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ORIGINAL 1967
OFFICIAL BRITISH FAN CLUB FLEXI DISC
"THE BEATLES FIFTH CHRISTMAS RECORD"
AUTOGRAPHED ON BACK COVER BY
JOHN LENNON & GEORGE HARRISON
SIGNED SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 1967
HANOVER BANQUETING ROOMS, LONDON

The BEATLES "Magical Mystery Tour" film was
essentially PAUL McCartney's idea, thought up
as he returned from a trip to the U.S. in the late spring of 1967,
and was loosely inspired by press coverage PAUL had read about
Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters' LSD-fuelled American bus odyssey.
PAUL felt inspired to take this idea and blend it with the
peculiarly English working class tradition of
charabanc mystery tours, in which children took chaperoned
bus rides through the English countryside, destination unknown.

The film was critically dismissed when it was aired on the
BRITISH BROADCASTING Company's premier television network,
BBC-1, on Boxing Day, DECEMBER 26, 1967 - a day primarily for
traditional "cozy, family entertainment". While the film has
historical importance as an early advance into the music video
age, at the time many viewers found it plot less and confusing.
so did the British tv critics, who lambasted the film.
Compounding this culture clash was the fact that the
film was made in color and made use of color filters for some
oF the scenes - particularly in a sequence for "Blue Jay Way".
In December 1967, practically no one in the UNITED KINGDOM
owned a color TELEVISION SET, the service only
having started a few months earlier.

ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, AT THE HANOVER BANQUETING ROOMS
IN LONDON, WHILE PAUL WAS STILL HOLIDAYING IN SCOTLAND AND riNGO
WAS AWAY ON LOCATION ACTING IN THE MOTION PICTURE "CANDY",
JOHN AND GEORGE WERE THE ONLY BEATLES TO HOST A PARTY
SPECIFICALLY for the Area Secretaries of the Official
Beatles Fan Club AND PRESENT A PREVIEW Screening of
of THE beatles' NEW FILM "Magical Mystery Tour".

THE SECRETARIES THAT ATTENDED WERE
PERMITTED TO HAVE ONE OF THE ONLY TWO ITEMS ACCEPTED
TO BE SIGNED BY JOHN AND GEORGE. THE FIRST BEING THE
RECENTLY RELEASED "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" DOUBLE EP,
OR THE 1967 "FIFTH CHRISTMAS RECORD" FLEXI DISC,
WHICH WAS ISSUED TO FAN CLUB MEMBERS
JUST TWO DAYS EARLIER ON DECEMBER 15.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY PRESENTS
for your consideration
ONE OF THE autographed COPIES OF THE
1967 CHRISTMAS FLEXI DISC FROM THIS VERY EVENT -
and a magnificent NEAR MINT beauty it is indeed !

BOTH SIGNATURES ARE GORGEOUS - CRISP, BOLD
AND VERY WELL PROPORTIONED -
WITH JOHN SIGNING IN BLACK BALLPOINT
AND GEORGE IN BLUE FELT TIP :

THE ACTUAL FLEXI DISC RECORD WAS NOT ENCLOSED, BUT ITS
ORIGINAL 1967 FAN CLUB "FLYER" IS INDEED INSIDE THE SLEEVE :

ALSO INCLUDED ARE TWO PHOTO COPIES,
TAKEN FROM THE JANUARY 1968 EDITION OF
"THE BEATLES MONTHLY MAGAZINE",
DOCUMENTING THIS SPECIAL FUNCTION. IT SHOWS
JOHN AND GEORGE AUTOGRAPHING COPIES OF THE
"1967 CHRISTMAS DISC" AND THE "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" EP.

WITH JOHN AND GEORGE BEING THE ONLY BEATLES
IN ATTENDANCE, THIS A MOST OUTSTANDING
AND VERY RARE SIGNED BEATLES ITEM !

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

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