Buch THE BEATLES – GET BACK (englischsprachig)

Beschreibung

Dienstag 12. Oktober 2021: THE BEATLES:

Buch THE BEATLES – GET BACK

Mitwirkende: Peter Jackson (Foreword), Hanif Kureishi (Introduction) und John Harris (edited the transcripts of the conversations) / Verlag: Apple Corps, Großbritannien und Callaway Arts and Entertainment, USA / ISBN: 978-0-935112-96-2.

Gebundenes Buch / Format 30,2 cm x 25,4 cm / 240 Seiten / mehr als 200 Fotos / englischsprachig.

Inhalt: Foreword by Peter Jackson / Introduction – All You Need by Hanif Kureishi / Dramatis Personae / Act One – Twickenham Film Studios: Thursday 2 January 1969, Friday 3 January 1969, Monday 6 January 1969, Tuesday 7 January 1969, Wednesday 8 January 1969, Thursday 9 January 1969, Friday 10 January 1969, Monday 13 January 1969, Tuesday 14 January 1969, Thursday 16 January 1969 / Act Two – Apple Studios: Tuesday 21 January 1969, Wednesday 2 January 1969, Thursday 23 January 1969, Friday 24 January 1969, Saturday 25 January 1969, Sunday 26 January 1969, Monday 27 January 1969, Tuesday 28 January 1969, Wednesday 29 January 1969 / Act Three – The Rooftop: Thursday 30 January 1969 / Apple Studios: Friday 31 January 1969; Afterword – What Happened Next / Song Credits / Credits.

Rainer Moers, THINGS: Hervorragend! Fotos und Dialoge (mehr als im 1970er Buch THE BEATLES – GET BACK) sind chronologisch geordnet, also den entsprechenden Studiotagen zugeordnet. Ich habe versucht, auf den Fotos die Kleidung und Accessoires der einzelnen Beatles zu vergleichen – und die Fotos scheinen richtig eingeordnet zu sein. Bildunterschriften fehlen, jedoch werden (fast) alle abgebildeten Personen im Kapitel  „Dramatis Personae“ vorgestellt und das genaue Datum ergibt sich durch die Einordnung.

Pressetext (deutsch):

Das erste offizielle Buch der Beates seit 20 Jahren!

Worauf alle Fans seit 20 Jahren warten: Das musikalische Weltereignis des Jahres! / Das Buch zur großen Kino-Dokumentation GET BACK von Peter Jackson. / Hochqualitative Ausstattung, großes Format, bestechende Bilder. / Mit einem Vorwort von Peter Jackson und einer Einführung von Hanif Kureishi. / 50 Jahre nach LET IT BE – die Dokumentation der legendären Sessions in Text und Bild

Dieses großformatige und hochqualitativ ausgestattete Buch begleitet die Beatles bei ihren Studio-Sessions im Januar 1969, bei denen das letzte, legendäre Album LET IT BE entstand.

Mit bislang unveröffentlichten Fotos, Transkripten ihrer Gespräche und Stills aus den remasterten Filmaufnahmen, die damals gemacht wurden, lässt es uns die jungen John, Paul, Ringo und George so nah und lebendig erleben, wie selten zuvor. Und so werden aus den Legenden wieder vier einfache Jungs, die miteinander Spaß haben, ihrer Kreativität freien Lauf lassen und dabei doch Geschichte schreiben.

Ein echtes internationales Ereignis und ein Must-Have für alle Beatles-Fans!

Pressetext (english):

The most anticipated book in more than a decade by the legendary band, THE BEATLES – GET BACK is the official account of the creation of their final album, LET IT BE, told in the Beatles’ own words, illustrated with hundreds of previously unpublished images, including photos by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney. Half a century after the 1970 LET IT BE album and film, this milestone book coincides with the global release of Peter Jackson’s documentary feature film, THE BEATLES – GET BACK.

The book opens in January 1969, the beginning of the Beatles’ last year as a band. THE BEATLES (THE WHITE ALBUM) is at number one in the charts and the foursome gather in London for a new project. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and then at their own brand-new Apple Studios, with cameras and tape recorders documenting every day’s work and conversations, the band rehearse a huge number of songs, culminating in their final concert, which famously takes place on the rooftop of their own office building, bringing central London to a halt.

THE BEATLES – GET BACK tells the story of those sessions through transcripts of the band’s candid conversations. Drawing on over 120 hours of sound recordings, leading music writer John Harris edits the richly captivating text to give us a fly-on-the-wall experience of being there in the studios. These sessions come vividly to life through hundreds of unpublished, extraordinary images by two photographers who had special access to their sessions: Ethan A. Russell and Linda Eastman (who married Paul McCartney two months later). Also included are many unseen high-resolution film-frames, selected from the 55 hours of restored footage from which Peter Jackson’s documentary is also drawn.

Legend has it that these sessions were a grim time for a band falling apart. However, as acclaimed novelist Hanif Kureishi writes in his introduction. „In fact this was a productive time for them, when they created some of their best work. And it is here that we have the privilege of witnessing their early drafts, the mistakes, the drift and digressions, the boredom, the excitement, joyous jamming and sudden breakthroughs that led to the work we now know and admire.“ Half a century after their final performance, this book completes the story of the creative genius, timeless music, and inspiring legacy of the Beatles.

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