THE BEATLES -  The Deccagone Sessions

MONO VINYL LP

Smilin' Ears 7701

1977

Following The Beatles’ failed audition for Decca Records on 1st January 1962, Brian Epstein asked for the tape, since Decca would have no use for it without the artists being signed to a contract. He was given a copy of the audition on two ten-inch reels. Between them, these contained the fifteen tracks recorded by The Beatles on 1st January 1962. Epstein hawked these around London, eventually landing The Beatles a recording contract with Parlophone Records. In the years since then, Epstein’s copy has gone missing. When Apple were compiling the Anthology albums in the mid 1990’s, they had to ask collectors for copies of the audition from bootlegs.

What is known is that two copies of the Decca Tapes were sold to private collectors in the late seventies and were used to produce many versions of the auditions. This LP is the "The Beatles - The Deccagone Sessions" on the Smilin' Ears label  No. 7701. This LP contains the recording session at the Decca studios in the U.K. as well as some other early recordings from radio shows.

This is a VERY RARE COLLECTOR EDITION and for a long time "OUT OF PRINT" !

 MATRICES:

Side 1  Etched S.E. 7701-A

Side 2 Etched S.E. 7701-B

CATALOGUE NUMBER: Smilin's Ears 7701

 VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT  CONDITION, BRIGHT AND GLOSSY. 

Tracklist

A1

Searchin'

A2

Like Dreamers Do

A3

Three Cool Kats

A4

Hello Little Girl

A5

How Do You Do It

A6.1

White Power (Get Off)

A6.2

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

A7

The Honeymoon Song

A8

Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)

B1

Love Of The Loved

B2

Memphis

B3

September In The Rain

B4

Sheik Of Araby

B5

Revolution

B6

Some Other Guy

B7

Everyone Wants Someone

B8

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)

B9

Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

SOURCES:
A1-A4 and B1-B4, Decca auditions Jan 1 1962

A5 Intended to be their 2nd single, Abbey Road Sept 1962

A6-A8 Recorded for "Pop Go the Beatles", July 1963

B5 Taken from the video clip (Live vocals over backing track), Sept 1968

B6 Audio portion for Granada TV appearance "People and Places", Sept 1962

B7-B9 BBC, Recorded for "Pop Go the Beatles", Jul/Aug 1963

CORRECTIONS:

-A6 Is incorrectly listed on label and sleeve as "Trying Waiting Hoping". Also, not listed anywhere, track A6 at the beginning contains an excerpt of "White Power" from the Get Back sessions Jan 1969, which was edited to the beginning of Crying Waiting Hoping.

-B8 Listed as just "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down" on jacket and label.

LABELS




LABELS ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO VISIBLE SPIDER MARKS ON THE LABELS







SLEEVE





THE ALBUM COVER IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

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THE RECORD HAS BEEN CLEANED ON A VACUUM RECORD CLEANING MACHINE

THE RECORD IS SUPPLIED IN AN ANTI-STATIC PLASTIC SLEEVE. THE ALBUM COVER IS ALSO SUPPLIED IN ITS OWN SEALED PLASTIC SLEEVE. ALL STORED SEPARATELY IN A VINYL PLASTIC SLEEVE

THE RECORD WILL BE SHIPPED IN A SECURE CARDBOARD MAILER

PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF LPs & BOX SETS THAT WILL BE SOLD OVER THE COMING WEEKS

Vinyl LP Record Grading

Code

Meaning

Record Grading

Album Sleeve Grading

S

Sealed

The record is still packed

The record is still packed

M

Mint

The record is in brand new condition, absolutely perfect. Certainly never played, possibly even still sealed. Should be used sparingly as a grade, if at all.

Cover and extra documents like lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition

NM

Near Mint

Describes an almost mint record, this grade is used for records that appear virtually flawless but not perfect. A very minor scuff can appear on the record. Yet, the record must play without any noise over the flaw and the latter must be very hard to detect. Any blemish affecting sound quality will prevent records from being graded NM or M.

The cover should look close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the record resting inside) may be acceptable. It has no creases, folds, seam splits or any other noticeable similar defect. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same is true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves, and the like. Basically, Near Mint looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.

VG+

Very Good +

Most common condition for records. The record has been played a few times but displays no major deterioration in sound quality. May have some very light surface noise or isolated crackles and pops. Some slight signs of wear, occasional light marks and scuffs. The average person would not notice anything wrong. Labels may be marked lightly.

Cover shows some handling imperfection like normal wear and tear, price tag, creasing. Minor ring wear, moderate wear to edges and corners. Cover can also be in mint condition but there is a DJ or promo copy stamp or cut in the corner.

VG

Very Good

Now the signs of age and handling are starting to show. You can notice some clear wear on the surface. Some scratches that may cause clicks, crackles or pops. There may be minor warps and skips. Labels may be marked.

Cover suffers from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration. Cover will have ring wear.

G

Good

The record has been played so much that the sound quality has been noticeably deteriorated. Likely to be lots of minor scratches and scuffs. Potential label marks and damage.

The cover and contents can be torn, stained and/or defaced, there also can be some writing on it

F/P

Fair/Poor

The record does not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc, Unless it is something very rare it is not worth listing in this condition

The cover and contents are badly damaged or partly missing. Cover can also be missing

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