ROLLING STONES Chess ANDREW OLDHAM RON MALO 1964 BOB BONIS LTD EDITION PHOTO

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THE ROLLING STONES AT CHESS RECORDS STUDIOS, June 10, 1964, Chicago Illinois
THE ROLLING STONES - IAN "Stu" STEWART - at CHESS RECORDS, Chicago, Illinois, June 10, 1964 #3
This previously unpublished photograph is one of over 50 images including in our new show open June 5, 2019 through June 29, 2019 at Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation at 2120 South Michigan Avenue (the former site of Chess Records).
The Bob Bonis Museum, Miami, in association with Gallery Schuster of Berlin and Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation presents a world premiere exhibition of unpublished and never before seen by the public photographs taken by Bob Bonis, who was the Rolling Stones US Tour Manager from 1964 -1966.
THE ROLLING STONES IN CHICAGO, 1964 - A WORLD PREMIERE EXHIBITION!
In June of 1964 THE ROLLING STONES made their first sojourn to the famous Chess Records studios at 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois for their first of three recording sessions there; June 10-11, 1964; November 10, 1964; May 10, 1965.
This extraordinary and historic collection of photographs are being exhibited in their entirety for the first time anywhere at Willie DIxon's Blues Heaven Foundation, which occupies the hallowed ground that once housed Chess Records.  A portion of the proceeds from the sale of prints and the poster for the exhibit will go to the Foundation to support their efforts to continue the restoration of the building and studio to a working recording facility.
ABOUT THIS AVAILABLE EDITIONS OF PRINTS OF THESE HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS:
The photographs from this exhibition are currently available as a Limited Edition photographic prints in two sizes: 16” x 20” and 20” x 24”.  Please contact us if you are interested in acquiring larger format or silver gelatin limited edition prints.
To choose the size print and edition that you desire use the drop-down selection above.
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The 16” x 20” prints are offered in an edition of only 75 hand-numbered and estate-embossed prints.
The 20” x 24" prints are offered in an edition of only 50 hand-numbered and estate-embossed prints.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS, IN GENERAL:
This photograph was taken by Bob Bonis, who was the U.S. tour manager for both The Beatles and the Rolling Stones from 1964 through 1966.   This is a Limited Edition fine art photograph, derived from the original negative.
It is printed on professional grade Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper by the master printers at Duggal Visual Solutions in New York.  Thanks to his unequaled access and gifted eye for composition Bob Bonis captured thousands of unguarded, candid and iconic photographs of the two most important groups in the history of popular music. The majority of these images have never been seen or published and most are available here as Limited Edition fine art prints for the
FIRST TIME!
SIZES / EDITIONS:
This photograph is currently being made available for collectors in the following two sizes / editions
as follows:
16” x 20” print (the image size is 12” x 18” plus a white border) in a hand-numbered edition of
only 75 prints
20” x 24” print (the image size is 15” x 20” plus a white border) in a hand-numbered edition of
only 50 prints
ONCE AN EDITION SELLS OUT IT WILL NEVER BE REPRINTED!
QUANTITY AVAILABLE / SOLD:
PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! As the edition sells down the price will increase.
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of a specific image or edition. Additionally we may have sold prints at the exhibition or other events that are not reflected here on eBay. When you purchase a print from us on eBay we will send you the lowest available number in that edition. We do not hold back low numbered prints. We sell all editions sequentially, beginning with number 1, in the order they are sold.
SHIPPING TIME:
As these are not “off-the-shelf” items an order may take up to 10 business days to ship.
All of our fine art photographs are custom printed to order and require a high level of expertise and intense attention to detail, all delivered by Duggal Visual Solutions in New York City. Once printed each photograph is inspected to ensure a perfect print it is then hand-numbered and is embossed with the official Bob Bonis signature seal, as authorized by The Bob Bonis Estate. It is then placed in a rigid acid-free acrylic sleeve to protect it from fingerprints and other damage.
If you need your photograph by a specific date for a gift or other reason please be sure to let us know in the notes section of your payment or contact us before your purchase to make sure that we can deliver it in time.  We will go out of our way to accommodate your needs as is reflected in our feedback comments.
ABOUT BOB BONIS
Bob Bonis (1932 - 1992) began his career in the music business as a talent agent at MCA in New York City in the late 1950s.
He would go on to hold an extraordinary position at a pivotal time in rock history-The British Invasion-as US Tour Manager for all three of The Beatles' US tours, as well as The Rolling Stones' first five US tours in 1964, 1965, and continuing through 1966.
His personal passion was photography, and he possessed a natural talent for composition and impeccable timing.
His Leica M3 camera went everywhere with him and he documented the people he met and the
places he visited.
This, combined with unequaled access to these rock superstars enabled him to document-as no other photographer could-the Beatles' and Stones' rise from the beginning of the British Invasion to their status as the two most influential bands in rock music history. Bob captured extraordinary, unguarded photographs, most of which are to be seen here for the very first time.
The combination of a gifted eye for composition, and unequaled access to some of the most significant performers of the 20th century, yielded a truly remarkable archive that includes intimate and iconic images of both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, never before published, seen or available for purchase by collectors and fans. His contribution to rock history is a magnificent collection of more than 3,500 candid photographs of two of the greatest bands the world has ever known.
During his career, Bob shot more than 5,000 photographs of the most legendary acts in music history-including 2,700 Rolling Stones photos, 800 Beatles photos, plus an eclectic mix of images of Frank Sinatra with Buddy Rich, The Lovin' Spoonful, Simon and Garfunkel, Chicago, Cream, The Hollies, Peter and Gordon and many of the jazz greats with whom he worked over the years.
The Bob Bonis Archive offers thousands of intimate and candid photos of The Beatles and The Stones in concert, backstage, rehearsing, tuning up, waiting to go on stage, clowning around, dressing and relaxing, on vacations, en route to shows or cities, getting their hair cut, bowling, recording in the studio, at press events and just hanging
around being themselves.
The unguarded nature of these images reflects Bob's close friendship with the bands and offers a private, behind-the-scenes look into the early days of The British Invasion era of rock 'n' roll.
How It Started:
Bob started his career in the music industry at MCA talent agency in New York City. When MCA dissolved the talent agency, Bob started a jazz management firm working with a variety of jazz and big band performers including Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Harry Belafonte, Gerry Mulligan and others.
Standing 6'1" and weighing over 200 pounds, Bob cut an intimidating figure, and earned a reputation for being able to deal with the wise guys that ran a lot of the jazz clubs.
Because of this ability, he was tapped to serve as The Rolling Stones' tour manager for their first ever US tour.
Interviewed for a radio special
The Rolling Stones: Past and Present
in the mid-1980s Bob explained "A friend of mine, Norman Weiss, asked me as a special favor because I had a reputation for really taking care of troublemakers to take
care of these wiseguys that are coming in from England, boy what a horrible reputation they had and all that and I said well come on you know, I had my own management firm and I really wasn't that interested in going on the road anymore. I had done that before. And Norman said "Really, you have to, really they're great" and so on and he pulls out this article from the London Times. It was "Would You Let Your Sister Marry a Rolling Stone?" or whatever that one was and I said "That's a great sales pitch" you know, thanks. Anyway, I finally went with them and of course they were not the least a problem, terrible for their image I know but, they were really great."
Bob did a great job of getting The Stones where they needed to be on time; quite a feat considering that the "bad boys" of the British Invasion worked hard to cultivate their reputation for trouble.
His personal experience with them was quite the opposite, and he developed a great friendship with them that lasted long after his role as their tour
manager ended.
His old friend Norman Weiss was the lead agent at GAC, who were tasked with hiring the crew for The Beatles' first official tour of the United States-just as he had done for the Rolling Stones a few months prior- and immediately thought of Bob for the same role with The Beatles that he had so brilliantly performed for The Stones.
His success with The Stones led the band's management in England to recommend him to Brian Epstein for the same role with The Beatles and he was quickly approved; a job he would hold for all three of The Beatles' US tours.
Fortunately for Bob, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones never toured America at the same time so he was available to serve both bands.
A private man, Bob never sought publicity nor did he have aspirations to publish his photos or to publish memoirs about his experiences with the two greatest, most important bands in the history of rock 'n' roll.
He never participated in the fan culture or went to any of the conventions.
He allowed only a handful of his photographs to be
published in teen magazines in the sixties, but after that, he wasn't interested in pursuing attention based on his past exploits.
For almost 50 years, the negatives and slides had been safely stored away unbeknownst to anyone but his wife, son and closest friends.
Upon his death in 1992, Bob's son Alex rediscovered them and decided to share them with fans across the globe as a beautiful tribute to his father.
The Bob Bonis photographic archive is the definitive collection for true fans, collectors and people who want to own a true piece of rock history-and is the largest single previously-unseen collection in the world. The massive archive captures some of the most impactful, intimate and iconic moments ever seen on film.
Undeniably authentic, the Bob Bonis archive has been officially endorsed by the GRAMMY Museum®:
"The Bob Bonis archive is a treasure of music history seen through the creative eye of a man who was in the right place at the right time. Seeing his photographs is like rediscovering these bands all over again."
--Bob Santelli, Executive Director GRAMMY Museum®
In the years he toured with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Bob Bonis became a lifetime fan and a friend. No one has captured the legendary bands in the same way, and no one ever will. Bob shared a moment in time with them when they
transformed, almost overnight, into the icons we know today. Today, you have an exclusive opportunity to relive those defining moments again, for the first time-to travel back in time through Bob Bonis' lens and experience the rock n' roll journey of a lifetime.