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 OMahony 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Book.Looking Through You presents a selection of over 300 images from the precious Beatles Book photo archive, many unpublished or unseen in their original form from the original negatives, as well as the story behind the success of the regular Beatle bulletin.With each new issue,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 Fours latest news and activities and most of all, savouring the exclusive B&W photographs, captured by in-house photographer, Leslie Bryce.During the magazines 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 bands 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 worlds greatest ever entertainment phenomenon.
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. He was inspired to turn his hand to writing children’s books rather than for television, after his eldest son, then 5, started asking questions like ‘how do arms work?’ 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.
Tom Adams, a lifelong Beatles fan, now has access to the Beatles Book Magazine photo archive of around 3000 images. This coffee table book of beautiful black and white images will take the best of that archive to document the Beatles’ career from the year of their first single, 1963, to the final Beatles Book Monthly photoshoot in 1968.This unique and original photographic record preserves many important moments within the Beatles career, providing a historically important glimpse into the worlds greatest ever entertainment phenomenon.
