In 1961-1962, I went to see the Beatles at the Co-op. You had to queue all the way down Edwards Street. We had to buy the tickets in advance. They were 2s 6d in old money. It was that full no-one could move. We’d heard about them, but to see them live was a different thing all together. They were selling their records and had just brought out an EP – two tracks per side. It was called their Long Tall Sally. This was 1s 6d and if you were lucky you got them to sign it. We didn’t know then how valuable this would be today.
I played that record on our Dad’s old gramophone until it was just about destroyed. After I left home, it disappeared. I also had my ticket – stuck to the actual record and that disappeared too.
Billy Fury
I also saw Billy Fury, Screaming Lord Sutch, Freddie and the Dreamers, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and the Rolling Stones there in their early days and the tickets were affordable for us then though our parents didn’t have disposable cash, so you had to earn it. They were doing the circuit to get known and you could talk to them then.
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This appears to have been 5 October 1962, the day that the Beatles’ first single, Love Me Do was released. The Long Tall Sally EP was released in 1964. Visit here for more on the concert.
Went to see Peter and Gordon (one hit wonders) about 1966/67 . Went backstage they autographed my arm as I had nothing with me to write on. My cookery teacher was not amused when I rolled my sleeves up to reveal my unwashed left arm.
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