A Canadian record shop owner has found an audition tape that The Beatles recorded in 1962 for Decca Records, which the record label famously decided didn't show enough promise for them to sign the ...

Indeed, it was the mother of all discoveries: The tape is believed to be a copy of The Beatles’ audition session recorded at Decca Studios in London on Jan. 1, 1962 audition session.

Before Beatlemania, the Liverpool band was rejected from Decca Records in 1962. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On New Year’s Day in 1962, a four-man band from Liverpool arrived at Decca ...