2025 Autograph Live Beatles Band-Signed Album Census

Autograph Live's first Band-Signed Beatles Album Census was in 2011.

Our second was in 2016. (A few were added to it since then.)

It's 2025—time to update it!

Let's add what we know has been discovered since 2016, and make sure nothing was missed or duplicated in the 2011 and 2016 ones.

We'll start a separate price census too.

Once we're comfortable with the information we have, we'll formalize the census so collectors and dealers worldwide cab make better decisions on Beatles album sales and purchases.

These are the results of the 2016 census:

US Release Band-Signed Beatles Albums

0 “Introducing the Beatles”
6-7 “Meet the Beatles”
2 “Help”
1 “Beatles 65”
1 “Beatles VI”
0 “Rubber Soul”
2 “Revolver”
0 “Magical Mystery Tour”
0 “Abbey Road” +1 offered by Autographs for Sale on eBay starting Mar. 16, 2019
0 “Yellow Submarine”
3 “White Album”
1 “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
0 “Let it Be”

17 US Albums Known

UK Release Band-Signed Beatles Albums

Roughly 75 “Please Please Me” (Their first album, signed in three 1963 UK promotional tours)
17-22 “With the Beatles” (The tail end of their easier accessibility)
8-10 “Hard Day’s Night”
3 “Beatles for Sale”
2 “Help”
2 “Rubber Soul”
1 “Revolver”
6 “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
0 “Magical Mystery Tour” (All reissues from the 1980s and up.)
2 “White Album”
0 “Yellow Submarine”
2 “Abbey Road”
0 “Let it Be”

Roughly 113-120 UK Albums Known

Let's go!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 18, 2025 at 10:24am

That doesn't go into the census of course Here's a link to it on Julien's:

https://bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/index/catalog/177/lot/7...

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Richards on March 18, 2025 at 8:29pm

Please forgive me if this is a double post. I am posting pics of a signed album cover of "A Hard Day's Night'. I am also including pics of a Letter of Provenance and Authenticity [signed by Beatles "expert" Frank Caiazzo]. To my knowledge, I am the 3rd owner of this album.

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on April 2, 2025 at 7:47pm

Is there a current census so far? If so, where would I find it?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin To Gratefulphish on April 2, 2025 at 8:36pm

I haven't focused on it as much as I need to so far. We're just starting to gather information, and I haven't talked about it off of this site yet.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan To Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 3, 2025 at 4:02pm

Agreed. This started like forever ago. Can you list all the LPs you have photos of? Even on a private link but I’d feel absolutely gutted if this list became a book that no one from this group got to share in the sales. We all know a book of all the Beatles LPs signed would sell well! It should be made public. Ok I’m done.