1964: Eyes of the Storm

1964: Eyes of the Storm

1964: Eyes of the Storm

1964: Eyes of the Storm

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Immerse yourself in the frenzy of Beatlemania with recently rediscovered photographs taken by Sir Paul McCartney from the end of 1963 to the beginning of 1964. McCartney’s personal account is vivid and intimate, a stunning behind-the-scenes account of an explosive moment in music history.

"Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget."—Paul McCartney

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 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.

"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


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781324093060
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 06/13/2023
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 10,059
Product dimensions: 9.90(w) x 11.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

About The Author

Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul McCartney was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at fourteen, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. He lives in England.

Jill Lepore is the David Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. She's also the host of the podcasts The Last Archive and Elon Musk. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, her many books include the international bestseller These Truths; If Then, longlisted for the National Book Award; and the audiobook Who Killed Truth?

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