First pressing of the Beatles debut single signed the day after its release to sell for £20K

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An 'exceptionally rare' first pressing of the Beatles debut single which they signed in a music shop the day after its release is tipped to sell for £20,000 ($25,000).<br />
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The Parlophone UK record for Love Me Do/PS I Love You was autographed by each member of the Fab Four in ballpoint pen. They met fans inside Dawson's Music Shop in Widnes, Cheshire, on October 6, 1962, one day after it came out.<br />
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The band were still relatively unknown and had added Ringo Starr to the line-up two months earlier, who replaced drummer Pete Best.<br />
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The rise of Beatlemania took place the following year with the release of their chart-topping first album, Please Please Me.<br />
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The pressing, in its original multicoloured 'Type 1' Parlophone record sleeve, is set to spark a bidding war at RR Auction, of Boston, US.

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An 'exceptionally rare' first pressing of the Beatles debut single which they signed in a music shop the day after its release is tipped to sell for £20,000 ($25,000).

The Parlophone UK record for Love Me Do/PS I Love You was autographed by each member of the Fab Four in ballpoint pen. They met fans inside Dawson's Music Shop in Widnes, Cheshire, on October 6, 1962, one day after it came out.

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