Beatles' Decca audition tape to be auctioned

Beatles’ Decca audition tape to be auctioned

 

Beatles' Decca audition tape to be auctioned

On New Year’s Eve 1961 the Beatles went to London and the following day they were auditioned by Decca producer Tony Meehan.
The Beatles’ audition tape that was infamously rejected by a record company boss – because he thought guitar groups were ‘on the way out’ – is now to be auctioned with a pre-sale estimate of £30,000.
The decision by a Decca Records’ executive still stands as one of the worst judgement calls made in music history.
The ten tracks on the 12-inch audio tape include Money (That’s What I Want), Like Dreamers Do, Take Good Care Of My Baby, Three Cool Cats, Love Of The Loved, Memphis and Crying Waiting Hoping.

Beatles 1961

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