BEATLES / BEACH BOYS / DICK DALE

1964 original 8" metal acetate of telephone interview. - Only Known Copy!

Beginning March 15th, 1964, KFWB radio in Los Angeles sponsored a week long "Teen Fair" at the Hollywood Palladium. The event was basically a music and pop culture festival with various vendors and non-stop music. Dick Dale & His Del-Tones played every day with various special guests performing, including Jackie Deshannon, The Crickets, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, The Righteous Brothers, Paul Petersen and others.

There were also exhibits such as James Darren's $18,000 surf buggy and a futuristic George Barris car. A few days before the event, as a promotion for the fair (and their label's artists), Capitol Records' Jack Wagner set up a conference call telephone interview with The Beatles, Dick Dale, and Brian Wilson. Apparently, this interview was played many times at the Capitol Records booth at the fair.

For sale here is the original 8" metal acetate of that interview. It has a yellow "Capitol Custom" label on one side (the same label was most likely on the other side as well but is no longer there). It plays the same interview on both sides. Although apparently scripted, it's a very entertaining interview narrated by Jack Wagner with some Beatles, Beach Boys & Dick Dale song snippets.

The six minutes of verbal interplay between all four Beatles, Brian Wilson and Dick Dale is precious. Brian comments about how much he likes the Beatles' music and he and Dick Dale discuss the Beatles' haircuts. They also give their opinions about the Beatles' suits. The Beatles talk about their as-yet unnamed film which they had just begun filming. Of course, this film was to be "A Hard Day's Night".

At the end of the disc, Jack Wagner announces that now that you've listened to this interview, you can go vote for which of these artists is your favorite and be entered in a contest. This acetate, which apparently is the only known copy, was discovered at a flea market in Los Angeles in 2001 and auctioned by Good Rockin Tonight. The final bid price at that time was $10,408.

The acetate has some writing on the label. It also has a warp and some acetate has flaked off at the edge, but it plays fine. Includes the original "audiodiscs" acetate sleeve (torn and taped).

100% guaranteed authentic acetate, not a fake like many acetates offered online.