Klaus Voormann Signed Album Autograph Beatles Bee Gees

Klaus Voormann signed album 

This item is a copy of the LP Bee Gees 1st signed by Klaus Voormann in black ink. The album cover artwork was designed by Klaus Voormann and originally released in 1967 (the year after the Beatles Revolver), with Klaus credited on the back of the sleeve. This special double LP vinyl version is a re-issue from 2007 and features the original album plus an extra LP of outtakes. The album is in MINT Condition. This is a 100% genuine autograph - unlike most of the so-called "signed" items offered for sale on eBay. A unique and collectable piece of Beatles-related autographed memorabilia.

The Beatles first met Klaus Voorman in Hamburg, where they were playing in the clubs on the Reeperbarn. In the early 1960s, Voormann decided to leave Germany and move to London. George Harrison invited him to live in the Green Street flat formerly shared by all four Beatles; John Lennon and Paul McCartney having recently moved out (John to live with his wife Cynthia Lennon and Paul to live in the attic of the home of his girlfriend Jane Asher's parents). Voormann lived with Harrison and Ringo Starr for a time before finding work as a commercial artist and renting an apartment of his own. Voormann returned to Hamburg in 1963 and founded a beat group with Paddy Chambers and Gibson Kemp called Paddy, Klaus & Gibson. In 1966 Voormann returned to London and was asked by John Lennon to design the sleeve for The Beatles album Revolver. When showing his efforts to the band and their manager Brian Epstein, the band loved it, although his payment for the album cover was just £40 pounds. For this work, Klaus won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts (Voormann later produced an updated image of Harrison for the cover of his 1988 single 'When We Was Fab', which also included the image of Harrison from the cover of Revolver). He also designed the album sleeve for the Bee Gees 1st LP, released in 1967. Voormann went on to become bass player with Manfred Mann and later became a member of John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band. He also played with George Harrison at The Concert For Bangla Desh. In 1973 he created the sleeve and booklet artwork for Ringo Starr's album Ringo on which he also played bass. More recently, Voormann created the sleeve designs for the Beatles Anthology albums and DVD set.