Celebrating the Beatles first ever record

The first ever recording by the Beatles - and the record studio it was created in - will be celebrated in a special exhibition during a week of events honouring the group.

The debut recording of The Quarrymen, which consisted of John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison years before they evolved into the Beatles, took place 60 years ago on July 12 1958 at Percy Phillips' Sound Recording Services in Liverpool.

That recording on an acetate disc, now considered to be the most valuable record in the world, will be remembered at The Percy Phillips Studio Collection exhibition during International Beatle Week in Liverpool in August.

The studio, founded by First World War veteran Percy Phillips in 1955 in his small terraced house in the Kensington area of Liverpool, will also be mocked-up for the exhibition, and it will house historic memorabilia and previously unseen and unheard artefacts from the time.

One of the historical pieces on display will be a log book with entries from The Quarrymen's first ever recording.