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AUTHENTIC GROUP AUTOGRAPHS ITEM#: AA128 PRICE: ---  |
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DESCRIPTION 5½" X 4" LIGHT YELLOW AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE AUTOGRAPHED BY THE BEATLES. JUNE 23,1963, ALPHA TELEVISION STUDIOS, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND IN FEBRUARY 1964, THE SENSATIONAL SUCCESS OF THE BEATLES WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN RECORD MARKET, ALLOWING SCORES OF OTHER BRITISH GROUPS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE IN AND ENJOY MAJOR HITS. IN THE SUMMER OF 1963, THE SENSATIONAL SUCCESS OF THE BEATLES OPENED THE FLOODGATES WITHIN THE BRITISH RECORD MARKET FOR GROUPS FROM LIVERPOOL. THEY WERE DOMINATING THE UK CHARTS AT THIS TIME. TO CELEBRATE THE "MERSEYBEAT" BOOM, AN ENTIRE EDITION OF ABC TELEVISION'S "LUCKY STARS - SUMMER SPIN - MERSEYBEAT SPECIAL", (THE SUMMER TITLE OF "THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS") WAS GIVEN OVER TO LIVERPOOL ACTS. HOSTED NOT BY BRIAN MATTHEWS BUT BY PETE MURRAY, IT WAS TAPED DURING THE AFTERNOON OF SUNDAY, JUNE 23 AT ALPHA TELEVISION STUDIOS IN BIRMINGHAM AND TRANSMITTED ON JUNE 29. MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN, ALTHOUGH BEATLES FANS HAD A DILEMMA IN THAT THE LAST TEN MINUTES OVERLAPPED WITH JOHN'S APPEARANCE ON THE BBC'S "JUKE BOX JURY". THE BEATLES, NATURALLY, TOPPED THE BILL, AND THEREFORE CLOSED THE SHOW, MIMING TO "FROM ME TO YOU" AND "I SAW HER STANDING THERE". IT WAS HERE DURING THE TAPING THAT THIS WONDERFUL 5½" X 4" LIGHT YELLOW AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE WAS SIGNED BEAUTIFULLY BY THE BEATLES. ALL FOUR BEATLES HAVE SIGNED SHARPLY IN CRISP DELIBERATE STROKES AND HAVE ADDED "XXX". JOHN, PAUL AND GEORGE HAVE SIGNED IN BLUE BALLPOINT, WHILE RINGO SIGNED IN BLACK BALLPOINT. RINGO HAS ALSO ADDED "THE BEATLES" ABOVE HIS AUTOGRAPH WHICH REALLY TOPS OFF THIS GREAT PAGE. THERE ARE TWO FINGERPRINT INK SMUDGES EVIDENT ON THE PAGE AS WELL. THIS SIGNED PAGE WAS CAREFULLY EXCISED FROM THIS AUTOGRAPH BOOK, WHICH ALSO CARRIES OTHER NOTABLE SIGNATURES OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. AMONG THOSE IS THE HOST OF THIS VERY "LUCKY STARS" SHOW OF JUNE 23, 1963 PETE MURRAY, THE REGULAR HOST BRIAN MATTHEWS, KENNETH COPE, ADAM FAITH, BILLY J. KRAMER, AND THE DESIGNER OF THE SGT. PEPPER ALBUM COVER, PETER BLAKE. FROM THE 1980'S, THERE IS STEVIE WONDER (ALONG WITH A V.I.P. PASS TO HIS CONCERT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM), AND ACTOR KENNETH BRANAUGH. THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK IS ALSO INCLUDED. A LETTER FROM THE ORIGINAL RECIPIENT OF THE AUTOGRAPHS IS INCLUDED THAT READS : "THESE BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED BY ME WHILST THE BEATLES PERFORMED ON THE TV PROGRAM "THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS". MY FATHER WORKED IN THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT AT THE STUDIOS SO I WAS TAKEN TO THE RECORDING AS A TREAT FOR MY BIRTHDAY". THIS GREAT 1963 AUTOGRAPH SET IS HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED IN BLACK WOOD, AND MATTED IN DARK SLATE GRAY WITH THE SAME COLOR FLOORING. WITH OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF 15" X 19", IT FEATURES AN ORIGINAL & AUTHENTIC "NEMPIX" PUBLICITY PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPH. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SIGNED PAGE HAS BEEN RESPECTED AND IS FULLY EXPOSED WITHOUT MATTING CUTTING OFF THE EDGES. TRANSPARENT PHOTOGRAPH CORNER HOLDERS ARE UTILIZED TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. ISSUED IN 1963/64, THIS ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE 7½" X 6" UK GLOSSY OF THE GROUP WAS TAKEN BY DEZO HOFFMAN. IT'S THE CLASSIC "COLLARLESS SUIT POSE" FROM THAT INFAMOUS JULY 1963 PHOTO SESSION, JUST ONE MONTH FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THIS PAGE. PRODUCED ON HIGH QUALITY GLOSSY PHOTO CARD, THE PHOTOGRAPH HAS "THE BEATLES" PRINTED AT THE BOTTOM CENTER. THIS PARTICULAR SHOT IS "NEMPOSE PHOTO # 2. ACCOMPANIED BY LIFETIME LETTERS OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES. 
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