Provino Decca Records

Il 1° gennaio 1962 Brian Epstein ottiene per i Beatles (allora c'era Pete Best alla batteria) un provino presso la Decca Records.

15 sono stati i brani suonati durante l'audizione e trasformati in seguito in un bootleg rinominato Decca Tapes:

• "Like dreamers do" 
• "Money" (Strong) 1959
• "Till there was you" (Willson) 1957
• "Sheik of Araby" (Smith - Wheeler) 1921
• "To know her is to love her" (Spector) 1958
• "Take good care of my baby" (Vee) 1961
• "Memphis" (Berry) 1959
• "Sure to fall" (Perkins) 1955
• "Hello little girl" (Lennon) 1957
• "Three cool cats" (Leiber - Stoller) 1958
• "Crying, waiting, hoping" (B. Holly) 1959
• "Love of the loved" (Lennon - McCartney) 1963
• "September in the rain" (Warren - Dubin) 1937
• "Besame mucho" (Velazquez) 1940
• "Searchin'" (Leiber - Stoller) 1957

 

La band viene scartata dalla Decca Records perchè considerata fuori moda.