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'THE BEATLES & ROY ORBISON' ORIGINAL 16 PAGE TOUR PROGRAMME,
AUTOGRAPHED ON PHOTO SPREAD BIO PAGE BY THE BEATLES.
SIGNED DURING THE DURATION OF THE TOUR, MAY 18 TO JUNE 9, 1963.

ACCOMPANIED BY LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM FRANK CAIAZZO.

SATURDAY MAY 18, 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 JUNE 9. GEORGE HARRISON REMEMBERS: “WE SOON TOOK OVER AS TOP OF THE BILL. WE HAD TO COME ON AFTER ROY. THEY HAD A TRICK IN THOSE THEATRES WHERE THEY WOULD CLOSE SOME OF THE CURTAINS ON THE STAGE SO WE COULD SET UP BEHIND THEM WHILE THE OTHER BLOKE WAS STILL OUT THERE DOING HIS TUNES. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE HIS BACKING GROUP WAS, BUT ROY WOULD BE OUT THERE EVERY NIGHT AND AT THE END HE'D BE SINGING, 'SHE'S WALKING BACK TO ME, DO DO DO DO DA DO DO-DO...' AND THE AUDIENCE WOULD GO WILD. WE'D BE WAITING THERE AND HE'D DO ANOTHER BIG ENCORE AND WE'D BE THINKING, 'HOW ARE WE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS?' IT WAS REALLY SERIOUS STUFF.”

THE BEATLES' REPERTOIRE ON THIS TOUR COMPRISED ‘SOME OTHER GUY’, ‘DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET’, ‘LOVE ME DO’, ‘FROM ME TO YOU’, ‘PLEASE PLEASE ME’, ‘I SAW HER STANDING THERE’ AND ‘TWIST AND SHOUT’. GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS ANOTHER GROUP MANAGED BY BRIAN EPSTEIN ALSO PERFORMED ON THIS TOUR, WHO WOULD GO ON TO HAVE MANY HITS INCLUDING ‘DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING’.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS SPECTACULAR AND COMPLETE 7¾" X 10¼" PROGRAMME FROM THIS TOUR, AUTOGRAPHED BY THE BEATLES. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST QUALITY CONDITIONED EXAMPLES OF THIS PARTICULAR TOUR PROGRAMME, WITH MAJESTIC AND CRISP SIGNATURES, WHICH WERE ACQUIRED DURING THE DURATION OF THE TOUR. ALL PAGES REMAIN BRIGHT WHITE AND COMPLETELY INTACT. NO BENDS, FOLDS OR CREASES ON ANY OF THE INTERIOR PAGES.

THE COVER PAGE IS IN COLOR, WHILE PAGE 2 FEATURES AN AD FOR THE TWO E.M.I. RECORDING STARS (THE BEATLES AND GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS PROMOTING THEIR TWO LATEST RELEASES. THE ADJOINING PAGE 3 IS THE PROGRAMME INTRODUCTION.

PAGES 4 AND 5 FEATURES THE HEADLINERS, THE BEATLES - WHO HAVE SIGNED MAGNIFICENTLY EACH NEAR THEIR RESPECTIVE IMAGE. JOHN, PAUL AND GEORGE HAVE AUTOGRAPHED IN BLUE BALLPOINT PEN , WHILE RINGO SIGNED IN RED BALLPOINT.  THE SIGNATURES ARE CRISP, DEEP AND STRIKING. RINGO HAS ADDED "XX" FOLLOWING HIS SIGNATURE. THE PHOTOS AND SCANS DO NOT TRULY DISPLAY THE BEAUTY AND CLARITY OF THESE NEAR MINT QUALITY AUTOGRAPHS AS VIEWING THEM IN PERSON, AND ARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES FROM THIS PERIOD. THE ADJOINING PAGE FROM THE AUTOGRAPHS DISPLAY THE "BIO" WRITE-UPS FOR THE FAB FOUR.

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

PAGES 8 AND 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, AND LEAD SINGER GERRY MARSDEN IS PICTURED ON PAGE 11.

THE SUPPORTING ACTS FOLLOW ON PAGES 12 THROUGH 15, WHILE THE BACK COVER ON PAGE 16 FINISHES UP WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR ROY ORBISON.

THIS BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED TOUR PROGRAM IS PRESENTED PROFESSIONALLY MATTED AND FRAMED, MEASURING 23½" X 17". THE FRONT OF THE FRAME DISPLAYS THE SIGNED PAGE AND IT'S ADJOINING BEATLES BIO PAGE, WHILE THE BACK OF THE FRAME SHOWS THE FRONT AND BACK PAGE RESPECTIVELY.