The Beatles: On The Road 1964 - 1966
Antonio G. Pereira © 2023 Antonio G. Pereira
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The Beatles: On The Road 1964 - 1966 by Harry Benson. Published by Taschen GmbH https://www.taschen.com https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Benson-Beatles-Multilingual/dp/3836557673 Here's another Coffee Table sized book. This one by British Photographer Harry Benson, who photographed The Beatles as they were becoming famous through the year 1964. From the residency at the Paris Olympia, the first U.S. visit (Ed Sullivan, Miami - The Beatles' visit to (then) Heavyweight Contender Cassius Clay's Gym Boxing Practice, during which resident wit, rapid fire mouth Lennon meets his match (soon to be Heavyweight Champion Muhammed Ali), and apparently Harry Benson is not amused), the filming of, 'A Hard Day's Night', the first leg of the European/Australian/New Zealand tour (with Jimmy Nicol sitting in for Ringo - who was in hospital), and finally, during the 1966 American Tour. Strangely, Harry Benson (since he had his own opinion and observation about the circumstances of the 'Beatles more Popular than Jesus Christ' controversy), offers no accompanying narrative to the Memphis Press Conference, which he photographed, other than gratuitously photographically descriptive. There are two incredible photographs of The Beatles walking towards the stage and enormous audience at Suffolk Downs Racetrack in Boston though, among other equally incredible photographs, like the obviously racially mixed audience in Chicago. The text in this book is multilingual, and is in English, German (Taschen, the Book Company, is in Koln) and French. The photographs are printed on top quality paper, so they look really good. Interesting record of a place and time in history. Well done!
