LONDON — A spectacularly rare Beatles record that lay forgotten in a loft for half a century is set to go on sale.
A 10-inch recording of “Till There Was You” and “Hello Little Girl” dating back to 1962 has been languishing in an attic at the home of Les Maguire, keyboardist for Liverpudlian beat group Gerry and the Pacemakers, for years.
The disc, which has been described as a “Holy Grail item” by Ian Shirley, editor of Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide, is going under the hammer in March.
The 78 RPM record bears the handwriting of the band’s manager Brian Epstein and is thought to fetch at least £10,000 ($14,000) and possibly much more. It was made at the HMV shop in London’s Oxford Street and presented to future producer George Martin at EMI in an effort to bag a record deal.
Within months the band had signed to EMI and recorded the tracks for Please Please Me and Beatlemania was imminent.
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By Tim Chester, Mashable, SouthFloridaReporter.com, Feb. 27, 2016
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