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‘Paul’ is a new McCartney book from Taschen featuring the photos of Harry Benson

Luxury photo book limited to 600 copies

By Paul Sinclair

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'Paul' new Taschen book with photos by Harry Benson

Renowned art book giant Taschen will at the end of this month publish Paul, a photo book featuring images of Paul McCartney as captured through the lens of photojournalist Harry Benson.

The 172-page book features over 100 black-and-white and colour images, many never seen before, and they span the decades, with Paul captured on The Beatles‘ 1964 US tour, behind-the-scenes and on stage during the Wings Over America tour, on the Queen Mary for the launch party of the Venus and Mars album and at home with Linda in the early 1990s.

Paul on the piano in the early days of The Beatles

This is a deluxe ‘XL’ hardcover edition which comes in a bespoke acrylic box. The exact dimensions are 26.9 x 37.3 cm. It weighs over 5kg.

The limited collector’s edition of 600 are each numbered and signed by Harry Benson. They are priced at £600 each and published on 5 July 2021 (was 30 June). The two very expensive art editions, which come with a signed print, have already sold out, although you can put yourself on the waiting list, should any more become available.

Candid behind-the-scenes photography
Venus and Mars are alright tonight: Paul and Linda
Signed and numbered by Harry Benson
Paul comes in a bespoke outer acrylic box

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12 thoughts on “‘Paul’ is a new McCartney book from Taschen featuring the photos of Harry Benson”

  1. Bought Depeche Mode ‘Monument’ for £45.

    Pretty much perfect in terms of research and content.

    More interested in the book releases which concentrate on discographies / sleeves (Hipgnosis / Peter Saville) or of unreleased, withdrawn or limited editions etc.

    These are, in my opinion, better than pages of DM ‘trying to look like hard guys’ or Sir Paul in at taxi / carpet.

  3. I hear what some people are saying, too much clutter etc, but some things you have to buy!!. Taschen pretty much do an amazing job of whatever they do in my experience & the Depeche Mode / Anton Corbijn Taschen book is a stunner. Expensive yes, but the size of it, quality of presentation, you can tell it was made with love!

  4. I can’t speak for everyone but at my age (mid 50s) adding to the clutter with another book doesn’t make a lot of sense. I am headed in exactly the other direction by reducing my foot print year out.

    1. I’ve now clocked 51…
      Still buying SDEs I can’t afford and no space for,,, but there is a strategy:
      Plenty of material to build a raft as the seas rise. Shards of discs as weapons to fight over remaining resources.

      Honestly, the bean counters must be wondering who their future customers are.

    2. Yes mate understand I went to see Harry’s show in Kelvin grove a bit back,, very good but iv seen his pics. Don’t really want a overpriced book to sit on a shelf gathering dust

  5. On the other hand, how many weeks until “Get Back” hits theatres? I wonder what companion physical releases will hit us at that time? DVDs, Books, SDEs….???

    1. Maybe it’s debut on Disney+ will dent companion releases since debuting on a streaming platform isn’t as much of an ‘event’ as a full on theatrical release followed by dvd/blu-ray then a streaming release much further down the line – where they get to market it multiple times alongside each release format.

  6. Bad timing: (solo) Beatles fans are more likely than not financially exhausted at the moment. All things Must Pass, possibly Let It Be coming, Paul McCartney’s lyric book later this year, and who knows another Deluxe edition? Furthermore, £ 600 is a surprisingly high price; it’s not as if it is signed by Paul himself. It must be the price of acryllic these days …

      1. They usually release a non-signed/non-limited version eventually (for the reduced cost this is also usually smaller in size too & not in the XL format)

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