New Prices: Now These Days Are Gone

When the renowned photojournalist Michael Peto died in 1970, he bequeathed an extraordinary archive of 130,000 prints and negatives to Scotland's University of Dundee. Decades later, while cataloguing his work, the University made a remarkable discovery – hundreds of previously unseen photographs captured during the making of The Beatles' second feature film, Help!

This week marks 60 years since The Beatles wrapped filming on Help! — heading straight to the studio that very same day to write and record the iconic title track.

In Now These Days Are Gone, Genesis proudly presents Michael Peto's intimate and candid photographs of The Beatles, offering a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of this pivotal moment in their career. Limited to only 2,500 copies worldwide, we will be increasing the price of this edition to £345 on the 1st of May. Secure your copy today with a £50 saving by clicking here.

The Manuscript

1965 was an incredibly important year for The Beatles. That summer Help! was not only the band's last feature film, it was their last stand as lovable mop-tops.

In October they would record Rubber Soul and begin a period of unprecedented musical and lyrical innovation that would change the face of popular music forever. It was the year The Beatles evolved from mere pop stars into the most important band in history, icons of the age.

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The Photography

Michael Peto's historic photographs capture The Beatles on the set of Help! at Twickenham Studios on Salisbury Plain, enjoying dinner at their Salisbury hotel, relaxing over tea and biscuits with their Help! co-stars, in the recording studio, and facing press the day their MBEs were announced to the world.

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'The many rolls Peto shot of The Beatles relaxing during breaks in filming Help! in 1965 did not even make it to picture editors' desks. The world can now see what the newspapers missed.' - The Independent