The Beatles Unseen - Hardcover

Stunning...Keith [Badman] has a way with words and, as many of our readers will know from his past BEATLES works, an eye for detail that is second to none. (BEATLESDAYS.COM)

...[a] fascinating book. Dip in, and you'll find pictures of John as a sweet-faced schoolboy and Ringo as a Butlins Redcoat; from cheesy shots taken on tour in Sunderland, Blackpool and Dundee...This vivid portrait is completed by a clutch of previously unseen pictures - some taken by fans - including holiday snaps of the boys and their wives. Full of youth, hope and life, it is a genuinely poignant documentary in light of how messily it all ended. (YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY (30.10.05))

There is... much worth poring over... these photographs speak volumes. (Q MAGAZINE (December issue))

Dipping into select moments of the band's lives, recording moments on and off duty - many of which are often awkward, unprepared and with varying levels of competence - only adds to the compelling nature of the book. It does actually feel like you're gaining a real insider's peep and THE BEATLES UNSEEN offers probably the only view of the quarter hitherto unviewed. And whether you're a fanatic, a collector or a curious voyeur, it is well worth a look. (Mark Robertson THE LIST (3.11.05))

...a touching collection of previously unpublished photos taken mainly by fans, family and friends...they offer a fresh perspective on a familiary tale. This is a lavishly-produced 360 pager which completists and casual fans alike will be happy to find on their coffee tables this Christmas. (Alan Lewis RECORD COLLECTOR (January 2006))

Mark Hayward has long collected photographs and has built up a comprehensive collection of Beatles images, from early photographs of John as a small schoolboy to the last photograph taken before he was shot. Other material includes early photographs from 1962 of Ringo as a Butlins Redcoat and playing with Rory Storm, the Australian tour of 1964 when Ringo was replaced by Jimmy Nicol, many of the 1964 tour locations including Sunderland, Blackpool and Dundee, Germany in 1966, colour photographs from the Mad Day Out taken during the filming of the Magical Mystery Tour in Cornwall, the filming of the 'Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields For Ever' video, filming 'A Hard Day's Night', early photographs of sitar lessons in India before their Ashram phase, Ringo and John on holiday together with their wives, and a host of other unseen images of 'the greatest band on earth' at work and at play.