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 Edward Lopez on March 7, 2025 at 12:30am

I'm confused! What do you want?

Permalink Reply by Samuel Mumenthaler on March 7, 2025 at 1:41am

Here is my PPM, gold mono pressing, signed on April 14th, 1963 at Thank Your Lucky Stars TV show in Teddington/Middlesex, the same day, the Beatles met The Rolling Stones for the first time.

Permalink Reply by Samuel Mumenthaler To Samuel Mumenthaler on March 9, 2025 at 6:50am

This has not yet been considered in the census. Bought from Tracks.

Permalink Reply by Adam Morris To Samuel Mumenthaler on March 17, 2025 at 2:14pm

Are all Tracks autographs they sell been verified as real?

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo To Adam Morris on March 17, 2025 at 2:24pm

?

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin To Adam Morris on March 17, 2025 at 4:58pm

Tracks is extremely good on Beatles autographs and highly reputable.

Permalink Reply by Adam Morris To Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 17, 2025 at 5:00pm

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Pauline Berry on March 8, 2025 at 6:53am

Good on you Steve. I love this taking account. Would like to see the numerical reality for others too, but also, it's really interesting! So few! 

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin To Pauline Berry on March 11, 2025 at 3:06pm

Hi Pauline, thanks. You're right, we need more censuses—like Marilyn Monroe signed photos!

Want to lead a census?

Permalink Reply by Pauline Berry To Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 11, 2025 at 11:06pm

Hi Steve 

A much deeper pool of Monroe signed photos, although I have a number of them on my blog. IF all were collected in one place on the Internet such as here, it sure would discourage fraudsters. 

Hmmmm... Big job 

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin To Pauline Berry on March 12, 2025 at 12:56am

Hi Pauline,

I agree, a much deeper pool for sure. What about focusing on large photos? We'd do it differently, posted as images, not in a discussion. 

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo To Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 12, 2025 at 5:39am

Just thinking aloud but would signed candids be a good dry run for such a large undertaking? I agree, Pauline should head this up! I remember when I did the 4 part Burton study it helped to break it into decades.

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