The Beatles - Christie’s Auction Acetate

From Christie’s Auction House catalog. THE BEATLES A rare double-sided acetate of The Beatles performing live at The Cavern, the acetate for Some Other Guy/Kansas City, Emidisc white label inscribed with the song titles and additional information including Recorded By Granada T.V. and The Beatles, The Cavern Club Liverpool, 5-9-62 - the two songs taped at a lunchtime session on 22 August 1962 by a Granada T.V. film unit for the purpose of a T.V. broadcast, the first time that The Beatles had been filmed by a televison crew: This recording of Some Other Guy is different from the one which accompanies the well-known Granada T.V. footage and also different from the one alternative version previously known to exist - in this version, following their introduction by Cavern D.J. Bob Wooler, the Beatles launch into a spirited rendition of their R&B song, but one they are apparantly unhappy with, for at its conclusion John Lennon announces We’ll probably have to do it again; The film
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