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AUTHENTIC GROUP AUTOGRAPHS ITEM#: AA137 PRICE: -------  |
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DESCRIPTION ORIEL HOTEL & RESTAURANT STATIONARY LETTERHEAD, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND AUTOGRAPHED BY THE BEATLES, SIGNED SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1963. "THE BEATLES' AUTUMN TOUR", THEIR FOURTH TREK AROUND BRITAIN, OPENED ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 1, 1963 WITH A PERFORMANCE AT THE ODEON CINEMA IN CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WHERE IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TERM "BEATLEMANIA" WAS FIRST USED. THE FOLLOWING DAY A REPORT IN THE DAILY MIRROR NEWSPAPER CARRIED THE HEADLINE: "BEATLEMANIA! IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE . . . EVEN IN SEDATE CHELTENHAM". THIS WAS THE GROUP'S FIRST SERIES OF CONCERTS AS THE UNCHALLENGED SOLE HEADLINERS. THE BEATLES TOPPED A BILL FEATURING FIVE OTHER ACTS: THE RHYTHM & BLUES QUARTET, THE VERNONS GIRLS, THE BROOK BROTHERS, PETER JAY & THE JAYWALKERS, AND THE KESTRELS. THE COMPERE ON THE TOUR DATES WAS FRANK BERRY. THIS 'PACKAGE' TOUR VENTURED THROUGH 32 DATES AND VENUES, WRAPPING UP ON DECEMBER 13TH IN SOUTHAMPTON. AFTER PLAYING THEIR 14TH DATE AT THE WINTER GARDENS THEATRE IN BOURNEMOUTH ON THE 16TH, THE BEATLES TRAVELED TO BERKSHIRE TO STAY THE NIGHT AT THE ORIEL HOTEL & RESTAURANT, BEFORE MOVING ON TO COVENTRY FOR THE NEXT NIGHT'S SHOW. IT WAS HERE AT THE ORIEL THAT THIS 6¾" x 8" letterhead was autographed MAGNIFICENTLY BY THE BEATLES, ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17TH. SIGNED IN MATCHING BLUE BALLPOINT PEN, these LARGE, SWEEPING BOLD SIGNATURES are ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT IN EVERY ASPECT. the quality is unsurpassable. THIS SET IS ONE OF THE BEST... IF NOT THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A SIGNED PAGE WE HAVE EVER ACQUIRED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE 18TH HAD NOT BEEN A DAY OF REST FOR THE BEATLES AS IT HAD FOR THE OTHER ACTS ON THEIR PACKAGE TOUR. INSTEAD, THEY ATTENDED A CEREMONY AT EMI HOUSE IN LONDON WHERE THEY RECEIVED A CLUTCH OF PRESENTATIONS DISCS INCLUDING: SILVER LP'S FOR PLEASE PLEASE ME AND WITH THE BEATLES - THE LATTER IN ADVANCE OF RELEASE - FROM EMI CHAIRMAN SIR JOSEPH LOCKWOOD (SEE PHOTO OF THIS OCCASION BELOW). ACCOMPANIED BY LIFETIME LETTERS OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES.
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