AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA092
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6/01/09

5¾" X 4" PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES POSTCARD
AUTOGRAPHED ON REVERSE SIDE BY

SIGNED 5 FEBRUARY 1964
HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON

ON THE NIGHT OF TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 1964,
THE BEATLES FLEW TO LE BOURGET TO BEGIN THEIR SERIES
OF PERFORMANCES IN FRANCE AT THE OLYMPIA THEATRE IN PARIS
WHICH TOOK THEM THROUGH TUESDAY THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY.
THIS WAS A MARATHON OF CONCERTS AT THE OLYMPIA -
18 DAYS OF TWO, SOMETIMES THREE (SUCH AS ON 19 JANUARY),
SHOWS EACH, ON A NINE-ACT BILL. THERE WERE ONLY TWO
DAYS OF REST IN THE THREE-WEEK SETS OF SHOWS.

IN ADDITION, ON 29 JANUARY, THE BEATLES COULD BE FOUND IN
THE FRENCH RECORDING STUDIO PATHE' MARCONI,
TAPING THEIR TWO MOST FAMOUS SONGS TO DATE IN GERMAN,
SIE LIEBT DICH  AND KOMM, GIB MIR DEINE HAND -
"SHE LOVES YOU" AND "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND".
THIS WORK MUST HAVE BEEN DONE
WELL WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, FOR
THE GROUP ALSO RECORDED ANOTHER SONG,
IN ENGLISH THIS TIME, PAUL'S CAN'T BUY ME LOVE .
FOUR TAKES WERE TAPED, COMPLETING THE RECORDING
EXCEPT FOR A LEAD GUITAR OVERDUB BY GEORGE AND A VOCAL
OVERDUB BY PAUL WHICH WAS LATER EFFECTED
AT ABBEY ROAD ON 25 FEBRUARY.

YET, THE BEST OF THIS TRIP WAS YET TO COME.
ALREADY BOOKED FOR THEIR VERY FIRST VISIT TO
THE UNITED STATES ON 7 FEBRUARY, THE BEATLES
RECEIVED SOME GREAT NEWS :

PAUL REMEMBERS:  " ONE NIGHT WE ARRIVED BACK AT THE HOTEL ROOM
FROM THE OLYMPIA WHEN A TELEGRAM CAME THROUGH BRIAN
FROM CAPITOL RECORDS OF AMERICA. HE CAME RUNNING IN TO
THE ROOM SAYING, "HEY LOOK. YOU ARE NUMBER ONE IN AMERICA !
"I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" HAD GONE TO NUMBER ONE."

GEORGE REFLECTS : "IT WAS A GREAT FEELING BECAUSE WE WERE
BOOKED TO GO TO AMERICA DIRECTLY AFTER THE PARIS TRIP,
SO IT WAS HANDY TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE. WE'D ALREADY BEEN HIRED BY
ED SULLIVAN, SO IF IT HAD BEEN A NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER TEN
WE'D HAVE GONE ANYWAY, BUT IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE."

AT 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY,
THE FOUR BEATLES RETURNED TO LONDON AIRPORT,
AND IT WAS HERE THAT THIS Pan American postcard,
which pictures a Pan Am Boeing 707 . . . . .

. . . . WAS autographed by The Beatles on the reverse in blue ballpoint :

The AUTOGRAPHS ON THE 5¾" X 4" POSTCARD were
obtained by an Air Hostess AT HEATHROW
AS THE BOYS WERE READY TO DISEMBARK.
THE SIGNATURES ARE CRISP AND BRIGHT,
AND THEIR CLARITY IN PERSON ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE POSTCARD IS A SOLID vg++,
WITH A MINOR CREASE IN ONE CORNER THAT DOES NOT
INTERFER AT ALL WITH THE SIGNATURES.
 

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

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