Recording of the Beatles Sold

A businessman from Canada had the winning bid for the newly discovered recording, from the mid-1960s, of The Beatles, singing at least one previously unreleased tune and joking around during the session, according the Reuters.

Gino Olivieri of Montreal got the half-hour long reel-to-reel tape in Cameo Auctioneer's Internet sale this week for 9,800 pounds, about $19,000 dollars, plus tax and other costs, reported Reuters.

The tape was recorded in 1964 and was found recently in northern England by a man who was cleaning out his father's attic. On the set are a number of tunes including "Don't Put Me Down Like This," which was not released on any of The Beatles' records. There is also a number of John Lennon and Paul McCartney songs of the era as well as the boys in a rambunctious mood, Olivieri told Reuters.

He told Reuters, "Essentially, they were hamming it up. That's really what it was. They did some songs which were supposed to be part of an interview that was to go on BBC." The tape is what was to be the first part of the session and the BBC owns the second part, reported Reuters.

The network has authenticated the recording, Olivieri went on to tell Reuters. He is the founder of Premier Musik International Corp., a firm that recovers royalties for recording artists. When the tape was recorded, he was six months old. "The tape is in immaculate condition for it's age," he said.