BOX LOT OF THE BEATLES LP RECORD CARDS JOHN LENNON art 1996 sports time trading

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BOX LOT OF THE BEATLES LP RECORD CARDS JOHN LENNON art 1996 sports time trading Description: BRAND NEW STILL SEALED BOX OF 35 SEALED PACKS OF 9 BEATLES CARDS FOR A TOTAL OF 315 CARDS. APPLE CORPS LIMITED 1996. IN EACH BOX IS RARE RADOMLY INSERTED CARDS. 12 DIECUT FOIL STAMPED GOLD RECORDS, 10 DIGICOLOR MEET THE BEATLES CARDS, 5 DAY-GLOW MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR CARDS, 4 24KARAT GOLD SIGNATURE SERIES CARDS AND BEATLEBILIA REDEMPTION CARDS. INSERTION RATIOS IS AS FOLOWS. DIE CUT FOIL STAMPED GOLD RECORD CARDS 1 IN 7 PACKS, DIGICOLOR 1 IN 14 PACKS , DAY GLO 1 IN 36 PACKS, 24KT GOLD SIGNATURE CARDS 1 IN 144 PACKS. ALL THE CARDS HAVE SILVER FOIL AND GREAT PICTURES OF JOHN LENNON, GEORGE HARRISON, RINGO STARR AND PAUL MCCARTNEY. MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY SPORTS TIME, INC. HAS GREAT BEATLES TRIVIA AND HISTORY ON THE BACK OF THE CARDS........John Lennon, James Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey (also known as Ringo Starr) were born during the 1940s in Liverpool, England. During the post war period, Liverpool was a dingy depressed town and money was scarce. Two decades later, these four men born into working class obscurity would take the word by storm in a phenomenon our culture refers to as Beatlemania. John Lennon met Paul McCartney when they were both performing in Skiffle Groups, which were homespun bands that played a combination of folk, rock and jazz. John was in a group called The Quarrymen, which later became John and the Quarrymen. Paul introduced John to George Harrison, who was two years younger but showed extraordinary talent. John, Paul and George, with the addition of Johns Friend from art college, Stu Sutcliffe and a guitarist named Pete Best, set out to work in German clubs, where musicians were able to make a paltry living playing strip clubs and low end establishments. Ringo was performing in many of the same establishments with the group Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. During their time in Germany, Stu Sutcliffe decided to return to his first love, art, and a new love, a woman he had met in Germany named Astrid. Stu later died of a brain hemorrhage, which some suspect was due to his previous involvement in a club fight. The remaining members, now called The Silver Beatles returned to Liverpool, where John dealt with feelings of failure and a pregnant girlfriend, whom he reluctantly married. Their luck changed when a young record storeowner, named Brian Epstein, noticed the Beatles and thought they had something unique. After convincing the Beatles to clean up their tough image, they traded leather jackets for matching suits as Brian peddled their records from label to label with no success. Epstein never gave up on the Beatles and his business savvy, combined with the Beatles raw talent finally began to pay off. Many of the groups from England, dubbed The Mersey Sound, were featured in Mersey Beat Magazine and played on the radio. The Beatles kept plugging away at fame. Meanwhile, a decision was made by the group to drop Pete Best as drummer. Although Pete had the classic good looks that drew female fans, the group wanted Ringo to be their drummer. By the time the Beatles recorded Love Me Do in 1962, Ringo was the official drummer, however, studio musicians were brought in for the drumming on Love Me Do. Fans of their live performances were disappointed about the change of drummers and for a long time a chant of Pete Forever, Ringo Never accompanied their act. Despite controversy and frequent fighting between themselves, the Beatles began to become immensely popular in Europe. Their fame in Europe was small in proportion to that which they would experience in America. A great amount of hype surrounded the Beatles landing at Kennedy Airport in America in February 1964. DJ Murray the K announced the time as Beatle Time and Beatle news flashes built up the excitement leading to their famous appearance on Ed Sullivan. From then on, teenagers were caught up in a fan frenzy that sometimes included hysteria, with female fans faintin... read more

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