Thursday, August 16, 2007

The Fab Four's First


I was searching for something else in a 1962 edition of the Melody Maker when I came across this review of the Beatles with Tony Sheridan. It is undoubtedly the first mention of the Fab Four in the mainstream music press - they'd appeared in Merseybeat but that's all. I love the last line....

6 comments:

James Higham said...

Where on earth did you dig that up from?

Anonymous said...

I have that version in Beatles Anthology. They're right--it rocks.

Richard Havers said...

The joys of having an archive Graf....

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Yes, what a great last line!

Anonymous said...

Aye Tony Sheridan had a stormin' career once he dropped the backing band.

Liz Hinds said...

Fantastic! Do you have the original newspaper? It must be a collector's item.