Beatles fan buys long-lost demo for £18,000
A demo of a song The Beatles wrote for Cilla Black has sold for £18,000 at an auction. There was interest from buyers across the globe in the seven-inch Dick James demo disc, which feature a two-minute rendition of It’s For You.
The song was written and recorded on the tape by Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon - but it was written for Cilla Black, who had a top 10 hit with the track in 1964. Long-lost Beatles demo sent to Cilla Black could sell for £20,000 at auction today The lucky buyer was willing to shell out thousands of pounds for a recording that had not been released - which Beatles experts say is extremely rare.
The demo, clocking in at just under two minutes, was sold at the Beatles Memorabilia Auction today at the Unity Theatre. Around 300 rare items are up for sale throughout the day at the 25th annual event, organised by the Beatles Shop on Mathew Street. The Beatles Shop confirmed it had sold for £18,000, after predicting it would fetch between £15-20,000. But the identity of the demo’s new owner is still a mystery at this stage.
The recording was originally posted by the Beatles to Cilla Black when she was performing at the London Palladium in 1964. But it was widely assumed to have disappeared or been destroyed, as it was never found.
By: Tom Belger
Source: Liverpool Echo
