Fab Four's album rarity given to Beatles museum

Nov 21 2006 By Mike Chapple, Daily Post

Pete Nash, the Beatles expert for Record Collector, the world's pop valuation bible, said Beatles oneoffs were at the top of the collectors' tree and valued Colin's specimen at a conservative £5,000. He said there were other Beatles collectables but they were difficult to evaluate as they had never come on to the market but were undoubtedly worth a mint.

"For instance there are covers of the songs Fever and Summertime recorded for a disc in Hamburg in October 1960.

"It had Lou Walters of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes singing with Ringo - still with the Hurricanes - on drums plus John, Paul and George. There are only five known to exist"

George Harrison's Maton MS-500 Mastersound which he played throughout 1963 will go under the hammer at Copper Owen's Music Legends auction at Air Studios in London on Thursday, November 30. It is expected to fetch £100,000.

• THE blue "White" album will be on display at the Beatles Story from tomorrow.

Record Collector magazine's Top Five Most Expensive rarities

1 The Quarry Men That'll Be The Day/In Spite of All the Danger (10-inch 78 rpm acetate plain sleeve one copy) 1958 £100,000/priceless.

2 The Quarry Men That'll Be The Day/In Spite of All the Danger(7 inch and 10 inch copies of 1958 acetate Parlophone sleeves) 1981 £10,000. 25 copies of each.

3 Sex Pistols God Save The Queen/No Feelings (A&M AMS 7284) £7,500+. 300 copies only. Beware: much bootlegged.

4 The Beatles "White Album" (Apple PMC/PCS 7067/8) Initial plain white sleeve embossed with numbered copies 1 to 1,000. £5,000 to £8,000 for those numbered 1-10. Next 900 numbered copies usually fetch around £1,000 each.

5 Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK/No Fun (EMI 401) 7 inch 1976 £6,000+ Double sided acetate three copies of which are known to exist.