Autographs: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, The Moody Blues, The Fourmost, Gerry Marsden, and others, 1964-1965 –

Autograph album with green cloth covers, further within clear protective covers, ownership name of Mary Holdsworth to front endpaper, containing approx. 40+ signatures, many further captioned with the date and venue of where the autograph was signed, 13 x 10.5 cm, signatures include:

Peter and Gordon signed on a black and white photograph pasted down; Alan Holmes ‘(Sounds Incorporated) April 27^th 1964 (around the Beatles)’; The Moody Blues, signed across two single-pages on two pieces of paper pasted down by Denny Laine, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, and Clint Warwick, ‘Stratford Town Hall, 21^st January 1966’; Mike Milward ‘Fourmost (Brighton) July 12^th 64’, Gerry Marsden (Pacemakers) ‘Jerry Marsden (Bedford Hotel) June 7^th 64’; Mike Berry and the Innocents signed on a piece of paper pasted down across two-pages ‘Stratford Town Hall May 12^th 64’; Brian O’Hara ‘(Fourmost) ‘July 12^th 64 (Brighton)’; Aaron [Williams] ‘Aaron (Merseybeats) (Easy Beat) April 22, 1964’; Dace Lovelady signed on a piece of paper tipped-in ‘Fourmost (Brighton) July 12^th 1964’; Patti Boyd signed on a piece of paper pasted down ‘Hammersmith Odeon) December 10^th 1965’; Johnny Gustafson ‘(Easy Beat) April 22^nd 64’; John Banks ‘(Room at top) (Merseybeats) June 21^st 64’; Chris Curtis ‘(Searchers) Easy Beat April 15^th 64’; John McNally ‘(Searchers) Easy Beat April 15^th 64’; Ringo Starr, signed on a single-page, ‘(Brighton) July 12^th 64’; The Rockin’Berries ‘Woolwich Granada 31^st January 65’; George Harrison and Paul McCartney, ‘(Brighton July 12^th 64’) both signed on the album page (with The Pretty Things signatures on reverse); The Pretty Things ‘Woolwhich Granada 31^st January 65’; Jimmy Nicol ‘(Brighton July 12^th 64’; Bob Garner ‘(Brighton July 12^th 64’; Billy Hatton signed on a piece of paper now detached from page ‘Fourmost (Brighton) July 12^th 64’; Neil Aspinall signed on a piece of paper pasted down ‘(Brighton July 12^th 64’; Tom Springfield ‘(Palladium) May 17^th 64’; Dora Bryan signed on a piece of paper pasted down ‘(Brighton) July 12^th 64’; The Shubdubs ‘(July 12^th 64)’; John Banks ‘(Merseybeats) Easy Beat April 22^nd 64’; and four members of West Ham United football team ‘(East Ham Coop)’.

Provenance:

The Collection of the late Mary Holdsworth, Script Supervisor (1949-2024). Mary and her best friend, Barbara Coooper, were huge Beatles fans in the 60s, and attended shows at the London Palladium, Woolwhich Granada, Hammersmith Odeon, weekend balls, and as many television studios and events they could, to see their idols John, Paul, George, and Ringo and other iconic groups of the day.