Which record label famously rejected a Beatles audition tape in 1962, saying that guitar bands were on the way out?
The Beatles' Decca audition The Beatles' Decca audition On 1 January 1962, before they reached international stardom, the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London. In what is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music industry history, Decca rejected the band, selecting instead Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. After being available only on "bootleg" recordings, some of the songs recorded for the audition were officially released on the Beatles rarities compilation "Anthology 1" in 1995. Manager Brian Epstein made numerous trips to London to visit record companies with the hope of securing a record contract but was
The Tape-beatles 'instrument'. The Tape-beatles, then consisting of Dunn, Heck and Johnson, put out their first major work, "A subtle buoyancy of pulse" in 1988. In keeping with the tape esthetic, the work was available only on cassette (until being reissued 10 years later on CD by Staalplaat, Amsterdam, the Netherlands). Public response was sufficiently encouraging that the group immediately began work on a new album, adding two new members along the way: Paul Neff and Linda Morgan Brown. A grant from Intermedia Arts Minnesota enabled The Tape-beatles to finish their second work in 1991, a CD for the Canadian label DOVentertainment,