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| The sincere look on "Time" magazine |
Advertising the new "US Albums" boxed set, the photo of the Beatles in front of the stars and stripes flag is seen everywhere, these days. Here's one description we found:
"The Beatles pose with an American flag in a Paris photo studio prior to their first visit to the United States in January 1964". Or is it? Other sources say that the photo was taken in April 1964 during a photo call promotion ahead of the band's first American tour (in August). We don't know which is the correct description. Do you? And better still, who is the photographer?
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| The boxed set and sampler has a slightly more cheerful McCartney |
From the annals of time, here are some glimpses of the bigger picture - a step back if you prefer.
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| The same photo as on "Time", but not such a narrowly cropped one. |
Stepping even further back, here's another one.
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| Ringo has lightened up considerably, it seems! |
All photos in this post are © Copyright Apple Corps Ltd.
Update! Mystery solved: One of the readers, Stephane Fremon from France directed me to
this ebay listing of a collector's card from 1998 with the photo, and the back says that it was taken by Dezo Hoffmann. This gave me a clue, so I leafed through my copy of Hoffmann's book "With The Beatles". There, beside a small black and white reproduction of the photo, Hoffmann remembered having taken it immediately after they had heard the news about "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. So I guess these photos were taken some time between
having the pillow fight (Benson) and
Eppy wearing the chamber pot on his head.
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| Dezo Hoffmann's photo book |
