to like? Incidentally, the cover photo of John, Paul and Ringo is one of the more evocative photos in the book, they usually crop poor Ringo out of this one. Enjoy!