Rob Frith, owner of Neptoon Records, recently stumbled upon what he believed was a run-of-the-mill bootleg labeled 'Beatles ...

At the time, Vancouver had a record pressing plant, International Record Corp., which made bootlegs and which was sued by Bob ...

The 15-song recording dates to the Liverpool band's failed audition for Decca Records in early 1962—months before it released ...

The tape was an unlabelled reel-to-reel believed to contain the original – or at least a master-generation copy – of The ...

"I thought it was just a reel-to-reel ... Ringo Starr on the Beatles' Recent Grammy Win 55 Years After They Broke Up: 'Felt Like John Was with Us' (Exclusive) Frith's friend music preservationist ...

Getty Images Firth marveled at uncovering what he thought was just a run-of-the-mill reel ... Beatles were in the room,” he told British Columbia’s CBC about the crisp sound quality. Music ...

But after finally playing the reel ... Beatles were in the room.” The tape, wound in what’s known as “leader tape” (used to separate tracks on master recordings), was identified by music ...