PC5 A Gorgeous Scarce March 1963 Issue Parlophone Records Promo Card In Impeccable Condition Signed By The Beatles On The Day Of The Stowe School Performance
Description
The second issue of Parlophone Records promotional photocards came out in March of 1963, featuring a shot of The Beatles taken by veteran theater photographer Angus McBean. The photo session was conducted by McBean on Monday, January 21, 1963 at EMI House 20 Manchester Square, in London, for the purpose of creating some new publicity portraits of The Beatles. The photographer took numerous shots of the band against a wall of windows, one of which was showcased on the front of the new Parlophone card.
Here is one of these scarce and desirable promo cards, this one signed beautifully on the back by all four members of The Beatles in vibrant blue ballpoint pen, while performing live in concert at the Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, England. The show took place on April 4, 1963 in the Roxburgh Hall at the Stowe School, which was a prestigious all-boys public school, therefore the entire audience was made-up entirely of teenage males. With that, the audience was very quiet while The Beatles played, without a single scream to be heard. This concert came about after student David Moores from Liverpool had contacted manager Brian Epstein in January 1963 to see if The Beatles would consider performing at the school, and Brian thought it was actually a great idea and he agreed to do it, for the sum total of £100.
In April of this year, a previously unknown recording of this concert emerged from the shadows, having been taped by a 15 year old student who was there.
Here is a link to that recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltLgHN6mSbM
This scarce signed Parlophone card measures 5 3/4″ x 3 1/2″, and it is in impeccable condition, having been very well kept for the past 60 years. It was obtained by the 16 year old son of the head gardener at the school, who lived on the grounds and attended the concert, and was able to get into the dressing room – where he got them to sign this promo card. His written account of this is included. The condition of this signed promo card is such that, if you were standing outside of the dressing room on the day it was signed, and you were handed it as the original obtainor was leaving the room – this is exactly what you would have in your hands! It couldn’t have been any better kept and it is arguably the nicest Beatles signed Parlophone promo card in existence…..SOLD