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Phillips Sound Recording Services, the popular studio in Liverpool where in 1958 the Quarrymen, who became the Beatles, made their first ever record: a 78rpm ten inch acetate disc with their version of Buddy Holly's ‘That’ll Be The Day’ on the 'A' side  and Paul McCartney and George Harrison’s first composition, ‘In Spite Of All The Danger’ on the 'B' side.
Both of these recordings appeared on the ‘Beatles Anthology 1’ album in 1995.





Between 1955 and 1969, Percy Phillips recorded hundreds of tapes and discs for Liverpool people and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Quarrymen recording, phillipsacetates.com is revealing for the first time the background to the story of Percy Phillips and his studio, using archive recordings, photographs and memories, many provided by the Phillips family and others who were there at the time.