10 January 1963

Transglobal Music Co., acting on behalf of EMI, signs a licensing agreement giving Vee-Jay Records the rights to release "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" in the US market. Both titles had been rejected by Dave Dexter of Capitol Records.
Concert:

Grafton Ballroom, West Derby Road, Liverpool
January 10, 1963

Photobucket January 10, 1963

January 10, 1963


This concert is covered by Vincent Mulchrone of the Daily Mail and Maureen Cleave of the Evening Standard.

Cleave writes: "John Lennon has an upper lip which is brutal in a devastating way. George Harrison is handsome, whimsical and untidy. Paul McCartney has a round baby face while Ringo Starr is ugly but cute. Their physical appearance inspires frenzy. They look beat-up and depraved in the nicest possible way."

January 10, 1963

"This well-worn ticket for a gig at Liverpool's Grafton Ballroom is signed on the reverse "The Beatles...Paul McCartney" in blue ballpoint! Chances are it was folded in a fan's wallet or purse for years as a keepsake. Comes with LOA from the world's leading Beatles autograph authority, Frank Caiazzo. 4 ½"x3""

Source: Leylands auction, 30 April 2001




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