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The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show Ephemera

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The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show Ephemera
1964. A rarely seen preliminary running order sheet for The Beatles first Ed Sullivan Show appearance highlights this lot of CBS ephemera from February ‘64. The p.m. update of the final running order for the historic February 9th telecast places the acrobatic team of Wells & The Four Fays in place of Georgia Brown and the cast of “Oliver;” who are missing from the show altogether; victims of an obvious printing error. Ultimately, the Brown/Oliver slot replaced Wells & The Four Fays who was relegated to the show’s final performance slot. (8.5 x 11” sheet is folded in eighths and exhibits a few small tears and creases) The two-page, CBS News press release includes quotes from Ed Sullivan in anticipation of the Beatles’ visit as well as anticipated security and crowd control issues and the fact that more than 50,000 ticket requests were received. 08.5 x 11”, quarter-folded, considerable wear) Rounding out this collection is one-of-a-kind office communication to The Beatles from the CBS Audience Mail Department, mistakenly dated February 17, 1963, telling the group they had thus far received 8,870 pieces of mail, concluding with a request for an autographed picture. (8.5 x 7.25”, one vertical fold)