Lot 237
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The Beatles
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The Beatles

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The Beatles
A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles for seven days' work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, June 24th-30th, 1961, the agreement written in German in an unidentified hand, in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Musiken Rechnung [Musicians' Payments], dated 24.- 30.6.61, individually listing the five Beatles in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best, and giving details of their matching salaries: 7 jage a 35.-=DM245 [7 days at 35 deutsch marks] less tax, giving a total per week for each of DM245, each paragraph signed individually by the recipient in blue ballpoint pen: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, JW Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Peter Best
Literature
M. Lewisohn op. cit, 1992, pp.30-33 & 43
H.O. Gottfridsson op. cit, 1997, pp.6-68
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Lot Essay

The period covered by this receipt represents The Beatles thirteenth and final week of their engagement at the Top Ten Club, they were to return to Liverpool in early July.

See footnote to Lot 235

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