The four musicians went to the local studio on Saturday 12 July 1958 - just three days before Lennon's mother was struck by a car and killed. (Express)
McCartney later recalled going to the recording studio, saying: "I remember we all went down on the bus with our instruments – amps and guitars – and the drummer went separately. We waited in the little waiting room outside while somebody else made their demo and then it was our turn."
The first song recorded by the band was written by McCartney with Harrison who added a guitar solo, something that would happen again in the future, but with different results. The song was titled "In Spite of All the Danger" and was recorded on a 78 rpm record
The demo track was 17 shillings, but the band only had 15 between them. So the music producer held on to the finished product until they returned with the right amount of cash.
Eventually, the band had ownership of their first-ever single. They then decided to share it going forward.
McCartney said: "When we got the record, the agreement was that we would have it for a week each. John had it a week and passed it on to me. I had it for a week and passed it on to George, who had it for a week.""Then Colin had it for a week and passed it to Duff Lowe – who kept it for 23 years."
Eventually, decades later, McCartney tracked down Duff's location and started negotiations to buy it back.
Lowe recalled: "That Sunday Paul McCartney had called my mum in Liverpool. I eventually spoke to him on the phone and we had long conversations over the next few days because he wanted to buy it from me." Macca sent his solicitor and business manager to meet Lowe before they met in a bank.
He recalled said: "I deposited the disc in a small briefcase at the local Barclay’s Bank and we met up in a small room the bank kindly let me use. The deal was done, I handed the record over and we all went home."
It was reported Lowe was originally offered £5,000, but he politely declined. The final sale price of the record has never been revealed - but has been hinted at by McCartney.
We were friends and no one was interested in copyrights and publishing, no one understood - actually we thought when we came to London that the songs belonged to everyone. Since George did the solo, we thought he had 'written' the solo. That wouldn't be the case now. [Bruce] Springsteen writes the record and the guy who plays the solo doesn't 'write' it. Songwriting credits aside, the band were extremely excited when they were handed the vinyl version of their first original song.
