A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE ALBUM (ROOM 212)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE ALBUM (ROOM 212)
The roller coaster ride continued at breakneck speed for the Beatles and within a week of their return from a tour of Europe, Asia and Australia, they were present at the premiere of their new film “A Hard Day’s Night” at the London Pavilion in July 6th 1964. The traffic stopped around Piccadilly Circus and Princess Margaret attended the premiere, which was a charity event for The Variety Club of Great Britain. The film was favourably received by the critics and it was a smash hit at the box office. The success of the film took everybody by surprise. Originally used as a vehicle to cash in on their UK national fame, it was shot entirely in black and white, with a minuscule budget, in a period of weeks. From the initial approach in autumn 1963 to its subsequent production and release in summer 1964, many things had happened least of all the storming of The United States where they had become “Bigger than Elvis”! If this phenomenon had been foreseen, the film undoubtedly would have been shot in full color. However, that certainly was a blessing in disguise as the film in black and white had a distinctive feel to it, painting a picture of youth, exuberance and hope against a background of post war austerity and British Establishment. The Beatles were about to bring great changes to music, fashion, art, style, attitude and tastes and it is fitting that they were to emerge from a grey industrial background and transform the world into a psychedelic mixture of optimism and vibrant coloor. It was indeed almost as if the Beatles themselves had invented color… and in A Hard Days Night we see where they came from.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE ALBUM (ROOM 212)
The roller coaster ride continued at breakneck speed for the Beatles and within a week of their return from a tour of Europe, Asia and Australia, they were present at the premiere of their new film “A Hard Day’s Night” at the London Pavilion in July 6th 1964. The traffic stopped around Piccadilly Circus and Princess Margaret attended the premiere, which was a charity event for The Variety Club of Great Britain. The film was favourably received by the critics and it was a smash hit at the box office. The success of the film took everybody by surprise. Originally used as a vehicle to cash in on their UK national fame, it was shot entirely in black and white, with a minuscule budget, in a period of weeks. From the initial approach in autumn 1963 to its subsequent production and release in summer 1964, many things had happened least of all the storming of The United States where they had become “Bigger than Elvis”! If this phenomenon had been foreseen, the film undoubtedly would have been shot in full color. However, that certainly was a blessing in disguise as the film in black and white had a distinctive feel to it, painting a picture of youth, exuberance and hope against a background of post war austerity and British Establishment. The Beatles were about to bring great changes to music, fashion, art, style, attitude and tastes and it is fitting that they were to emerge from a grey industrial background and transform the world into a psychedelic mixture of optimism and vibrant coloor. It was indeed almost as if the Beatles themselves had invented color… and in A Hard Days Night we see where they came from.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE ALBUM (ROOM 212)
The roller coaster ride continued at breakneck speed for the Beatles and within a week of their return from a tour of Europe, Asia and Australia, they were present at the premiere of their new film “A Hard Day’s Night” at the London Pavilion in July 6th 1964. The traffic stopped around Piccadilly Circus and Princess Margaret attended the premiere, which was a charity event for The Variety Club of Great Britain. The film was favourably received by the critics and it was a smash hit at the box office. The success of the film took everybody by surprise. Originally used as a vehicle to cash in on their UK national fame, it was shot entirely in black and white, with a minuscule budget, in a period of weeks. From the initial approach in autumn 1963 to its subsequent production and release in summer 1964, many things had happened least of all the storming of The United States where they had become “Bigger than Elvis”! If this phenomenon had been foreseen, the film undoubtedly would have been shot in full color. However, that certainly was a blessing in disguise as the film in black and white had a distinctive feel to it, painting a picture of youth, exuberance and hope against a background of post war austerity and British Establishment. The Beatles were about to bring great changes to music, fashion, art, style, attitude and tastes and it is fitting that they were to emerge from a grey industrial background and transform the world into a psychedelic mixture of optimism and vibrant coloor. It was indeed almost as if the Beatles themselves had invented color… and in A Hard Days Night we see where they came from.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON