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Rock & Pop
Lot 216

THE BEATLES: A Group of Recorded Interviews with Family and Friends of the Beatles,
1964,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £191.25 inc. premium

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THE BEATLES: A Group of Recorded Interviews with Family and Friends of the Beatles,

1964,
comprising: four reel-to-reel tapes with a total approximate running time over an hour, together with a cassette tape of edited extracts, sold without copyright or any reproduction rights,
each reel 7in (18cm) diameter,

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Provenance:
Ex-Lot 423, Rock 'n' Roll Memorabilia, Sotheby's London, 14th & 15th September 1999.

Interviewees include George Harrison's parents, Ringo Starr's mother, Bob Wooler (speaking from The Cavern), Ray McFall, Bill Harry, Freda Kelly, Allan Williams and John Lennon's former art teacher. Among the topics discussed are the impact of the Beatles' rise to fame, the origins of the group's name, the Beatles' appearances at The Cavern, the forthcoming US tour, and also featured are questions submitted by listeners. The tapes are believed to have been recorded at radio station WROD, Daytona Beach, with DJ Dick Clark. The interviews were made in-house by a former Liverpudlian working at the station, who set up the interviews.

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