SA10 Incredibly Rare First Issue STEREO “Please Please Me” Album Cover Signed By The Beatles
Description
TWO. That’s the number of STEREO “Please Please Me” album covers known to exist that have been autographed by all four members of The Beatles. And this one is in impeccable condition, having been extremely well kept over the years.
On October 23, 1963, The Beatles were at Abbey Road Studios in the morning to put the final touches on their second album “With The Beatles”, recording Take 16 of “I Want To Be Your Man” – and as was their jam packed work schedule the likes that has never been seen with any other band before or since – later that very same day The Beatles flew to Stockholm, Sweden for their first ever ‘foreign tour’. Over the next week there they played shows in Karlstad, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Borås and Eskilstuna. On October 30th they filmed a television show called “Drop In Sweden”. They returned back to England the next day.
This gorgeous LP cover was autographed for Bertil Lindblom, who was a member of the Swedish band called Trio me’ Bumba. When The Beatles played in Sweden in October of 1963, Trio me’ Bumba was one of the opening acts on the bill for 2 of the venues: The Cirkus in Gothenburg on October 27th and Sporthallen in Eskilstuna on October 29th. Bertil became friendly with Paul McCartney during their short exposure to each other’s company, and Bertil even acted as a translator for Paul. On the day that they played in Eskilstuna, Bertil brought his STEREO copy of “Please Please Me” to have autographed by the band.
All four have autographed this rare album cover beautifully in blue ballpoint pen, with all signatures being virtually perfect examples. John Lennon had started signing with one pen, then quickly switched to a different pen after realizing that the first pen was faulty. Paul McCartney has written a short message to Bertil that reads: “To Bert Hill, a wonderful man!!! Best wishes from The Bottles!”. According to Bertil, he was calling them The “Beat-less” as a goof, and that’s why Paul call The Beatles “The Bottles”. Bertil has written and signed a detailed letter, dated February of this yes, which is included with the album—thus making for Outstanding Provenance.
As of 2023, albums signed by all four members of The Beatles are nearly impossible to find, as 99% + are firmly placed in collections. This extraordinary Beatles signed album comes with an exceedingly rare 1st issue Black / Gold STEREO record. In addition to being one of two known STEREO “Please Please Me” album covers known to exist – making this one of the rarest signed Beatles albums in existence – this cover is one of the finest examples condition wise of a near mint signed Beatles LP cover.