Weird. You’d think there would be a slew of new rock books arriving just in time for Father’s Day. But you’d be wrong, apparently. There are only a trio of tomes on the way, and two of them are Beatles photo collections. Go figure. Here’s the deal:
Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion
By Steve Turner & Adem Tepedelen
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Steve Turner and his friends — Seattle skate punks, hardcore kids, and assorted misfits — started forming bands in each other’s basements and accidentally created a unique sound that spread far beyond their once-sleepy city. Mud Ride offers an inside look at the tight-knit grunge scene, the musical influences and experiments that shaped the grunge sound, and the story of Turner’s bands, Green River and Mudhoney, which went from underground flophouse shows to selling out stadiums with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Including stories about the key moments, musicians, and albums from grunge’s beginnings to its come-down from the highs of global success and stardom, this is the first account of the musical phenomenon that took over the world from someone who was there for it all. Mud Ride features a foreword by Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and never-before-seen photographs and grunge memorabilia throughout. Take a seat and ride through the messy and muddy grunge scene that grew from the basements of the Northwest and went on to circle the globe.”
1964: Eyes Of The Storm
By Paul McCartney
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “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, plus a coda with subsequent events in 1964; and Beatleland, an essay by Harvard historian and New Yorker essayist Jill Lepore, describing how The Beatles became the first truly global mass culture phenomenon. Handsomely 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.”
The Beatles by Terry O’Neill: The Definitive Collection
By Terry O’Neill
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Please Please Me, The Beatles’ first studio album, with rare and never-before-seen photographs of The Fab Four by legendary British photographer Terry O’Neill, from their early days in Liverpool through their prolific solo careers. This one-of-a-kind book also features exclusive interviews and profiles of the band, as well as commentary from O’Neill and notes and annotations from renowned art curator Terrence Pepper. The Beatles By Terry O’Neill includes hundreds of gorgeous photographs — many of them previously thought to be lost or never before seen — from their earliest recording sessions and backstage shots to portraits at the height of Beatlemania. In addition, candid shots of their post-Beatles lives throughout the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s give an insider’s view into their personal lives. Whether feeling like you’re backstage at one of their first stadium concerts to being a guest of Paul playing piano at Ringo’s wedding or part of the photography team from a 1991 portrait session with George Harrison, this collection of spectacular photography is a treasure trove for any Beatles fan.”
