Beatles audition tape from 1962 discovered in Vancouver record store: ‘Quality is unreal’
The tape is believed to be a copy of The Beatles’ audition session recorded at Decca Studios in London on Jan. 1, 1962 ...
The Westerly Sun7d
Pete Best, the 'Other Beatle' to perform at the United Friday
If you had told me when I was a young teenager — swooning over a certain mop-topped quartet from Liverpool, like most girls ...
Long lost 1962 Beatles demo that led to Fab 4 being turned down
A rare and valuable Beatles audition tape that led to the Fab Four being turned by Decca Records has been discovered in a Canadian record store. Jack Herschorn said he got the tape in London in 1968 ...
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Original Beatles drummer Pete Best to perform in Hudson Falls
The drummer formed the Pete Best Band in 1988, which has since released three studio records, including the Grammy-Award ...
Ultimate Classic Rock13y
No. 8 – Pete Best Gets Left Behind
Finding themselves without a permanent drummer in 1960, the pre-fame Beatles hired local Liverpool skinsman Pete Best -- but his time in the band would be short lived. After recording a demo for ...
Ultimate Classic Rock4y
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey) got his start drumming for another Liverpool group -- Rory Storm and the Hurricanes -- before he was asked to step into Pete Best's vacant spot in the Beatles in ...