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Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Unreleased Beatles acetate up for auction


The acetate for a rare Beatles album that never saw release will be auctioned off on August 9 by Heritage Auctions.

Best of the Beatles was assembled by Capitol Records as a two-LP set in 1964 as a compilation of the group's Capitol and Vee-Jay hits to date. According to experts, Capitol was not able to release the album as planned when they found out that Vee-Jay did not lose the rights to their tracks until a later date.



Included with the album will be a letter of authenticity from Clifford J. Yamasaki of Let It Be Records in San Francisco which reads:

I certify that this 2 LP acetate of 'The Best of the Beatles' is one of two known to exist and was purchased from a Capitol Records executive for a project that was scrapped. The project: #46934-41. The date of pressing: 6-2-64

Opening bid for the album is $10,000.

The track list for the album:

Side 1
◾Twist and Shout
◾Love Me Do
◾I Want To Hold Your Hand
◾From Me To You
◾This Boy
◾Roll Over Beethoven

Side 2
◾Do You Want to Know a Secret
◾Boys
◾Ask Me Why
◾She Loves You
◾You Really Got a Hold On Me
◾Long Tall Sally

Side 3
◾All My Loving
◾P.S. I Love You
◾Please Please Me
◾Chains
◾Devil In Her Heart
◾Please Mr. Postman

Side 4
◾Misery
◾Money
◾There's a Place
◾Baby It's You
◾It Won't Be Long
◾All I've Got to Do

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