Name: 1964: Eyes of the Storm
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Author: Paul McCartney
ISBN: 9781324093060

Type

Physical Book

Author

Paul McCartney

Introduction by

Jill Lepore

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781324093060

Synopsis "1964: Eyes of the Storm "

Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history. Featuring 275 images from the six cities--Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami--of these legendary months, 1964: Eyes of the Storm also includes: - A personal foreword in which McCartney recalls the pandemonium of British concert halls, followed by the hysteria that greeted the band on its first American visit- Candid recollections preceding each city portfolio that form an autobiographical account of the period McCartney remembers as the "Eyes of the Storm," plus a coda with subsequent events in 1964- "Beatleland," an essay by Harvard historian and New Yorker essayist Jill Lepore, describing how The Beatles became the first truly global mass culture phenomenonHandsomely designed, 1964: Eyes of the Storm creates an intensely dramatic record of The Beatles' first transatlantic trip, documenting the radical shift in youth culture that crystallized in 1964."You could hold your camera up to the world, in 1964. But what madness would you capture, what beauty, what joy, what fury?" --Jill Lepore

Paul McCartney

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Sir James Paul McCartney es un músico, compositor y escritor británico cuya trayectoria lo convirtió en una de las figuras más influyentes del siglo XX. Además de su papel histórico en la música, ha desarrollado una producción literaria verificada que incluye Blackbird Singing, una recopilación de poemas y letras seleccionadas, junto con sus libros infantiles Hey Grandude! y Grandude’s Green Submarine, donde combina humor y ternura con su sensibilidad artística característica.

A lo largo de su carrera ha recibido numerosos premios, incluidos múltiples Grammy y distinciones internacionales que celebran su impacto creativo. Aunque no es el autor del libro Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, sí ha inspirado numerosas obras y estudios sobre su legado. En sus propios libros, McCartney muestra una voz íntima y curiosa, alejada de la figura icónica, explorando recuerdos, imaginación y la necesidad de contar historias con un toque lúdico.

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