Hamburg Days
The untold story: photos by Astrid Kirchherr & artwork by Klaus Voormann
Astrid Kirchherr, Klaus Voormann
£325.00
- ISBN: 0904351734
- Collector edition: 2250 copies
- Other Editions: Deluxe
Signed by: Astrid Kirchherr, Klaus Voormann
Contributors: George Harrison
Paper: 200 gsm matt art paper, with trace-paper leaves and coloured wraps.
Binding: Quarter-bound in cloth with lithographed front and rear boards.
Box: A lithographed solander box, complete with metal name plate, houses both volumes.
Web Links:
Astrid Kirchherr on Wikipedia
www.klaus-voormann.com
A signed, two-volume, limited edition set, Hamburg Days presents The Beatles as seen through the photographs of Astrid Kirchherr and the art of Klaus Voormann – with a Foreword by George Harrison. Hamburg Days is Voormann and Kirchherr's memoir of the days they spent with The Beatles, 1960-63.
It's really good to see Astrid's
great photos, and Klaus's new paintings put together in one set of books
– with all the usual care from Genesis. – George Harrison
Few can say they were the first to hear The Beatles play live in the basement of the Kaiserkeller. In Hamburg's nightclubs small audiences rocked to The Beatles' raw sound long before it blazed a trail across the world. An array of newly-commissioned artworks and recollections – over 80,000 words and more than 250 photographs, watercolours, drawings and paintings – bring to life the years when Kirchherr, Voormann and the young Liverpool lads first met in Germany.
When not in the clubs, they would eat together in favourite haunts, engage in conversation, roam the streets through the early hours, and travel together, to the North Sea and later, Tenerife. In his Foreword George Harrison tells what made these formative years so special: a time Astrid photographed, producing an archive of unsurpassed images of The Beatles seen here in its entirety...
Klaus was part of a group of The Beatles' friends in Hamburg. Now he has made some 'memory drawings' of our Hamburg days which are not only beautiful drawings in themselves, but which capture the spirit of the times. The really good thing about Klaus, his drawings, and this book, however, is that - unlike many other people – he was actually there! – Paul McCartney
This is my second Genesis book – the first one is Concert for George – and I have just one thing to say: what great work you do. The book is absolutely amazing, a book made with love. – Ricardo, Subscriber, Brazil
- Page size: 342mm x 250mm
- 300 pages
- 80000 words
- 250 images
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