The Beatles' one-night stand in Bloomington

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The Beatles take questions at a press conference in Bloomington in August 1965. The Fab Four played only one show in Minnesota.
Photo courtesy of Bill Carlson

Bill Carlson was 17 years old when he got a press pass to photograph the Beatles during their one and only show in Minnesota, on Aug. 21, 1965.

Few of those photos saw the light of day until recently, when Carlson decided to publish them in a book called "The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland."

Bill Carlson joined MPR's Tom Crann to talk about the book and some of the photos.

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