It was the contract that catapulted him to fame the band of Liverpool: signed in 1962 with manager Brian Epstein, the document that brought the Beatles and the man who controlled them early career will be auctioned by Sotheby’s and is estimated that can be sold for a value between 300 and 500 thousand pounds, that is, from 400 to almost 700 000 euros, indicates the El País .
It was days before releasing the theme Love Me Do that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr signed the contract that stipulated that Epstein, as an agent, was responsible for determining “all matters relating to clothing, make-up and appearance “of the Beatles. The agreement gave the manager the power to dismiss any member of the band if there were conflicts between the four.
“Without this agreement and the relationship that sealed, it is inconceivable that the Beatles had achieved the same success. It was needed something more than musical inspiration and composition to reinvent the popular song “ensures Gabriel Heaton, a specialist at Sotheby’s that on September 29, will be responsible for auction.
The 1962 Contracted formalized a relationship that has existed since the previous year, when businessman who had no experience in representing artists, secured the four from Liverpool who would be able to make the next star in the global music scene. It was in November 1961 that Epstein first heard live the Beatles, the famous Cavern Club, and since then called up the band permanently, even come to be known as the “fifth Beatle”.
Epstein was found dead in August 1967, when he was only 32, in his apartment in London as a result of an overdose of drugs.
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