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Rare and unpublished early colour photos of The Beatles on tour are to be sold at auction. Rare and unpublished early colour photos of the Beatles on tour are to be sold at auction.
They were taken during the band's visit to the US in the summer of 1964, when most photos and films of the band were in black and white. Colour was more expensive and seen as too extravagant for a pop group from Liverpool who many felt were just a passing fad.They were taken during the band's visit to the US in the summer of 1964, when most photos and films of the band were in black and white. Colour was more expensive and seen as too extravagant for a pop group from Liverpool who many felt were just a passing fad.
After breaking TV viewing records with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, the band returned to the US in August, playing sellout concerts. The collection of 65 slides contain many stage shots, including one of George Harrison with his red Rickenbacker, first used in the film A Hard Day's Night After breaking TV viewing records with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, the band returned to the US in August, playing sellout concerts. The collection of 65 slides contain many stage shots, including one of George Harrison with his red Rickenbacker, first used in the film A Hard Day's Night.
There are close-up portraits from a press conference at the Las Vegas Sahara hotel, a gig at the Las Vegas convention centre and a private party at the Beverly Hills mansion of Alan Livingston, then president of Capitol Records.There are close-up portraits from a press conference at the Las Vegas Sahara hotel, a gig at the Las Vegas convention centre and a private party at the Beverly Hills mansion of Alan Livingston, then president of Capitol Records.
After Beatlemania swept America, colour photography was used more widely for their 1965 and 1966 appearances, and the famous 1965 Shea Stadium show was filmed in colour by the BBC.After Beatlemania swept America, colour photography was used more widely for their 1965 and 1966 appearances, and the famous 1965 Shea Stadium show was filmed in colour by the BBC.
Ernie Sutton, of the British Beatles Fan Club, said: "These photographs show The Beatles during their 1964 US tour both on and off stage. Ernie Sutton, of the British Beatles Fan Club, said: "These photographs show the Beatles during their 1964 US tour both on and off stage.
"New photographs that emerge of The Beatles are always of interest to the fans, but with the majority of photographs from this tour in black and white, it is a delight to see colour photographs from that historic tour." "New photographs that emerge of the Beatles are always of interest to the fans, but with the majority of photographs from this tour in black and white, it is a delight to see colour photographs from that historic tour."
The images were taken by Bob Beck, an award-winning research physicist and inventor who died in 2002 and left a huge archive of photographs and slides in his Hollywood home.The images were taken by Bob Beck, an award-winning research physicist and inventor who died in 2002 and left a huge archive of photographs and slides in his Hollywood home.
The lot will go on sale on 22 March, 50 years to the day after The Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me. The lot will go on sale on 22 March, 50 years to the day after the Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me.
The auctioneer Paul Fairweather, of Omega Auctions in Stockport, Cheshire, said: "This is a fabulous collection, particularly given that all the slides are in colour. We are expecting worldwide interest and estimate that they will achieve in the region of £10-15,000."The auctioneer Paul Fairweather, of Omega Auctions in Stockport, Cheshire, said: "This is a fabulous collection, particularly given that all the slides are in colour. We are expecting worldwide interest and estimate that they will achieve in the region of £10-15,000."