Albe De Coker

Strictly no compromise!. Only one specialist print company on planet earth was held in high esteem and completely trusted by Emily Benton Book Design to consistently produce an exclusive book of first class, outstanding finish quality, Albe de Coker of Antwerp, Belgium, were it! They did not let us down!

Albe de Coker Printing

Tony comments ‘Being driven by Emily to meet the milestones for image curation, I genuinely hadn’t given print and final book creation a thought. Emily had specified the design for the overall appearance, and I was spending countless hours selecting digital scans from colour transparencies as well as original negatives, to wrap around Tommy’s words contained in each of the fifteen chapters of the book. Not easy when there are so many to choose from!’.

Albe de Coker of Antwerp, Belgium, were Emily’s recommended first choice print production specialist. We first received a full set of print proofs for the images to verify quality, and I was blown away to see the outstanding image definition in print.

Lander PR were piling on the pressure to have a book to show the media, and I was also due to join the Beatles Fest in Chicago, where organiser Mark Lapidos told me ‘don’t show up if you haven’t got a book to sell’. So with just 48 hours to departure for the USA, I took a Eurostar from London to meet Xavier de Coker, a sixth generation family member of the Albe de Coker business founded in 1877.

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My faith was well founded as I was not in any way disappointed as in the palms of my hands were the very first three rush proof copies, and they were just incredible! Xavier de Coker offered me a factory tour which I couldn’t refuse, and wow! just wow! This was like walking onto another planet. The place was decked to the hilt with state of the art digital machinery that can produce everything from bespoke wallpaper through to Tommy’s book, it was just incredible.

This business takes immense pride in their true environmental credentials, not just paying lip service to the various accreditations, but actually living it every day as a major component of their DNA.  A true exemplar for others to follow.

I cannot thank the team at Albe de Coker enough for their expertise, and know how, in particular Tom Maes in the production office, who oversaw the project literally from start to end. We have the same sense of humour and grace under pressure!

Albe de Coker have the technology to do almost anything. They say on their website ‘If you can think it – We can print it’ This is a fact. Thank you again Albe de Coker.

”Tommy's story about his time with The Beatles, is as unique and well informed as the photographer himself. A fascinating insight with superb images from those heady days.

Judd LanderLander PR