SA8.  A “With The Beatles” Album Fully Signed By The Band in Mid-1964, While On Their First World Tour
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SA8.  A “With The Beatles” Album Fully Signed By The Band in Mid-1964, While On Their First World Tour

On November 22, 1963, the same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, The Beatles released their second studio album on Parlophone. Titled "With The Beatles", the LP featured eight original Beatles compositions (seven from Lennon-McCartney and one from Harrison) and six covers, including three Motown numbers. On the day of its release, it went straight to the #1 position on the album chart, knocking their first LP "Please Please Me" out of the top spot. The requisite Christmas gift for British teenagers in 1963, it remained the best-selling album for 21 weeks and charted for 40 weeks. The LP cover featured Robert Freeman's stark black and white image of the band appearing in half shadows. Taken on August 22, 1963 at the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth while on their summer tour of England, the photo was a dramatic departure from those normally seen on pop LP covers and a sign that this was a band that stood uniquely apart from all others.

The following June, four months after their life altering first trip to America, the group embarked on what was named  ‘The World Tour’, which included stops in Denmark, The Netherlands, China, New Zealand and Australia. The first half of this tour saw temporary replacement drummer Jimmie Nicol filling in for Ringo, who had to stay back in England after being hit with a bout of tonsillitis. Following Ringo’s return after recuperating in a London hospital, The Beatles were in New Zealand from June 22^nd through 27^th of 1964 and while there, they played concerts in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch. This New Zealand Parlophone Records issue “With The Beatles” LP cover has been autographed beautifully on the back cover by all in blue ballpoint pen, and these signatures date from mid-1964, precisely when The Beatles were in New Zealand on The World Tour.

Because of the high-gloss front covers of their British LPs, autographs were usually relegated to the back cover where the ink would more easily take to the paper. This LP is no exception. All four signatures are excellent examples and each is sharp and clear, not obscured in any way. The cover is impressive in person and it is in great overall condition, having been nicely-kept over the years.

Fully-signed "With The Beatles" LPs are quite scarce relative to the much higher number of autographed "Please Please Me" LPs, which is the most commonly signed album. Even rarer are LPs signed in 1964, the first year of their global fame and a time when access to the band was virtually impossible. Here is a chance to own a beautiful copy of a classic Beatles album, signed in mid-1964 at the height of Beatlemania…..$50,000

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