Thanks to A to Z for picking this one off the newswire.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Rare film footage of an unscheduled concert by the Beatles in Kansas City during their first U.S. tour 44 years ago fetched 4,100 pounds ($6,600) when it went under the hammer on Tuesday.The two-minute silent, color 8mm film was uncovered by American Drew Dimmel [link added -Ed.] who attended the concert as a young boy in Kansas City in September 1964 but had forgotten about the footage until he was clearing out his parents' home.
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According to the article, Charles O. Finley, notorious owner of the Kansas City Athletics, paid the Fab Four a whopping $150,000 to play the unscheduled concert, held at Municipal Stadium.
Bonus: Click on ticket for a transcript of the press conference that preceded the concert.
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