20 April 1963
Television broadcast:
Thank Your Lucky Stars
ITV, 5.50 - 6.30 pm
Recorded 14 April
Concert:
Ballroom, Mersey View Pleasure Grounds, Overton Hills, Frodsham, Cheshire
"An autographed Beatles concert ticket, 1963
from the Mersey View Ballroom, 20th April, the reverse signed by the group in blue ballpoint
9 by 11.5 cm; 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 in, front discoloured by tape overall, creased, reverse dirty
The group's only appearance at this venue, in Frodsham, Cheshire. The following day they appeared at the Empire Pool, Wembley, their biggest concert to date, playing to an audience of some 10000 at the NME Poll-Winners' All-Star Concert!"
Source: Sotheby's auction, 19 September 2000
"Beatles Signed Promo Card. This 4.5" x 3.5" promo card for an April 20, 1963 dance at the Mersey View Ballroom is signed on the back by Paul McCartney in black ink and by Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon in blue ink. Signed near the end- their pre-celebrity period, this is an excellent piece to have, since items autographed by the band after 1963 are difficult enough to find, and, after 1969, extremely scarce. After the band stopped doing live concerts in 1966, they came together as a group mostly just for recording sessions, and that only until production concluded on "Abbey Road" in August, 1969. In Very Fine condition, the card has mild overall tanning that is more pronounced around the edges, some very light edge wear and blunted corners, and a few tack holes that do not affect the signatures."
Source: Heritage Auctions
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