When Time magazine first asked Henry Grossman to photograph the Beatles, at their American television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in February 1964, he thought of it as just another assignment — a journey into the realm of teenage fads, and less exciting than the sessions he had done with world leaders, actors and opera singers. Mr. Grossman, who was 27 at the time, preferred classical music; at 76, he still shoots production photos for the Metropolitan Opera.

Pictures from the Beatles’ Sullivan show appearances are plentiful, but Mr. Grossman found unusual angles that provide a context missing from the most familiar photographs. For example, a previously unseen long shot, included in “Places I Remember,” an opulent new limited-edition book of Mr. Grossman’s Beatles photos, shows the group’s amplifiers — usually placed directly behind them, but unseen in the broadcasts — set up at the side of the stage, well out of camera range. All the camera positions can be seen as well.

“There were dozens of photographers there, all shooting exactly the same thing, but Henry caught views of the room that we’d never seen before,” said Brian Kehew, a recording engineer and musician who is currently touring with the Who as a keyboard technician, and who is also half of Curvebender, the publisher of Mr. Grossman’s book.