THE QUARRYMEN (Beatles) In Spite of All The Danger / That'll Be The Day DEMO ACETATE

THE QUARRYMEN (Beatles) In Spite of All The Danger / That'll Be The Day DEMO ACETATE Poster.

In 1955 Percy Phillips, at 60 years old, bought a portable tape recorder, record disc cutting machine, microphones and a four-way mixer which were installed in a living room at No. 38, Kensington, Liverpool. Word of the ‘Phillips recording studio’ soon spread.

As skiffle and beat music interested the genre of music for the young Liverpudlian musicians, the aspirations of most of them was to have their sound cut to disc and have ‘made a record’.

One such band was The Quarry Men who were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison (guitars), John Lowe (piano) and Collin Hanton (drums), who turned up at ‘Phillips Sound Recording Service’ on July 12th 1958. The disc that resulted cost the quarrymen 17s 6d (0.88 pence) for their 78rpm record. There was no mention of the name ‘Quarrymen’ on the disc.

On one side of the disc was Buddy Holly’s ‘That’ll Be The Day’ with John Lennon singing lead vocal and Paul McCartney singing high harmonies. The other side was a song called ‘In Spite Of All The Danger’ which was written by Paul McCartney and George Harrison with John Lennon singing lead vocals.

Colin Hanton and John Lowe left the quarrymen soon after the disc was cut leaving Lennon, McCartney and Harrison to climb to fame.

As for Percy Phillips, without the benefit of hindsight, The Quarrymen were yet another, forgettable, band of teenage lads...if only he had a crystal ball!

Paul McCartney owns the only original known copy, and it’s worth...priceless! 

Will look fantastic if framed (see images).

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