DELUXE HAMBURG DAYS SIGNED BY GEORGE HARRSION BEATLES
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This is a great Hamburg days signed by George Harrison, this is the very rare deluxe version, these never come up for sale & is the first one I've seen since it's release in 1999 !
Hamburg days, the untold story, with unseen imagery by Astrid Kirchherr & Klaus Voorman with foreward by George Harrison, this was released in August 1999 by the famous Genesis publications, this is number 142 of only 250 deluxe copies made worldwide. These large coffee table size books are in excellent condition.
Here is some text regarding this book on Genesis' website :
Carefully crafted throughout the Nineties, this exceptional boxed set presents an unprecedented array of artwork and recollections: some 80,000 words and over 250 photographs, watercolours, drawings and paintings bring to life the years when Astrid Kirchherr, Klaus Voormann and the young Liverpool lads first met. When not in the clubs, they would eat together in their favourite haunts, engage one another in conversation, roam the streets through the early hours, and even travel together, to the North Sea and later to Tenerife. In his Foreword George Harrison explains what made these formative years so special: a time which Astrid photographed, producing an archive of unsurpassed images seen here in its entirety; including ones previously unpublished and others rarely seen before.
In Hamburg Klaus began his music career by playing bass for The Beatles. He would later perform on George's, John's, and Ringo's solo albums, and join the Plastic Ono band. In more recent times, the era inspired Klaus to begin a new artistic project. Most will know his work (through the classic album covers for Revolver and The Beatles Anthology) but Hamburg Days presents a brand-new collection of drawings and paintings recording events throughout The Beatles' climb from the Kaiserkeller to the Star-Club.
Since all the locations featured in Hamburg Days had long ago been destroyed, Klaus was faced with the task of reconstructing historic scenes himself. Paul McCartney helped with this work by providing maps and memories. Once Klaus had gathered as much evidence as possible, he set about recreating the past with the aid of actors, movie sets and studio lighting. The results were captured in photographs and video footage, as the starting point for the execution of this remarkable set of photorealistic paintings - published in Hamburg Days for the very first time.
Now subscribers to this superb set of books will have the opportunity to see for themselves the Top Ten club where The Beatles take centre stage with Klaus on bass, Harald's Cafe where John falls asleep over breakfast, Paul detained in the cells at the Davidwache police station, George singing 'Roll Over Beethoven', Ringo behind the drums, and much more besides. Only Klaus - with his unique memories, artistic ability, and lasting friendship with The Beatles - could have brought these historic events back to life.Accompanying the revealing text of the 228-page first volume is the new artwork by Klaus Voormann - more than 200 original drawings, watercolours, paintings and pastels - and the complete collection of Astrid Kirchherr's Hamburg photographs. Many of these photographs are reproduced in hues of blue and sepia or in full-colour, while others remain in monochrome - all exquisitely printed in large format.
The 72-page second volume presents, complete with large folding plates, reproductions of the Hamburg Days paintings with associated artwork and commentary, printed in full-colour throughout.
Both large-format volumes are master-printed and image-varnished on 200 gsm matt art paper, with trace-paper leaves. Coloured wraps are also added to the main volume. The trimmed page size of both volumes is 342mm x 250mm. The Art Direction was overseen by Klaus Voormann.
Each volume of Hamburg Days is quarter-bound in rich Italian cloth with lithographed front and back boards. A lithographed solander box, complete with metal name plate, houses both volumes.
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