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The original safety master tape the group recorded at Decca's London studios was auctioned by the Fame Bureau in December 2012 to a Japanese collector for £35,000. A spokesman for the auctioneers said at the time, "The tape went to a Capitol Records executive after the Beatles signed with EMI.
The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records. Data is sourced from Record Collector , eBay , Popsike, the Jerry Osborne Record Price Guides, and other sources. Wu-Tang Clan 's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin CD (of which only one copy was produced) was sold through Paddle8 on November 24, 2015, for $2,000,000, according to ...
The Beatles' Decca rendition of "Like Dreamers Do" was received favourably by employees at EMI's publishing arm, Ardmore & Beechwood, in February 1962. Based on that tape, Ardmore & Beechwood became interested in publishing recordings of Lennon–McCartney songs and played a pivotal role in securing the Beatles a recording contract with EMI ...
1914 advertisement for Decca Dulcephone. The origins of the Decca Record Company were not in making records but in making the gramophones on which to play them. Shortly before the First World War the first Decca product was offered to the public: the "Decca Dulcephone" a portable gramophone, retailing at two guineas (£2.10 in decimal currency, and equivalent to about £250 in 2023 terms).
The Beatles' international discography is more complicated due to different versions of their albums sometimes being released in other countries, particularly during their early years on Capitol Records in North America. Prior to 1967, it was common practice for British releases to be reconfigured for the American market.
Beatles for Sale (1964) Lennon initially wrote “No Reply” for Tommy Quickly, a singer managed by Brian Epstein. Quickly, who’d retire from the music industry in 1965, didn’t release the song.
"Three Cool Cats" was one of the fifteen songs recorded by the Beatles for their Decca Records audition on New Year's Day in 1962 in London. [1] The Beatles' cover version featured George Harrison 's vocals and Pete Best on drums.
On New Year's Day, the Beatles recorded an audition for Decca Records in London at around 11am. They likely performed only one take of each song with no overdubbing . The Beatles did not pass the audition, but their manager, Brian Epstein , kept the reel-to-reel tapes to present to other record producers.