The first Quarrymen recording session featured John, Paul & George, along with John ‘Duff’ Lowe on piano and Colin Hanton on drums, recording "In Spite Of All The Danger" & "That'll Be The Day". The studio was owned and run by Percy F Phillips, and was based in the living room of his home at 38 Kensington. The recording cost the group 17 shillings and three pence, and was pressed directly onto a 10″ aluminium and acetate disc to be played at 78rpm. The studio log book records the session simply as “Skiffle. 10inch double sided. Direct. 11/3”. The tape was erased after the 10-inch shellac disc was pressed.
When they got the record, the agreement was that each would have it for a week each. John had it first then after a week passed it to Paul, who passed it on to George, who passed it on to Colin. After a week he passed it to Duff Lowe – who kept it for 23 years.
In 1981 Lowe sold the disc to Paul McCartney and the songs were eventually released in 1995 on Anthology 1.