THE BEATLES - 2 COMPLETE SETS OF ORIGINAL DECCAGONE 45s PLUS MORE OOP/RARE

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226

Total of Twenty Four Rare and OOP 45s / EPs in this offer.

This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of Beatle History. I’m selling TWO complete sets of the 7 ORIGINAL Deccagone 45rpm series I purchased in the 70’s from Joe Pope (Strawberry Fields Forever Fanzine) of The Beatles 1962 Decca Records audition. Each one is in Mint Condition and never played. Each has the original picture sleeve in VG+ / M- condition (See photos for details). This was the first time these historic recordings were issued to the public. Joe purchased a copy of the original production master to release these recordings and most Beatle experts still consider these the best sounding versions available to the public including the versions issued on the Anthology Series:

1. "Three Cool Cats" (Leiber/Stoller) / "Hello Little Girl" (Lennon/McCartney)

2. "The Sheik of Araby" (Smith/Wheeler/Snyder) / "September in the Rain" (Warren/Dubin)

3. "Memphis, Tennessee" (Chuck Berry) / "Love of the Loved" (Lennon/McCartney)

4. "Searchin'" (Leiber/Stoller) / "Like Dreamers Do" (Lennon/McCartney)

5. "Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" (Cantrell/Claunch/Perkins) / "Money (That's What I Want)" (Gordy/Bradford)

6. "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Buddy Holly) / ‘Till There Was You" (Meredith Wilson)

7. "To Know Her Is to Love Her" (Phil Spector) / "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez)

TWO COPIES OF EACH ORIGINAL DECCAGONE SINGLE FOR A TOTAL OF 14 SINGLES

I’m also including the following  rare and highly sought after original vinyl from Joe Pope (Each played once and recorded):

8. The Beatles – By Royal Command EP – “From Me To You” / “She Loves You” / “Till There Was You” / Twist And Shout (1 Copy)

9. The Beatles – How Do You Do It / Revolution (2 Copies, One With Picture Sleeve & One With Plain Sleeve)

This rare 45 was produced by Joe Pope in 1976 for distribution at Mystery Tour ’76 in very limited numbers.

Lastly, the following mid to late 70’s “reissue” 45s are included (Each played once and recorded):

10. The Beatles – “Long Tall Sally” (BBC) / “A Hard Day’s Night” (BBC)

11. The Beatles – Open End Interview EP

12. The Beatles – Top Of The Pops EP (BBC) “Long Tall Sally” / “A Hard Day’s Night” / “Things We Said Today” / Plus Interviews

13. The Beatles – In Japan EP (Flexi Disc) “Interviews & Messages To Their Fans In Japan” / “Messages By Herman’s Hermits, Dave Clark, Honeycombs & Cliff Richard”

14. The Beatles – Seattle Interviews EP

15. The Beatles – Interviews EP – “The Beatles Talk About: Elvis, Donald Duck & Ringo’s Rings” / “The Dave Clark Five Talk About The Beatles”

16. The Beatles & Murray The “K” EP – “As It Happened”

Total of Twenty Four 45s / EPs in this offer.

Pricing is based on Deccagone Series documented selling of $20 to $75+ depending on condition for each 45.

I’m a private collector and have decided it’s time to minimize. I have 1000's of Rare & Out Of Print CD's & DVD’s available, please e-mail if you are looking for any other CD's or DVD’s to complete your collection.

These items are the original product as I acquired it in the 1970’s and are all First Pressings. It most cases I have not viewed or listened to the item however I did run a computer check and everything tested fine. You are purchasing this as is and returns are not accepted. The producer of this product targeted the die-hard fan who wants more than what’s traditionally available no matter the quality of the source material. IT IS NOT MEANT FOR THE CASUAL FAN.

Will normally ship all items within 72 hours of receipt of cleared payment. Shipping is via USPS Priority Mail. Please contact me for other shipping options. I only receive and reply to messages from the eBay message system, not from personal/business email accounts. Please ask any and all questions prior to bidding, no exceptions. I will answer most email within 24 hours of receipt. Returns are not accepted for this item. Shipping includes tracking for your convenience. If item is stated as delivered by shipper, then item cannot be refunded if "stolen". Items are from a smoke free home.

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Additional Info:

The late Joe Pope ran a US Beatles fanzine in the seventies, called "Strawberry Fields Forever". In 1977 he obtained a tape of the reel-to-reel copy of the Decca Audition production master, and he used this tape to produce some 45 r.p.m. single discs on coloured vinyl (the so called Deccagone singles), which he sold through his fanzine, starting with Three Cool Cats and Hello Little Girl. That was the first time the public was able to hear the songs from the audition. Until then, the tape had been shrouded in mystery, and no one had known exactly which songs had been performed.

Joe Pope had nothing to do with the mastering of the original singles. He bought the tape and had it professionally mastered, then sold them via his fanzine. After the singles had sold for a while, an LP was released by Circuit Records in 1978, including one additional track, "Take Good Care Of My Baby". The LP was pressed from a different tape copy than the one Joe Pope had purchased, and suffered from some dropouts on some of the tracks. Circuit also tried to make the mono tape into "fake" stereo for their release.

The Decca audition is the name given to the now-famous Beatles audition for Decca Records at their Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, England, before they reached international stardom. Decca's decision to reject the group is considered to be one of the biggest mistakes in music history.

Manager Brian Epstein made numerous trips to London to visit record companies with the hope of securing a record contract, but was rejected by many, including Columbia, Pye, Philips, and Oriole. The Beatles were driven down to London by Neil Aspinall on New Year's Eve in 1961, for a Decca audition, but Aspinall lost his way, and the trip took ten hours. They arrived at 10 o'clock at night, and John Lennon said that they arrived "just in time to see the drunks jumping in the Trafalgar Square fountain." On 1 January 1962, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Pete Best were auditioned by Decca producer Tony Meehan (ex-drummer of the Shadows) performing a total of fifteen songs in just under one hour. All the material was selected by Epstein, who decided on a selection of covers that the band had performed in various clubs over the years, interspersed with three Lennon/McCartney originals. The Beatles later found out that Epstein had paid Meehan to produce the studio recordings.

This is the most likely order in which the songs were recorded at the Decca audition:

1. "Like Dreamers Do" (Lennon/McCartney)
2. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Gordy/Bradford)
3. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Wilson)
4. "The Sheik of Araby" (Smith/Wheeler/Snyder)
5. "To Know Her Is to Love Her" (Phil Spector)
6. "Take Good Care of My Baby" (King/Goffin)
7. "Memphis, Tennessee" (Chuck Berry)
8. "Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" (Cantrell/Claunch/Perkins)
9. "Hello Little Girl" (Lennon/McCartney)
10. "Three Cool Cats" (Leiber/Stoller)
11. "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Buddy Holly)
12. "Love of the Loved" (Lennon/McCartney)
13. "September in the Rain" (Warren/Dubin)
14. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez)
15. "Searchin'" (Leiber/Stoller)

Mike Smith agreed to let them record, telling them he could not see any problems and that he would let the group know of his decisions in a few weeks.

Eventually, Decca Records rejected The Beatles, and are quoted to have said that "guitar groups are on the way out", although this quote has since been disputed.
Decca instead chose The Tremeloes, who auditioned the same day as The Beatles, were local and would require lower travel expenses.

While Epstein was negotiating with Decca, he also approached EMI marketing executive Ron White. White (who was not himself a record producer) in turn contacted EMI producers Norrie Paramor, Walter Ridley, and Norman Newell, all of whom declined to record The Beatles. Months later, The Beatles went on to sign with EMI subsidiary Parlophone, after their 'comedy album' producer George Martin heard the Decca demos and decided to meet the band.

In 1995, The Beatles Anthology was released. The documentary includes snippets from many of the songs performed at the Decca audition, while the accompanying soundtrack (specifically, The Beatles Anthology 1) includes five of the songs performed at the audition ("Searchin'", "Like Dreamers Do", "Hello Little Girl", "Three Cool Cats", and "The Sheik of Araby"). The remaining ten songs from the Decca audition have never been officially released, although they have frequently surfaced on grey market and bootleg releases. EMI/Apple did not have the Decca tapes in their possession prior to Anthology, but they actively sought tapes from collectors for Anthology, the Quarrymen and Decca Tapes among them. 

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