Newly Discovered Beatles Demo Up For Auction

5:29 PM EDT on July 21, 2016

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photo issued by The Beatles Shop of a long lost Beatles demo disc sent to Cilla Black which has been rediscovered 52 years later. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday July 20, 2016. Black had a UK Top 10 hit with the Lennon-McCartney penned It’s for You in 1964 which was produced by George Martin at Abbey Road Studios. See PA story ARTS Beatles. Photo credit should read: The Beatles Shop/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

As I noted while watching Paul McCartney kick out the jams recently, Beatlemania was a very long time ago, and seemingly every artifact from that era has been pored over by now. But as Metro reports, one new item emerged recently, a demo disc for Cilla Black's 1964 hit "It's For You." A relative of the late singer found the disc among her belongings and took it to be valued, which eventually led to the discovery that McCartney, not Black, was singing on the track. It'll be sold at the Beatles Memorabilia Auction on 8/27 for an expected price of £15K and £20K.