Auction Date:2012 Jan 26 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Vintage program for the Mersey Beat Show Case, 7 x 9.5, six pages, featuring a two-page biographical spread of the band on the inside front cover and first page, signed in fountain pen, “John Lennon xxx,” “George Harrison xx,” and “Ringo Starr,” and signed in blue ballpoint, “Paul McCartney xxx.” Each member has signed next to his respective photo. Program is also signed by all four members of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Vic Sutcliffe, all five members of Billy Kramer and the Dakotas, and all three members of The Big Three, with each band signing next to their respective images on the inside or back cover. A central vertical fold, surface impressions to front cover and other pages from signatures, a couple stray ink marks, and expected light handling wear, otherwise fine condition.
The April 25, 1963, edition of The Mersey Beat Showcase was booked by promoter John Smith in January 1963, several months after The Beatles first single on Parlophone Records, ‘Love Me Do,’ peaked at #17 on the British singles chart, but prior to the release of the chart-topping single and album, Please Please Me in February 1963. Smith’s concern that he may not be able to fill Croyden’s Fairfield Hall for either of the two performances led him to book singer/actor John Leyton as the headliner. Of course, by the day of the April concert, Please Please Me was the country’s #1 album and the fact that John Leyton was taken ill was of little consequence to concert’s success to the decidedly pro-Beatles contingent of fans. As a matter of fact, when promoter Smith posted the non-appearance notice outside the venue, there was actually great cheering!
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