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Vatican newspaper pays tribute to books on Beatles, Rolling Stones

December 28, 2009

The December 25 edition of L’Osservatore Romano paid tribute to two new books devoted to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Mark Hayward’s The Beatles: On Camera, Off Guard 1963-69 and The Rolling Stones: On Camera, Off Guard 1963-69 contain photographs-- most of them previously unpublished-- of the bands.

The L’Osservatore Romano column was written by Giuseppe Fiorentino and Gaetano Vallini, who earlier this year commemorated the fortieth anniversary of the hippie film Easy Rider.

Source(s): these links will take you to other sites, in a new window.

• Giuseppe Fiorentino e Gaetano Vallini: I due gruppi storici «Colti nelle immagini più segrete 1963-69» dall'obiettivo di Mark Hayward: Non c'è mai stato un ragazzo che amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones (L’Osservatore Romano)
• The Beatles: On Camera, Off Guard 1963-69 (Amazon.com)
• The Rolling Stones: On Camera, Off Guard 1963-69 (Amazon.com)
• Rock memorabilia: before they were famous (Daily Telegraph)
• Vatican newspaper pays tribute to 1969 hippie film Easy Rider, takes swipe at Hays Code (CWN, 4/3/2009)

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• Posted by: DrJazz - Dec. 28, 2009 10:51 AM ET USA

  Time to change the name from "L’Osservatore Romano" to "L’Osservatore di Questo Mondo."