Remember: Recollections and Photographs of the Beatles

I have loved this book ever since I became a Beatles fan. It's the perfect book to buy if you are new to the lads or know them well. Michael was Paul's personal photographer throughout the early years. Inside this book you will find professional photos captioned with anecdotes of hilarious moments or things you may not know about the people pictured. It begins with childhood photos that his father had taken Paul and Michael, then we slowly see Michael take hold of the camera and watch as Paul grows up as you progress through the book. This book isn't ALL about Paul, you'll find pictures of their mother and father, and tons of random shots of himself, Pete Best, George, John, Brian Epstein, Uncle Albert (remember the song?), Auntie Gin (song "Let'em In"), Jane Asher, The Goons, Elton John, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and a few of and the earliest shots of Ringo before he trained his hair into a moptop. The best part about these photos is that he was there as the magic happened, for example a photo of Paul looking through a shop window at new italian-style boots that would soon become known as "beatle boots". George's first car (he was the first Beatle to get a car!) also gets a few photos, and also the proud moment of when he traded it in for a shiny new Jaguar. Michael was even invited backstage and to band parties, taking along his trusty camera to shoot some very in-the-moment photos. There are also photos of places like an overview of the city of Liverpool, the Pierhead, the Cavern Club, a Mersey riverboat, and overhead shot of their high school playground area. Michael was also an artist, he experimented with double exposures and silk-screening pictures, which shows up in this book as well. There are also pictures from the movie Help! that were deleted scenes from the film. Anyway, there is too much to mention about this book. I really suggest you pick this up for yourself, a friend, or anyone who is a fan of old photographs or the Beatles.

If you have ever visited Paul & Michael McCartney's teenage home is to walk away wanting to own copies of these priceless photographs of our heroes in their youth. The best photographic book on the early Beatles that I have ever seen.

This book is amazing. The pictures of the boys are historic and beautiful.Definatly worth it! The coolest part is that the pictures are used all the time and in all kinds of Bealtes stuff. I love it.