AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA082
PRICE : $45,000
S O L D !!
7/31/08




 ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE MONO
WITH THE BEATLES
LP ALBUM COVER
SIGNED BY

SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER 1963
EMPIRE THEATRE
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER 1963 WAS AN EXCEEDINGLY
HECTIC DAY FOR THE BEATLES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR MONTHS,
THEY RETURNED TO LIVERPOOL TO PLAY TWO HOME-TOWN  CONCERTS,
ONE AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE, THEN DASHING 50 YARDS
DOWN A SPECIALLY CLOSED AND POLICE-REINFORCED
PUDSEY STREET TO THE ODEON CINEMA WHERE THEY GAVE
TWO MORE PERFORMANCES THAT EVENING.

THE AFTERNOON WAS A SPECIAL AFFAIR, A CONCERT AT THE
EMPIRE THEATRE BEFORE 2,500 MEMBERS OF THE GROUP'S
NORTHERN AREA FAN CLUB, THOUGH THE REST OF BRITAIN HAD A
CHANCE TO VIEW THE ACTION WHEN BBC TELEVISION, IN AN
UNPRECEDENTED MOVE , SCREENED 30 MINUTES OF THE SHOW
LATER THE SAME EVENING IN A SPECIAL PEAK-TIME
PROGRAMME ENTITLED IT'S THE BEATLES !

EARLIER THAT SAME AFTERNOON AT THE EMPIRE,
UTILIZING THE SAME FAN CLUB AUDIENCE, THE BBC ALSO TAPED A
SPECIAL EDITION OF ITS WEEKLY JUKE BOX JURY,  WITH THE PANEL
COMPRISING ALL FOUR BEATLES. THIS TOO WAS TRANSMITTED THAT
SAME DAY - NOT FOR NOTHING WERE SKEPTICS MOANING THAT THE BBC
REALLY STOOD FOR "BEATLES BROADCASTING COMPANY".

HERE IS A PHOTO TAKEN FROM THIS VERY DAY, WITH
PROGRAMME HOST DAVID JACOBS, JUST PRIOR TO THE TAPING
OF JUKE BOX JURY :

JUKE BOX JURY  CAME FIRST, BEING TAPED FROM 2:30 TO 3:15,
THEN THE CONCERT, TAPED FOR IT'S THE BEATLES,
TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:30.

IT WAS FOLLOWING THIS PERFORMANCE
THAT THE BEATLES HAD SIGNED THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE
OF THEIR NEWLY RELEASED, AND SECOND ALBUM
FOR PARLOPHONE RECORDS WITH THE BEATLES
ISSUED JUST TWO WEEKS PRIOR ON 22 NOVEMBER 1963 :

SIGNED BOLDLY AND CRISPLY IN MATCHING DARK BLUE BALLPOINT PEN,
ARE MOST SPLENDID EXAMPLES OF LATE 1963 BEATLES SIGNATURES.
OUR DIGITAL IMAGES DO NOT TRULY DEPICT THE BEAUTY OF THIS SET
WHEN ACTUALLY VIEWING IT IN PERSON.

GEORGE AND JOHN HAVE AUTOGRAPHED BY THEIR PRINTED NAMES
ON THE LP COVER WITH DEEP, SWEEPING STROKES :

PAUL PLACED HIS SIGNATURE ALONG THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE COVER
ONTO THE FOLD-OVER FLAP, AND NEAR THE TITLE PRINT OF THE SPINE :

RARELY DID THE FABS SIGN "THE BEATLES"
ON ANY OF THEIR RECORDED MATERIALS, FOR THE GROUP'S NAME
WAS ALWAYS PRINTED ON THAT MATERIAL. YET HERE,
A MOST WONDERFUL ADDITION ARE PAUL'S SENTIMENTS
best wishes
The Beatles
WRITTEN IN ABOVE THE WORD "BEATLES",
AND JUST ABOVE HIS PRINTED NAME.
AND FINALLY, RINGO HAD AUTOGRAPHED BEAUTIFULLY
ABOVE HIS PRINTED NAME :

IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT THE ORIGINAL RECIPIENT OF THE AUTOGRAPHS
HAD TAKEN VERY GREAT AND METICULOUS CARE OF THIS
SIGNED ALBUM OVER THE YEARS. IT REMAINS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,
VERY CLEAN ALL AROUND, AND THE SPINE IS SOLID AND LEGIBLE :

THE ONLY SIGN OF WEAR IS SEEN ON THE FRONT COVER,
WHERE THOSE TYPICAL PARLOPHONE "LAMINATION" STORING CREASES
ARE EVIDENT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER AREAS,
BUT DO NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE SIGNED BACK COVER :

ANOTHER GREAT FACTOR ABOUT THIS SIGNED COVER, 
IT is one of the early cover RUNS, with
'Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London’ 
printED in the lower right hand corner of the back cover.
THIS COMPANY PRODUCED THE VERY FIRST COVERS FOR
A VERY SHORT SPAN FOR ALL THE EARLY BEATLES TITLES,
AND USED A NOTICEABLY STURDIER CARDBOARD MATERIAL.
ANOTHER PRINTER, Garrod & Lofthouse   took over AND CONTINUED
to do the entire BEATLES CATALOG through Let It Be .

ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL
ACCOMPANYING PARLOPHONE MONO RECORD,
IN SOLID AND HIGH-SHEEN VG++ CONDITION,
ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL "EMITEX"
INNER SLEEVE :

AS AN ADDED BONUS, AN EXTRA ORIGINAL MONO WITH THE BEATLES
ALBUM COVER (THIS ONE IS A Garrod & Lofthouse   ISSUE),
WILL BE INCLUDED FOR YOUR OWN FRAMING PRESENTATION PURPOSES :

ACCORDING TO HIGHLY RESPECTED
BEATLES AUTOGRAPH PREMIER EXPERT FRANK CAIAZZO,
"As one of the most desirable pieces of Beatles signed memorabilia,
signed album covers are indeed very highly sought after.
They are extremely rare, in part because of their size and
General lack of portability. Most autograph seekers did not
choose to bring them or they simply didn't have them
readily available when encountering The Beatles in person.
Signed LP's are desirable because in a very real sense,
it is akin to an artist or artists (in this case The Beatles)
signing and acknowledging their work. All in all,
owning an album cover signed by The Beatles is a privilege
about which very few can boast and without question,
the ultimate in any true fans collecting experience." 

EXACTLY TWO MONTHS LATER TO THE DAY, THAT THIS LP WAS SIGNED,
THE BEATLES LANDED IN NEW YORK FOR THEIR FIRST
HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL VISIT TO AMERICA.

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES

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