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A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles for seven days' work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, April 1st-7th, 1961, the agreement handwritten in German, in an unidentified hand, in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Müsiken - Gehalter - 1. - 7.IV.61 [Musicians' Salaries...], individually listing the five Beatles in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Peter Best, and giving details of their matching salaries: ..7 Jage á 35 = DM 245 [7 days at 35 deutsch marks] less tax giving a total per week for each of DM 215, each line of the receipt signed individually by the recipient in black ballpoint pen: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, J.W.Lennon, Stu Sutcliffe and Peter Best.
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A rare early musicians' salary receipt for The Beatles and Tony Sheridan for seven days work at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg, April 15th-21st, 1961, the agreement handwritten in German, in an unidentified hand in blue ink, on a loose page of cash book paper titled Müsiken - Gehalter [Musicians' Salaries], dated 15. - 21.4.61, individually listing the five Beatles and Tony Sheridan in the following order: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Peter Best and Tony Sheridan, and giving details of their matching salaries: 7 Jage á 35 = DM 245 [7 days at 35 deutsch marks] less tax, giving a total per week for each of DM 215, each line of the receipt signed individually by the recipient in blue ballpoint pen apart from Sutcliffe who signed in black ink: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, J.W.Lennon, Stu Sutcliffe, Peter Best and Tony Sheridan Provenance Ex-Lot 231, Pop And Collectable Guitars, 26th September, 2000, Christie's South Kensington, London