Above, the cover of the book. Above, one of the splendid shots of Maria Vittoria Backhaus who illustrate it.
On June 24, 60 years ago the Beatles landed in Italy For their only time and that day he changed our music, as the subtitle of As a together (Rizzoli), that Marino Bartoletti signs four hands with the photographer Maria Vittoria Backhaus.
«It was a real Big Bang, because in Italy nobody had ever seen, but it could not even imagine, a phenomenon like that of the Beatles. Apart from the case of Modugno with Flywe Italians were as dozes. With all the good I want at the Sanremo Festival, I remember that year he won If you cry, if you laugh of Bobby alone and second came The hills are in bloom by Wilma Goich. They were serene years but also with little creativity apart from isolated karst phenomena such as Gino Paoli, Sergio Endrigo, Luigi Tenco ».
In the text there is a portrait of Italy of the time, which seemed firm to a previous era.
“The Beatles did not” deserve “, as the heavy comments of the intellectuals of the time confirmed, the boycott of the Rai who did not transmit the concert and said nothing in the news, and the public radio, the only existing, who did not transmit their records. But now the wind spiracked strong and – after – everyone realized ».
The book that bears a double signature, the co -author is the photographer Maria Vittoria Backhaus.
«She and her photos are the real reason that they pushed me to write the book. When the publisher contacted me I was a little reluctant to accept, despite the intriguing topic for me, when they showed me his photos of the event I definitively convinced myself ».
And tonight at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan a band made up of several musicians will perform the entire 1965 concert and then a series of covers of the Beatles.
