28 March 1963
Radio broadcast:
On The Scene
BBC Light Programme, 5.00 - 5.29 pm
Recorded 21 March
Concert:
ABC Cinema, London Inn Square, Exeter, Devonshire
"Gary Brady who went to see the Beatles in 1963 remembers:
"In 1963 I went to the Savoy Cinema to see the The Beatles live on stage - jelly babies were everywhere. This was at the beginning of their fabulous career, you couldn't read a paper, magazine or turn on the television without the Beatles being mentioned............The following day after the concert whilst at work I was told that the Beatles were just leaving the Rougemont Hotel where they were staying - I immediately ran to the Rougemont Hotel where the Fab Four were just walking though the front of the hotel and I literally bumped into them. I stood there and just looked at their haircuts and the customised dark clothing. It made quite an impression."
Another fan remembered the Beatles dropping into a record store opposite the ABC in London Inn Square at the time of the same show. Paul McCartney asked the fan if the store stocked their first LP, Please Please Me, that had only just been released. The fan grabbed a paper bag for the Beatles to autograph. The bag came up for auction in 2006 with an estimated price of £3,000."
Source: http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/60s_entertainment.html
"This great set of signatures includes an autograph book page signed John, Paul, George, and Ringo, each very nicely in blue ballpoint, with Paul adding "Beatles" above his signature. The page was signed on March 28, 1963, when the Fab Four played at the ABC Cinema in Exeter, Devonshire, England, while on tour with Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. The page is matted along with two others, one signed by Roe and the other signed by singer Helen Shapiro, (for whom the band served as opening act in what was their first national tour), along with a handbill touting "1962: The Beatles Year of Achievement.""
Source: Heritage Auction Galleries, October 2006
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