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On Jul 26, 7:07 am, "Mister Charlie"  wrote:
> The Beatles: Giggling fit tape found in loft
> A never before heard tape of John Lennon and Paul McCartney having a fit of
> the giggles during a recording session has been discovered tucked away in a
> loft.
> The rare clip features the Beatles in happier times joking with each other
> during a recording of melancholic ballad I'll Follow The Sun in 1964.
> The 30 minute reel-to-reel tape is being auctioned after being discovered in
> a loft, where it had sat unplayed for more than 40 years.
>
> Auctioneer Jon King said: "The vendor lives up north and was
clearing up his
> father's loft when he discovered it.
>
> "His father is still alive and worked in the music industry.
>
> "When you listen to the recording it makes your skin tingle because it's
> from a period of time when the Beatles were still friends, it's early
> Beatles.
>
> "You can hear John, Paul and Ringo having a joke and a laugh together. They
> are laughing because they can't get a song right.
>
> "It's a real collectors piece. We are expecting a lot of interest in it
> worldwide."
>
> The tape, which includes other Beatles hits and cover versions of other
> artists' songs, goes under the hammer at Cameo Auctioneers in Midgham,
> Berkshire in August. It has an estimate of £8,000 to £12,000.
>
> During the recording of the cult ballad which was released on the Beatles
> For Sale album in December 1964, John Lennon is heard saying: "I'm playing,
> baby. I know I can't stop laughing because I can see them two. I'm not
> looking at you."
>
> Paul McCartney replies: "You were."
>
> John Lennon says: "It's just going to get funnier and funnier as
the evening
> goes on. It's 11o'clock you know."
>
> Paul McCartney says: "Let's just try this once more and if it's
the last one
> that's hard lines."
>
> The pair are then heard trying to record the track a number of times before
> collapsing in a fit of laughter.
>
> Eventually they get it right as on the second side of the tape there is a
> completed recording of Follow The Sun.
>
> The newly discovered Beatles recording also includes hits, Don't Put Me Down
> Like This, I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby,
> Honey Don't, I'll Follow The Sun, I'm A Loser, Too Much Monkey Business,
> Nitty Gritty, Somethings Gotta Hold Of Me and I Shall Not Be Moved.
>
> The iconic Sg Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band drum stick sold for a $1.1
> million at auction recently - four times the estimate.
>
> A link to hear a small bit of
it:http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1529569286/bctid1689589558
>
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This sounds so wonderful and joyful. Thanks for posting this Mr. C.

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