A Rare 1962 Beatles Album Was Found in a Vancouver Record Store. Now the Owner Wants Paul McCartney to Come Pick It Up

A Beatles audition tape that could date back to the band's early days has been found in a Canadian record shop.

On March 12, the Vancouver record store Neptoon Records' owner Rob Frith posted about his discovery on Instagram, sharing a video of what he believes are Beatles audition tapes from 1962.

"I picked up this tape years ago that said Beatles Demos on it. i just figured it was a tape off a bootleg record," Frith, who owns the oldest independent record store in Vancouver, captioned his video.

"After hearing it last night for the first time, it sounds like a master tape. The quality is unreal. How is this even possible to have, what sounds like a Beatles 15 song Decca tapes master? @paulmccartney @georgeharrisonofficial @johnlennon."

In the video, the record plays the outro of a Beatles cover of Django Reinhardt's "Sheik of Araby."

Another clip Firth shared on March 25 features the band — comprised of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison — singing "Money (That's What I Want)." "Here’s the first song (Money) from The Beatles demo tape. Enjoy!" he captioned the clip.

Per Billboard, the recordings are believed to be the Decca Studios recording sessions from the band in January 1962. Decca Studios would pass on signing with the Fab Four, and they would release Please Please Me the following year with Parlophone.

Frith obtained the records from the former owner of Vancouver-based Mushroom Records Jack Herschorn. Herschorn ended up with them from a London record producer in the 1970s who suggested selling copies of them. He refused, however, saying the Beatles deserved the royalties and it wasn't morally right.

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Canadian publication CBC reports that the band's audition tape was made into a bootleg record in the 1970s.

Frith told CBC about his discovery, originally believing his tape to be a bootleg. "I thought it was just a reel-to-reel tape that somebody had put bootleg things on," he told the publication. "But when the tape played, the quality of the sound was clear and bright."

"It seemed like the Beatles were in the room," he continued.

Frith's friend music preservationist Larry Hennessey believes that the record is a "leader tape," which separates each track. "The way that's wound on the tape, you can see that it separates the tracks … it's not a fast copy or a bootleg," he told CBC.

He's hoping that McCartney, 82, comes to his record store so he can give him the decades-old tape. If not, Frith would like to host a listening party and donate the proceeds to charity.

Rumored to also be part of the Decca Studios record are an early recording of "Till There Was You," "Memphis, Tennessee" and "September in the Rain."