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| From | "bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net> |
| Subject | Beatles 'treasure' found in old case |
| Date | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:29:31 -0700 |
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/13/1089484335953.html?oneclick=true
Beatles 'treasure' found in old case:
report July 13, 2004 - 9:58AM
Previously unheard songs by the Beatles could be among a treasure trove reportedly found inside an old suitcase
at an Australian flea market.
Beatles experts had yet to properly examine the cache - thought to have once belonged to one of the British
band's close associates - but hope tapes within it could contain new material, The Times newspaper said.
Bought in Lara, near Melbourne, earlier this year, the battered suitcase cost a British holidaymaker just $50,
the paper reported today.
Fraser Claughton was simply looking for a cheap suitcase to carry his possessions but snapped up the case when
he saw it contained a jumble of around 400 photographs, concert programs and sealed tapes marked "Abbey Road" -
the Beatles' favoured recording studio.
"It was like finding the end of the rainbow in Australia," Claughton was quoted as saying by the paper.
Experts told The Times that it was believed the case contained the long-lost archive of Mal Evans, who worked as
a sometime sound recordist and additional musician for the Beatles, and died in 1976.
Rumours of his collection, which he compiled for a planned but never completed memoir, have circulated among
Beatles collectors for years.
Among tapes inside the case were alternative versions of well-known songs such as We Can Work It Out and some
new material, a pop memorabilia consultant for auctioneers Christie's said.
"It certainly does tie in with Mal Evans. He had access to the Beatles making music when there was no one else
around," Peter Doggett said.
"There has been much debate as to what happened to his memorabilia. It is possible that this is it, or part of
it."
One four-and-a-half hour recording on reel to reel tape in the suitcase includes Beatles Paul McCartney and John
Lennon talking as they experiment with previously unknown versions of songs, the paper added.
The archive could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if sold, Doggett said.
AFP
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