A long-lost interview given by The Beatles for a Playboy magazine feature is expected to be auctioned. The two-hour interview took place in October 1964; journalist and radio host Jean Shepherd conducted the interview after a concert in Exeter ABC. The omega auctions with a price tag starting at £10,000 will auction the cassette tapes. The conversations reportedly contain “unfiltered moments” of conversations which include Paul McCartney cussing at a hostile journalist, alongside 15-minute live concert recordings.
While according to Omega Auctions, the recording formed the basics for a feature published in Playboy magazine in February 1965, the full tapes have never been published. The conversations reportedly contain “heartfelt anecdotes” from John Lennon and Paul McCartney about their families, as well as “playful banter”. The recording starts with a spoken introduction from Shepherd while the band plays songs including “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “I Wanna Be Your Man”.
Shepherd then conducts an in-depth interview at a Torquay hotel where the group stayed after the concert. The Manager of Omega Auction, Dan Muscatelli-Hampson said that it has always been exciting to come across lost interviews like this. The auction will hold the recording on the 15th of October.
For music enthusiasts all over the world, this auction seems to be a chance of a lifetime to get their hands on classic Beatles memorabilia. The Beatles are still music legends, even half-a-century later, and their interview represents a new chapter for the fans. It highlights a historical moment when the band members were at the zenith of their era. Missing a chance at life-changing moments like this is something most people avidly avoid, and the auction is garnering serious attention from phenomena fans.
This event is another example of how our current society is reverential, with the endowment of vintage and iconic pieces highly respected and followed through relational culture, even by inheritors who are far too young to have experienced the sixties. It awakens the past and lets us keep those times alive. It seems that the auction’s £10,000 starting price is merely a teaser, and many fans would be willing to pay any price to own such precious pieces of history
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