A Book of Extraordinary and Unseen Images from the Early Years of the Stones Submitted By: Hamlyn Friday, 26 May 2006

A book of extraordinary and unseen images from the early years of the Stones Submitted by: Hamlyn Friday, 26 May 2006

Mitchell Beazley Press Release IN THE BEGINNING THE ROLLING STONES Photographs by Bent Rej Foreword by Bill Wyman PUBLISHED: 17th AUGUST 2006 PRICE: £40.00 “The finest single collection of Stones photographs I have ever seen.” Bill Wyman In the early 1960s a young band with a remarkable future were setting out on their path to stardom. In 1962 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones formed the band The Rolling Stones, a year later to be joined by Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Over the next few years, the band became Britain’s rising stars of rock and roll scene and the anti-heroes to the emerging fresh-faces of the Beatles. From March 1965 to May 1966, a young Danish photographer called Bent Rej experienced unique and intimate access to this up and coming new young band. He became one of the band’s trusted inner circle and accompanied them on their first European outing: the “Satisfaction” tour. During his time in their company as a friend and documenter, Bent Rej captured the band in all their guises: at home, on tour, writing songs, on stage and in their private life. This extraordinary book brings together for the very first time Bent Rej’s unique collection of 300 intimate and iconic of this charismatic young band on the brink of stardom. For over forty years this astonishing collection of images has been hidden from view – with only a few ever to have been published. Published to coincide with the culmination of the BIgger Bang European tour, In the Beginning provides an illuminating visual document of a musical phenomenon and a cultural snapshot. Between the pages of this extraordinary tome are images of: •Brian Jones at home in front of his record player •Keith Richards posturing as Adolf Hitler •Bill Wyman grabbing a snack between gigs •Mick Jagger and Brian Jones arm-wrestling •the moment in a Denmark show when both Bill and Mick received an electric shock of 220 volts

Page 1 In the Beginning is a unique and intimate record of The Rolling Stones in their early years. It shows the band revelling in the first fruits of popular success, blissfully unaware of what the exciting future will hold. Danish news photographer Bent Rej specialized in show business and rock and roll subjects during the heyday of the Swinging Sixties. Throughout that time he worked all over Europe capturing iconic images of the most important figures of the day. To discuss featuring this book please contact Fiona Smith on Tel: 0207 531 8489 or email [email protected]

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