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03/26/10
 

8" X 10½"   THE BEATLES & ROY ORBISON
ORIGINAL 16 PAGE TOUR PROGRAMME
AUTOGRAPHED ON PHOTO SPREAD BIO PAGE BY

SIGNED  25 MAY 1963
DURING THE DURATION OF THIS TOUR
AT CITY HALL, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND
ALSO INCLUDES AUTOGRAPHS BY
"HEADLINER" ROY ORBISON &
GERRY MARSDEN OF GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS

SATURDAY 18 MAY 1963 WAS THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE BEATLES'
THIRD NATIONWIDE PACKAGE TOUR IN AS MANY MONTHS.
THIS TIME IT WAS WITH AMERICAN SENSATION ROY ORBISON,
WHOM THE BEATLES MUCH ADMIRED. ROY INITIALLY BEGAN AS
THE BILL-TOPPER, BUT THE BEATLES VERY QUICKLY, BY AUDIENCE
DEMAND, ASSUMED THAT POSITION THROUGHOUT THE TOUR
WHICH CONCLUDED ON 9 JUNE. GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS
ANOTHER GROUP MANAGED BY BRIAN EPSTEIN WAS AN ACT
ON THIS TOUR, WHO WOULD GO ON TO HAVE MANY HITS
INCLUDING "DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING".

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS SPECTACULAR,
HIGH-GRADE AND COMPLETE PROGRAMME FROM THIS TOUR -
SIGNED BY THE BEATLES.

THESE SIGNATURES WERE ACQUIRED BACKSTAGE
ON SATURDAY 25 MAY 1963, AT CITY HALL, SHEFFIELD,
BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A PROGRAMME SELLER AT THIS VENUE.
HIS LETTER OF PROVENANCE IS INCLUDED, AND CAN BE VIEWED
AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.

THE COVER PAGE IS IN COLOR :

PAGE 2 FEATURES AN AD FOR THE TWO E.M.I. RECORDING STARS
PROMOTING THEIR TWO LATEST RELEASES &
THE ADJOINING PAGE 3 IS THE PROGRAMME INTRODUCTION :

PAGES 4 & 5 FEATURES THE HEADLINERS
THE BEATLES
WHO SIGNED MAGNIFICENTLY IN MATCHING BLUE BALLPOINT
NEAR EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IMAGE :

THE BEATLES SIGNATURES ARE CRISP, DEEP AND STRIKING.
THE PHOTOS AND SCANS DO NOT TRULY DISPLAY
THE BEAUTY AND CLARITY OF THESE AUTOGRAPHS.
THERE ARE NONE BETTER FROM THIS PERIOD, AND WOULD
GRADE AN UNDENIABLE NEAR MINT :

THE ADJOINING "BIO" PAGE FOR THE FAB FOUR :

PAGES 6 & 7 FEATURES THE OTHER HEADLINER.
FROM THE UNITED STATES COMES ROY ORBISON,
WHO HAS SIGNED ON HIS IMAGE IN BLUE BALLPOIINT :

PAGES 8 & 9 IS THE COLOR CENTERFOLD WHICH FEATURES
THE PROGRAMME LINE-UP, AND HAS
THE BEATLES BILLED AS "THE HIT PARADE STARS" :

PAGES 10 & 11 FEATURES "GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS".
LEAD SINGER, GERRY MARSDEN HAS ALSO
SIGNED IN BLUE BALLPOINT ON HIS IMAGE :

THE SUPPORTING ACTS FOLLOW ON PAGES 12 & 13 :

AND PAGES 14 & 15 :

THE BACK COVER, PAGE 16, FINISHES UP WITH AN AD FOR ROY ORBISON :

IT IS OBVIOUS THIS PROGRAMME HAS BEEN VERY WELL STORED AND
PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE BETTER AND GRADES
NEAR MINT TO NEAR MINT MINUS. EACH AND EVERY PAGE RETAINS ITS
ORIGINAL WHITE TONE WITH NO YELLOWING OR AGING WHATSOEVER !
ALL PAGES REMAIN INTACT AND SOLID, STILL TIGHTLY ENFORCED BY THE
TWO STAPLES THAT HOLD THE PROGRAMME TOGETHER.

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

ALSO INCLUDES THE LETTER OF PROVENENCE FROM THE
RECIPIENT OF THE ALL THE SIGNATURES, WHOSE
SIGNATURE AND NAME HAS BEEN BLURRED FOR PRIVACY :

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