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Tom Murray
In the midst of recording their next record "The White Album" The Beatles chose to stage their photo-shoot as a Mad Day Out, photographed at random locations in London, on Sunday July 28th 1968. Veteran War photographer Don McCullin was brought in to act as primary camerman. He asked Tom Murray , an associate of his from the Sunday Times to help out as he had photographed bands before, however Murray had no knowledge as to who or what the project was. "We arrived at this old church which was a rehearsal studio. I heard someone playing Lady Madonna inside, but thought nothing of it. I walked through the door and there's Paul McCartney playing it at the piano! George and Ringo were at one side drinking tea, and in the other corner were John and Yoko. I turned to Don quite flabbergasted and asked, "Is this the band?" "Oh yes" he said, "did I forget to mention.....?" "I couldn't believe my luck!"
Alongside McCullin, Murray was one of the select few people given carte blance to photograph the Beatles in 1968, a year when they kept themselves away from the photographers as much as possible.
The day after the shoot, The Beatles recorded Hey Jude. Tom's two rolls of film were processed and printed, and then incredibly, stored away for almost thirty years.
In 1998 Tom Murray held an exhibition of his surviving photographs of The Beatles. The photographs were viewed for the first time since they were taken.
Each image in this collection is an exclusive UK Giclee edition, limited to 195 pieces. Each piece is individually numbered and hand signed by Tom Murray
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