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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.
Other high prices for obscure Beatles-related tapes include The Silver Beatles' Decca audition tape, which fetched £35,000 at auction, [14] and $30,000 at Bonhams in 2008 for a recording of John Lennon singing at a party in 1973. [15] The Beatles' "Till There Was You" 10-inch acetate sold in March 2016 for £77,500, according to Record ...
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.
The Beatles landed at JFK Airport on February 7, 1964, greeted by 3,000 of the fans that had sent “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to the top of the Hot 100, and America’s love affair with the Fab ...
The Beatles No. 1: 1 November 1963 4: All My Loving: 7 February 1964 5: Long Tall Sally: 19 June 1964 6: A Hard Day's Night: Extracts from the Album: 6 November 1964 7: A Hard Day's Night: Extracts from the Film: 4 November 1964 8: Beatles for Sale: 6 April 1965 9: Beatles for Sale No. 2: 4 June 1965 10: The Beatles' Million Sellers: 6 December ...
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.
The Beatles experienced huge popularity on the British record charts in early 1963, but record companies in the United States did not immediately follow up with releases of their own, [1] and the Beatles' commercial success in the US continued to be hampered by other obstacles, including issues with royalties [2] and public derision toward the "Beatle haircut".