A MUST-HAVE BOOK!!!
THE PHOTOGRAPHS & THE STORY OF THE BUTTERFLY EMERGING FROM THE 5-YEAR COCOON: (CHRYSALIS)
Here is the cover of the new title:
Hear the authors discuss the new book on this fine Tell Me Why podcast
Tell Me Why #32 with Roger Farrington and Ken Womack
Publishing Detail:
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Pages: 164
Illustrations: 11 color and 46 B-W images
Ordering Information:
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/bucknell/starting-over-with-john-and-yoko/9781978844797
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS/BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publisher’s description of the book:
“This is one to linger over.” —Publishers Weekly
On August 7, 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made their triumphant return to the recording studio after a self-imposed five-year absence. Roger Farrington, an up-and-coming photographer from Boston, was hired to get “the shot” that would announce their comeback. It would be Lennon’s most intense press scrutiny since the heady days of the Beatles’ maiden voyage to America in 1964, and for Farrington, it would be the assignment of a lifetime. Just four months later, Lennon’s assassination would plunge the world into mourning.
Reproducing, for the first time, the entire run of Farrington’s iconic photographs from that day, Starting Over transports readers back to 1980 and into Manhattan’s Hit Factory, where Lennon and Ono recorded their acclaimed LP Double Fantasy. With supporting photos and other ephemera, Farrington and renowned Beatles historian Kenneth Womack capture a poignant moment in music history and provide an insider’s look at celebrity photography in the pre-digital age.
Some personal commentary:
Not only is this book going to be a welcome addition to any Lennon or Beatles fan’s library, but I have also purchased a Harrington print, and I will treasure that print always. It is a beautiful photograph of John standing in the studio rehearsing with his unique Sardonyx guitar. Roger is a serious and meticulous photographer who takes his work very seriously, including these photographs that preserve an important event in musical history, the butterfly emerging from the cocoon!!!
The icing on the cake is we have the most prolific Beatles book author, Kenneth Womack creating the text of Roger’s stories. A great combination and one you should NOT miss out on.
Once again here is the link to order this must-have book!!!
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/bucknell/starting-over-with-john-and-yoko/9781978844797
Be healthy and be happy!
Buzz
