The acetate for a rare Beatles album that never saw release will be auctioned off on August 9 by Heritage Auctions.
Best of the Beatles was assembled by Capitol Records as a two-LP set in 1964 as a compilation of the group’s Capitol and Vee-Jay hits to date. According to experts, Capitol was not able to release the album as planned when they found out that Vee-Jay did not lose the rights to their tracks until a later date.
Included with the album will be a letter of authenticity from Clifford J. Yamasaki of Let It Be Records in San Francisco which reads:
I certify that this 2 LP acetate of ‘The Best of the Beatles’ is one of two known to exist and was purchased from a Capitol Records executive for a project that was scrapped. The project: #46934-41. The date of pressing: 6-2-64
Opening bid for the album is $10,000.
The track list for the album:
Side 1
- Twist and Shout
- Love Me Do
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- From Me To You
- This Boy
- Roll Over Beethoven
Side 2
- Do You Want to Know a Secret
- Boys
- Ask Me Why
- She Loves You
- You Really Got a Hold On Me
- Long Tall Sally
Side 3
- All My Loving
- P.S. I Love You
- Please Please Me
- Chains
- Devil In Her Heart
- Please Mr. Postman
Side 4
- Misery
- Money
- There’s a Place
- Baby It’s You
- It Won’t Be Long
- All I’ve Got to Do
