25 February 1963

Mixing session:

EMI Studio 1, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

I Saw Her Standing There (edit of takes 9 + 12)
Anna (Go To Him) (RM1)
Boys (RM1)
Chains (RM1)
Misery (RM1)
Do You Want To Know A Secret (RM1)
There's A Place (RM1)
I Saw Her Standing There (RM1)
Twist And Shout (RM1)
A Taste Of Honey (RM1)
Anna (Go To Him) (RS1)
Boys (RS1)
Chains (RS1)
Misery (RS1)
Baby It's You (RS1)
Do You Want To Know A Secret (RS1)
There's A Place (RS1)
I Saw Her Standing There (RS1)
Twist And Shout (RS1)
A Taste Of Honey (RS1)

The Beatles did not attend this session at which George Martin and Norman Smith mixed the Please Please Me LP.
Mixing session:

EMI Studio 1, 2.30 - 5.45pm

Please Please Me (edit of takes 16, 17 + 18)
Ask Me Why (RM2)
Misery (RM2)
Baby It's You (RM1)
Ask Me Why (RS1)
Please Please Me (RS1)
Love Me Do (RS1)
PS I Love You (RS1)
Misery (RS2)

The Beatles did not attend this session at which George Martin and Norman Smith mixed the Please Please Me LP.
Concert:

Casino Ballroom, Lord Street, Leigh, Lancashire

Not a part of the Helen Shapiro tour. George Harrison's 20th birthday.

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"I was actually there on the night, having arrived at about 9.15pm after attending an evening class at Leigh Tech. Parked coaches lined Lord St and Silk Street in front of the entrance. It was jam packed with people (mainly girls) who had arrived without a ticket and couldn't get in, Peter Hume and Vinnie Hilton were the doormen on the night and were standing behind the locked glass entrance doors. I had to squeeze through the crowd of screaming girls to the front (what an ordeal but it had to done!) - so that Peter and Vinnie could see my ticket pressed against the glass - I didn't let anyone else see it in case it was torn from my grasp - Peter indicated (with a sideways glance and a slight turn of his head) that I should go to the stage door at the rear of the building where they let me in (very quickly).

Inside, the ballroom was completely packed with fans hanging over the balcony and crushed on the dance floor right up to the stage. Most of the girls were screaming so loudly that the Beatles had to turn their amplifiers to the highest level in order that their music could be heard!

The band had been on stage for a while by then so I missed part of their show but I still remember hearing them sing 'Please Please Me' and Paul McCartney thanking everyone for helping them get it to Number One.

(Courtesy of Alanr)"

Source: Leigh Wiki

"Georgie Fame in 2003: 'I went home to Leigh in 1963 and one of my friends, who I used to play with in The Dominoes said you've got to come around to The Casino because there's this band from Liverpool and they're tearing the place apart. And I went in and there were The Beatles. And all these girls were screaming... in my home town! I went back to London, and nobody had ever heard of them. (laughter) But then soon enough, this whole avalanche came and the whole group scene started'."

Source: http://www.wlh.org.uk/fundraising/beat+boys

February 25, 1963

THE BEATLES - A collection of ephemera put together by the vendor Tom Tyrrell, a press photographer and journalist working in and around the northwest from the 1960s onwards. Comprising; a Parlophone, official handout postcard photograph of The Beatles and autographed on the reverse by all four Beatles, Backstage at the Casino ballroom in Leigh, Lancashire, Monday February 25th 1963 in the presence of the vendor, and comes with a letter of provenance. Also an original black and white photograph taken by Tom Tyrrell of The Beatles at The Earlestown Hall, Newton-Le-Willows before going on stage, Friday 30th November 1962, Ringo is seen holding an advanced copy of their recently released first EMI record "Love Me Do" with letter of provenance from the vendor and photographer, also this picture comes with the publishing rights to the image. Also one other original photograph of The Beatles appearing on stage at The Earlestown Hall, Newton-Le-Willows on Friday November 30th 1962, again sold with letter of provenance by the photographer and vendor Mr Tom Tyrrell and all publishing rights to this image. Complete with further letters of provenance featuring interesting and unique background information relating to the evenings photographed and the stories surrounding each photograph.

Source: F.R. Marshall & Co. / 17th March 2009




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