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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).
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.
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.
"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.
An album is defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as being a type of music release that features more than four tracks and lasts longer than 25 minutes; [1] during the 1960s, sales of albums in the United Kingdom were compiled by several different magazines, including New Musical Express (NME), Record Retailer, Melody Maker, Disc and Record Mirror.