BEATLES / PETE BEST FOUR 1964 RARE DECCA 45 " I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR"
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THE PETE BEST FOUR "I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR b/w WHY DID I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU" DECCA F.11929 RELEASED 1964 STAMPER NUMBERS 1 BOTH SIDES
FOLLOWING PETE'S DISMISSAL FROM THE BEATLES HE WAS APPROACHED BY RORY STORM TO JOIN HIS HURRICANES WHICH HE DECLINED AND ALSO BRIAN EPSTEINS INDUCEMENT TO JOIN THE MERSEY BEATS WAS ALSO DECLINED EVENTUALLY HE JOINED LEE CURTIS AND THE ALL STARS ,THE BAND TOURED HEAVILY IN THE UK AND ABROAD AND IN 1963 IN A MERSEYBEAT POLL THEY CAME SECOND TO THE BEATLES BY A VERY NARROW MARGIN.
HOWEVER A RECORD CONTRACT WITH DECCA WAS ON THE HORIZON ,PETE AND THE ALL STARS SPLIT FROM LEE CURTIS AND AGAIN TOURED HEAVILY TO CREATE THEIR OWN SOUND
THE MANAGER AT DECCA MIKE SMITH WHO TURNED THE BEATLES DOWN CHANGED THE BANDS NAME TO THE PETE BEST FOUR AND RECORDED THIS SINGLE
VINYL DISC STILL HAS A SLIGHT GLOSSY SHEEN TO IT BUT DOES HAVE HANDLING AND NEEDLE MARKS ONE WHICH IS FEELABLE BUT ON THE "A" SIDE THE AUDIO IS UNAFFECTED ON THE "B" SIDE THERE ARE SOME AUDIBLE CLICKS BUT THE DISC PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT ANY STICKING OR JUMPING AND THE AUDIO WHEN PLAYING IS GREAT TO LISTEN TO
THE LABELS ARE NICE AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING
RECORD COMES IN ITS PERIOD RECORD SLEEVE FROM THE TIME WHICH IS NICE AND CLEAN
ITS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT I PLAY THESE 45's ON A PERIOD 60's HI-FI WITH A HEAVIER TONE ARM SO A DIFFERENT RESPONSE MIGHT OCCUR WITH A MODERN SYSTEM ,MOST PEOPLE OWNED A DANSETTE WHEN THESE WERE RELEASED AND THAT WOULD PLOUGH THROUGH ANY 45
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