Breaking Stones

In July 1962, a group of young men played a gig at The Marquee Club on Oxford Street, London. They called themselves ''The Rollin'' Stones'' and little did they know they would soon be making music history.

This evocative new book captures the youth, the times and the spirit of The Stones'' formative early years. And documenting 1963-1965 were two young photographers just starting out in their careers. Terry O''Neill, aged just 25, had a few years'' experience photographing musicians and knew that this group had the same magic as another British phenomenon that just recently started to chart, The Beatles. As the band was starting to record and tour, Gered Mankowitz came along. His first shoot, the now famous Mason''s Yard session, was so fruitful, Gered was asked to tag along on t