The day ended in similar fashion with a man with his wife and daughter bringing another handful of shirts to the counter varying from One Direction to David Bowie. Choose your favourite token from Strawberry Fields Forever, Here Comes The Sun, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Octopus’s Garden, Rocky Raccoon or I Am The Walrus! Hutchins said: "Elvis' dislike of the pacifist Beatle was born from the night I took the Fab Four to his house for their first – and last – meeting.

As the two teams faced one another, there was a weird silence and it was John who spoke first, rather awkwardly blurting out a stream of questions at Elvis, saying: 'Why do you do all these soft-centred ballads for the cinema these days? Follow in the footsteps of John, Paul, George and Ringo as you tour the board that has been customised with the most popular Beatles' songs, albums and smash-hit movies. I remember, as we went out to our limousines, John put on his Adolf Hitler accent and shouted: 'Long live ze king. Epstein at this point grabbed his chance to bring up the subject he'd been waiting to raise, which was his secret agenda. Elvis had actually resisted, telling Hutchins, " You are just trying to get these boys some publicity off my back.And I remember Ringo, who of course didn't have an instrument, tapping out the backbeat with his fingers on the nearest bits of wooden furniture. The game board features all the albums recorded by The Beatles from Please, Please Me to Let It Be, along with special Fabs versions of the pewter tokens. Hutchins added: ""Elvis had prepared a little party for when we got there, but it was rather stilted and felt too obviously set up by me and Elvis’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It is understandable that record companies want to release music for these special promotional days but as I have said before the demand is there for related merchandise especially as there are now special and anniversary releases every week of the year.

Of course, by the time the meeting happened, the Fab Four had no need of any extra publicity and their three US tours in 1964, 65 and 66 were a sensation. A quick-thinking Ringo Starr immediately shrugged up his shoulders and shook his hands and hips like The King and said, "It's not true, it's not true" as everyone laughed.It was an awkward atmosphere, with John trying to lighten the mood by putting on an Inspector Clouseau voice, which just baffled Elvis. This site is not associated with The Beatles, Apple Corps Ltd, related organisations, or any members of The Beatles or their representatives. All aspects of the game have been customised, including bespoke tokens, custom gameboard, cards and more! If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.