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On New Year's Day 1962 the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in London and were turned down. The label reportedly told their manager that guitar groups were on the way out. The band signed with EMI's Parlophone label later that year and became one of the most successful groups in popular music.

London, 1962

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The audition took place at Decca's studios in West Hampstead, north London, where the band, then with Pete Best on drums, played fifteen songs. Decca signed another group, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, reportedly because they were local to London and would cost less in travel. The often-repeated line that ‘guitar groups are on the way out’ comes from later accounts by the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, not from any surviving Decca document. At Parlophone, producer George Martin heard the band's demo recordings and signed them. Five of the Decca recordings were released in 1995 on Anthology 1, revealing a young band that had not yet found its later sound.

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Beatles 1962'nin ilk günü Londra'da Decca plak şirketi için seçmeye girdi ve reddedildi. Anlatılana göre şirket, grubun menajerine gitar gruplarının modasının geçtiğini söyledi. Grup aynı yıl Parlophone plak şirketiyle anlaştı ve popüler müziğin en başarılı gruplarından biri oldu.
Londra, 1962

Seçme, Decca'nın Londra'nın kuzeyindeki West Hampstead stüdyolarında yapıldı; o sırada davulda Pete Best'in bulunduğu grup on beş şarkı çaldı. Decca onların yerine Brian Poole and the Tremeloes'la anlaştı; anlatılana göre bu grup Londra'ya yakındı ve yol masrafı daha azdı. Sık tekrarlanan “gitar gruplarının modası geçiyor” sözü, Decca'dan kalma bir belgeye değil, Beatles'ın menajeri Brian Epstein'ın sonraki anlatımlarına dayanır. Parlophone'da yapımcı George Martin, grubun deneme kayıtlarını dinleyip onlarla anlaştı. Decca kayıtlarından beşi 1995'te Anthology 1 albümünde yayımlandı; bu kayıtlarda, sonraki sesini henüz bulmamış genç bir grup duyulur.

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