The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966

Recommended,its a great book

Sehr schöne Bilder ! Die Beste Zeit der Stones ,, entspannte und natürliche Bilder ..! Kann ich nur empfehlen !

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These photographs fill in a relatively blank spot, specifically rare studio shots taken at Chess in Chicago and RCA studios Hollywood, in the history of the band. These chronicle the period during the Brian Jones years when the Rolling Stones where being discovered by America, and the Stones were in turn conquering America. After a first fairly uneventful and discouraging initial tour, they came back to the States to establish themselves as a top draw on the concert circuit, and record some of the best music ever made by any English band in U.S. studios, most famously Chess in Chicago and RCA Hollywood. These photographs are a valuable document of this period in the band's storied run as the world's greatest rock and roll band. These were taken during the creative peak of a stunning run of singles, and a band that also made great albums. By all accounts, the chemistry of the band was such that they all got on well with each other, and were united as one to play the music that they loved, re-interpreting R&B classics, and subsequently create some great original music of their own design. This is the Golden Age of the original Rolling Stones, when Brian Jones, the founding member and leader of the band at the peak of his powers, before the egos and drugs and fame took their toll on the band, ultimately changing them forever. Some of these photos are great fly on the wall shots of the Stones in action in the studios. These should have been made available long ago, but they have proven to be worth the wait after all these years! For true Rolling Stones fans, this collection of photographs is a must have!

Bob Bonis was the Stones' US tour manager from '64-'66, affording him the kind of intimate, access-all-areas relationship with the band which most of the press could only dream of. He was also an avid amateur photographer who amassed an incredible 2,700 pictures of the group during the first flush of its success.Bonis was keen to avoid exploiting the Stones and sanctioned only a few of his images for commercial use in contemporary teen magazines. When his association with the band ended he selected some personal favourites to place on the wall of his study before storing the slides and negatives in a duffel bag, where they remained until his death in 1992.Now, in conjunction with Bonis' son Alex and rock auctioneer Larry Marion, this wonderful treasure trove of previously unseen images has finally been made available. Rest assured, this is not a hastily-assembled hodgepodge of snapshots or blurry Polaroids. Bonis shot with a Leica M3 and the images, mostly black-and-white, are all high-quality. He was a fantastic photographer whose passion and skill behind the lens are evident throughout. Many of these images stand proudly alongside iconic shots from the same period by Bent Rej and Gered Mankowitz.The Stones are captured on the cusp of US success in '64 at the legendary T.A.M.I. show, recording at Chess studios, and later in '65 when they were about to commence a thrilling run of classic singles, working flat-out but clearly loving every minute of it. As the Stones' tour manager, Bonis was able to select any vantage point he desired during the shows and the live images presented here are thrilling, particularly those of Jagger on the rioutous tour of West Germany in September '65, where the energy of his performance explodes from the page.Bonis also captured many quieter moments, which are among the best photographs in this book. There are particularly wonderful studies of Charlie Watts sitting alone backstage, and of Brian Jones at his resplendent Little Lord Fauntleroy best. One photograph of Jagger posing with an executive's little besuited son is worthy of Diane Arbus in its unsettling weirdness. Some studio highlights are the recording sessions for `Time Is On My Side', `Get Off Of My Cloud' and the `Aftermath' album.The print quality is wonderful and the images and text are well-presented. Happily, almost all of the book's 266 pages are devoted to the photographs.I would recommend this wonderful collection to any Stones fan. For once, we are presented with a supposed "holy grail" of rock photographs which more than exceed the hype. I would urge anyone to grab a copy of this whilst it's still in hardback, and at such a good price. I now cannot wait to see Bonis'  The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966  ! The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966