AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA072
PRICE : $18,750

S O L D !!!
 

8" X 10½"   THE BEATLES & ROY ORBISON
ORIGINAL 16 PAGE TOUR PROGRAMME
AUTOGRAPHED ON PHOTO BIO PAGE BY
THE BEATLES
SIGNED  MAY-JUNE 1963
DURING THE DURATION OF THIS TOUR

SATURDAY 18 MAY 1963 WAS THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE BEATLES'
THIRD NATIONWIDE PACKAGE TOUR IN AS MANY MONTHS.
THIS TIME IT WAS WITH AMERICAN SENSATION ROY ORBISON,
WHOM THE BEATLES MUCH ADMIRED. ROY INITIALLY BEGAN AS
THE BILL-TOPPER, BUT THE BEATLES VERY QUICKLY, BY AUDIENCE
DEMAND, ASSUMED THAT POSITION THROUGHOUT THE TOUR
WHICH CONCLUDED ON 9 JUNE.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS SPECTACULAR,
HIGH-GRADE AND COMPLETE PROGRAMME FROM THIS TOUR -
SIGNED BY THE BEATLES.

THIS PROGRAMME WAS ACQUIRED ON TUESDAY 28 MAY,
AT THE GAUMONT CINEMA, WORCESTER,  BY A JOURNALIST WHO HAD FOLLOWED
THE BEATLES DURING THIS PERIOD. THE PROGRAMME WAS SIGNED BY THE
BOYS FOLLOWING AN INTERVIEW, AT ANOTHER ONE OF THE STOPS ALONG THIS TOUR.

THE COVER PAGE IS IN COLOR :

PAGE 2 FEATURES AN AD FOR THE TWO E.M.I. RECORDING STARS
PROMOTING THEIR TWO LATEST RELEASES &
THE ADJOINING PAGE 3 IS THE PROGRAMME INTRODUCTION :

PAGES 4 & 5 FEATURES THE HEADLINERS
THE BEATLES
WHO SIGNED MAGNIFICENTLY IN MATCHING BLUE BALLPOINT
NEAR EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IMAGE
WITH ALL FOUR ADDING "XXX" FOLLOWING THEIR SIGNATURES,
AND IN ADDITION, PAUL AND RINGO HAVE WRITTEN "LOVE" :

THE BEATLES SIGNATURES ARE CRISP, DEEP AND STRIKING.
THE PHOTOS AND SCANS DO NOT TRULY DISPLAY
THE BEAUTY AND CLARITY OF THESE AUTOGRAPHS.
THERE ARE NONE BETTER FROM THIS PERIOD, AND WOULD
GRADE AN UNDENIABLE NEAR MINT :

THE ADJOINING "BIO" PAGE FOR THE FAB FOUR :

PAGES 6 & 7 FEATURES THE OTHER HEADLINER.
FROM THE UNITED STATES COMES ROY ORBISON :

PAGES 8 & 9 IS THE COLOR CENTERFOLD WHICH FEATURES
THE PROGRAMME LINE-UP, AND HAS
THE BEATLES BILLED AS "THE HIT PARADE STARS" :

PAGES 10 & 11 FEATURES "GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS",
ANOTHER GROUP MANAGED BY BRIAN EPSTEIN,
WHO WOULD GO ON TO HAVE MANY HITS INCLUDING
"DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING" :

THE SUPPORTING ACTS FOLLOW ON PAGES 12 & 13 :

AND PAGES 14 & 15 :

THE BACK COVER, PAGE 16, FINISHES UP WITH AN AD FOR ROY ORBISON :

IT IS OBVIOUS THIS PROGRAMME HAS BEEN VERY WELL STORED AND
PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE BETTER AND GRADES
NEAR MINT TO NEAR MINT MINUS. EACH AND EVERY PAGE RETAINS ITS
ORIGINAL WHITE TONE WITH NO YELLOWING OR AGING WHATSOEVER !
ALL PAGES REMAIN INTACT AND SOLID, STILL TIGHTLY ENFORCED BY THE
TWO STAPLES THAT HOLD THE PROGRAMME TOGETHER.

THIS MOST OUTSTANDING AND EXEMPLARY SIGNED TOUR PROGRAMME
IS CURRENTLY BEING PROFESSIONALLY MATTED & FRAMED.
STAY TUNED FOR THE FINISHED PRODUCT !!

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