File:Beatles burning.jpg
Beatles_burning.jpg (308 × 324 pixels, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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"Beatle burning" on August 8, 1966, in the American city of Waycross, Georgia, organized by the radio station WAYX.[1] A smiling boy holds a copy of the 1964 album Meet the Beatles!, which is soon to be tossed into a bonfire. |
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United Press International photo, August 1966. It has been widely reproduced in the press and in books, and was also repurposed for the cover of Todd Rundgren's 1982 album Swing to the Right.[2] |
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Full photo in black and white. There also seem to be version of the photo in color, or at least colorized, as can be seen on the Swing to the Right album cover. |
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To illustrate a moment in pop and rock music history, referred to as "probably the most famous photograph of the entire anti-rock movement."[3] |
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| Description |
Beatles burning in the American city of Waycross, Georgia organized by the radio station WAYX. A smiling boy holds a copy of the 1964 album Meet the Beatles!, which is soon to be tossed into a bonfire. |
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| Source |
United Press International photo, August 1966. It has been widely reproduced in the press and in books, and was also repurposed for the cover of Todd Rundgren's 1982 album Swing to the Right.[4] |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Full photo in black and white. There also seem to be version of the photo in color, or at least colorized, as can be seen on the Swing to the Right album cover. |
| Low resolution? |
Yes. |
| Purpose of use |
To illustrate a moment in pop and rock music history, referred to as "probably the most famous photograph of the entire anti-rock movement."[3] |
| Replaceable? |
No free or public domain images have been located. |
| Other information |
The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute in any way. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Cultural impact of the Beatles//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beatles_burning.jpgtrue | |
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- ^ "Beatles Still Supported in Columbus". The Columbus Enquirer. 6 August 1966. p. 9.
Radio station WAYX in Waycross announced it would hold a 'Beatle burning' Monday night and invited the public to join in.
- ^ Sullivan, Mark (October 1987). "'More Popular Than Jesus': The Beatles and the Religious Far Right". Popular Music. 6 (3). Cambridge University Press: 323, fn. 1. JSTOR 853191.
- ^ a b Sullivan 1987, p. 313.
- ^ Sullivan 1987, pp. 323, fn. 1.
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| current | 22:16, 14 November 2019 | | 308 × 324 (80 KB) | Blz 2049 (talk | contribs) | lowering resolution to 0.1 megapixel per WP:IMAGERES |
| 00:20, 14 November 2019 | No thumbnail | 500 × 526 (61 KB) | ILIL (talk | contribs) | full image - prev upload accidentally included a different photograph on top | |
| 21:55, 13 November 2019 | No thumbnail | 300 × 514 (38 KB) | ILIL (talk | contribs) | temp |
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