THE BEATLES Two rare concert hand-bills, one featuring The Beatles as the support band for Joe Brown and his Bruvvers, Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, 27 July, 1962, 8 x 6½in.; the other featuring The Beatles in the Number One Star Show, supporting Bruce Channel, June 21st, 1962, 7½ x 5in.; and various press cuttings. (2)

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THE BEATLES Two rare concert hand-bills, one featuring The Beatles as the support band for Joe Brown and his Bruvvers, Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, 27 July, 1962, 8 x 6½in.; the other featuring The Beatles in the Number One Star Show, supporting Bruce Channel, June 21st, 1962, 7½ x 5in.; and various press cuttings. (2)

Literature

Lewisohn,(Mark):The Beatles Live!, Pavilion Books Ltd. London, 1986, p.111.

Lot Essay

In the second half of 1962 ...Brian Epstein would shrewdly book top-line acts of the day to appear on Merseyside in order that the Beatles could be seen to support them on the bill, or maybe even upstage them. On June 21st, Bruce Channel took top billing following his Tope Ten hit 'Hey! Baby'....Channel's harmonica player, Delbert McLinton so inspired John Lennon that his influence would be clearly heard on nearly all of the Beatles' recorded output until 1964.

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