The Beatles: One Night Stand in the Heartland
by Bill Carlson
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Author: Bill CarlsonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-16
ISBN: 1581825900
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Book Reviews of The Beatles: One Night Stand in the Heartland
Book Review: NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE!
Summary: 5 Stars
For those of us too young to have attended a Beatles concert, or for those who did but want to relive those days, Cumberland House Publishing has released "The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland". This is the story of the Beatles trip to Minnesota on August 21, 1965, for a concert at old Metropolitan Stadium. The story is told through the reminiscences of those wide-eyed teenagers who attended the show that balmy evening, and through the recollections of concert promoters, local radio personalities, and others involved in the one-day event. This was the peak of Beatlemania. Everywhere they toured, throngs of fans turned out to see their plane land as they greeted them with exuberant screams and Minneapolis was certainly no different. The book is also, and primarily told through the lens of photographer Bill Carlson. Carlson, just a high school student himself at the time, was an aspiring photographer and apprentice to the renowned Merle Morris.
Carlson's remarkable, and beautiful photography traces the Beatles trip every step of the way...from their landing at Wold Chamberlain Airport, to their meet and greet press conference, to their big outdoor concert. The photos from the airport truly bring home the resounding sense of awe The Beatles inspired not only in their fans, but in the general public as well. Even old Eisenhower Republicans were curious about these four young men from England. You see the girls pressed up against the chain-link fence, waiting to catch a glimpse of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as they made their departure from their chartered Electra airplane. Four thousand fans mobbed the airport that day. A great picture shows five security guards leaning against a car, seemingly befuddled as to what all the fuss was about.
Beatles press conferences were always lively events and the boys' reputations for playfulness and sarcasm was on full display in Minnesota. Included in the book are various excerpts from the news conference as well as local newspaper stories. You cannot help but laugh and you can't blame the Beatles for being sarcastic when asked questions such as "Is your hair real?" or "How do you sleep with your hair that long?" Priceless! But the boys handled it all in stride; I guess by this time they had heard every dumb question and rumor under the sun. One of the more interesting anecdotes in the book was Ringo's interest in the Minnesota Twins. He even got the Twins equipment manager to supply the boys with some team baseball caps.
It's quite apparent when looking at Carlson's photos that the Beatles were still having a good time touring. Even in the face of endless questions and travel, they have bright smiles on their faces and seem very happy. It's also quite apparent how much of an impact this show had on the people who attended. Over forty years later, they seem to remember it like it was yesterday. They can tell you where they sat and about the entire atmosphere of the show, including being warned about not rushing the stage. They all have their unique tales to tell about their one-night stand with the Fab Four.
This is a gorgeous book. Carlson's photography brings this lost era of innocence alive again for the legions of Beatles fans, young and old. Truly the next best thing to having been there yourself!
REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON
Summary of The Beatles: One Night Stand in the Heartland
The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland is a collection of original, previously unpublished photographs from August 21, 1965. As such it adds a new chapter to the Beatles' story. In it, Bill Carlson brings to Beatles fans, photography aficionados, and history buffs more than 160 never-before-published photographs that document one day in the life of the Beatles on tour.The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland brings together strands from many remarkable stories. First, there is the story of the Beatles themselves as phenomenal artists who changed music and culture forever. Second, Bill Carlson tells his own impressive story of how he interacted with the Beatles on that one day. And third, the 25,000 or more screaming, shouting, cheering, swooning, clapping, crying, and singing Minnesotans who were transformed by what they experienced that day.
While a high school student, Carlson apprenticed with the prestigious photographer Merle Morris. When the press passes for the Beatles' day in Minneapolis came through, he grabbed one, picked up his Hasselblad and Nikon cameras, and headed out to Met Stadium, where the Minnesota Twins and Vikings performed and where the Mall of America now stands. He went not so much as a Beatles fan but as a photography-hungry youth determined to seize every opportunity to learn and perfect his art.
His images show the public faces of the Beatles at their press conference at the stadium as they expertly pose and trade quips with reporters. They show the fans, who look so young, hardly even teenagers, putting Minnesota youth on the same footing as those in London and New York. They also show the more familiar scenes of Beatlemania, and his long shots of the concert stage recall that security was so strict that even photographers were banned from the field.
There are other books by Beatles photographers, including The Beatles: A Private View (2003) by Robert Freeman, who photographed many album covers for the group, and Once There Was a Way (2003) by Harry Benson, who photographed them on tour from Paris to Miami. But there is no other book like this that documents one day, one concert, one place. It was a day that brought high fun and high art to the Twin Cities and changed many Beatles fans forever.
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