PAPER TRAILS: Alamo’s tale of Best gift a lie, Pete says

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STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE: For years, evangelist Tony Alamo, whose multistate ministry is based in Fouke, has claimed to have an unreleased master recording of an early Beatles album worth $50 million. Alamo says the band’s original drummer, Pete Best, gave it to him for promoting Best’s new band in 1964.

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This article was published Friday, October 3, 2008.

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