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Decca Audition Tapes - The Beatles
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Track:
Decca Audition Tapes

Artist:
The Beatles

Album:
Jan. 1, 1962

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peterfeld:

Fifty years ago today, January 1, 1962, The Beatles recorded an audition tape (mostly covers and standards, some of which they later re-recorded and released) for Decca Records — who rejected them.

On this excerpt, you can hear “Take Good Care Of My Baby,” “Money,” “To Know Her Is To Love Her,” Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee,” “Till There Was You,” “Sure To Fall (In Love With You),” “Besame Mucho,” “Love Of The Loved” (a Lennon-McCartney composition), and “September In The Rain.”

Getting turned down and rejected is a pretty important part of the creative process. It’s the ol’ “you never know what window will open when a door closes” – that kind of mentality. I mean, there’s a guy somewhere out there in time and space who turned down the fucking Beatles. Dr Seuss went through something like 19 different publishers to put out ‘Cat In The Hat’. 

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    Fifty years ago today, January 1, 1962, The Beatles recorded an audition tape (mostly covers
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    Some executive at CBS rejected Star Trek in favor of Lost in Space. NBC should have sent him a Christmas card.
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    Such a great way to start the day. Let’s hope it keeps this way.
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