Over the years I have heard numerous comments from many people that witnessed many of the early Cavern group bands that have said that in terms of the ability to play their instruments, the Big Three were possibly the best of the lot. The element that set the Beatles apart from the other bands was their superior songwriting and composing skills. This recording is an EP recorded Live at the Cavern in 1963 by The Big Three. The back cover which has a lot of information for you to peruse, features the signatures of the Beatles first manager, the late Allan Wiliams, and the late Cavern compere and announcer, Bob Wooler, who introduced the Beatles at the Cavern more than 200 times. Wooler was the recipient of John Lennon’s wrath at Paul’s 21st birthday party by beating him up as a result of comments made by Wooler insinuating that John Lennon had an affair with Brian Epstein in Spain. Epstein was able to reach a settlement with Wooler to pay for his medical expenses incurred by the beating.
What is not so commonly known is that a live Beatles complete Cavern set may exist of the Beatles performing live at the venue. The tape, which is formerly believed to have once belonged to Mike McCartney and now may be owned by Paul at the present time. It would be interesting to see if that tape could possibly be a candidate for the Peter Jackson technology to do his wonders with and possibly be a future Beatles project. If Pete Best is the drummer on the recordings, that might inhibit it’s release though as Ringo would need to give his OK for a Beatles project of that sort. There is also a Cavern rehearsal tape that exists of the Beatles and there is a Granada TV recording of the Beatles performing “Some Other Guy.” Granada also has an audio recording of the Beatles performing the song “Kansas City.” The audio of those 2 recordings exists but the only video of the Beatles performing in the Cavern remains the Granada TV recording of “Some Other Guy!”
The signatures of Allan Williams and Bob Wooler on the back side of the Live EP which provides some of the details of the recording.
My set of signatures of one of the incarnations or lineups of the of THE BIG THREE–PADDY CHAMBERS, JOHNNY HUTCHINSON AND FARON RUFFLEY
Johnny Hutchinson was a tough guy who could easily intimidate John Lennon. Here he is shown backing the Beatles on drums at the Larry Parnes Audition. Allan Williams was to eventually purchase this venue/location and name it the “Blue Angel.” Tommy Moore was to finish the Beatles audition behind the drums for the Beatles that day.
This is the famous book by photo and autograph collector, the late Gareth Pawlowski who put together many rare early Beatles photos including the Hutchinson on the drums Beatles photo shown above that is in this wonderful book.
What is your favorite book concerning the very early Beatles?
