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George Harrison letter to DJ brings 20k

People in radio are notorious pack rats so Atlanta DJ Paul Drew probably had a good stash of memorabilia and assorted record company promo items, but one particilarly prized posession of Drew's was a letter George Harrison wrote to him in May of 1966.  That three page letter, along with the original envelope addressed by the Beatle and post marked May 7, was purchased from Drew's widow for $19,920 this week. A section of the contents of the letter contributed significantly to its value.  The post-script paragraph starts with Harrison writing, 'Did you hear that we nearly recorded in Memphis with Jim Stuart.  We would all like it a lot, but too many people get insane with money ideas at the mention of the word 'Beatles', so it fell through.  The Beatles were recording Revolver at the time the letter was written. Harrison misspelled Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart's last name.  While rumors of a possible Stax sessions have surfaced in the past, this is believed to be the first proof of that a plan had been hatched, that it involved a producer other than George Martin and the reason it was scrapped.
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