Paul McCartney’s New Book Features Never-Before-Seen Photos From 1960s ‘Beatlemania’
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Throughout the explosive period in the early 1960s when the Beatles rose to unprecedented fame with hits like “Please Please Me,” “From Me to You” and “She Loves You,” Paul McCartney was quietly snapping shots on his 35mm camera to commemorate the moments that we now know would change music history forever.
These largely unseen photos are now featured in a new book by McCartney himself, alongside historian Jill Lepore. “1964: Eyes of the Storm” includes more than 274 images from the legendary months between 1963 and 1964, when the Beatles became an international sensation and performed in Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Miami and Washington D.C, where they induced near-hysteria and deity-like worship among fans.
In a personal forward written by McCartney, he recalls the pandemonium of British concert halls, followed by the hysteria that greeted the band on its first American visit: “Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget,” he writes.
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