John Lennon Tag Page
May 1st, 2008
By Mike
Classic Album: Plastic Ono Band John Lennon - DVD Release Date: April 29th
This DVD release is the latest addition to the ‘Classic Albums’ series that documents the making of important pop and rock albums.
This is John Lennon’s first solo album (from the studio) after leaving The Beatles. It was heavily influenced by John and Yoko’s primal scream therapy at the time. This DVD includes interviews of Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr and Klaus Voorman. The album was originally released in late 1970, with Ringo on drums and Klaus on bass.
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April 17th, 2008
By Mike
$59,750.00 was the winning bid for this very famous set of autographs from all four of The Beatles, during their visit with Elvis on August 27th, 1965.
The auction was held on April 5th at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas. I was talking to my friend at FansOnTheRun about what a big deal it is for Beatle fans, so we decided to verify the story.
It took some searching, but we finally found a link that confirms the story that this indeed was a valid auction sale. It was lot #30321 in Heritage entertainment memorabilia auction #688 described as Beatles’ Autographs on Elvis’ Personal Stationery - August 27, 1965.
As the story goes…The Beatles were scheduled to play the Balboa Stadium in San Diego and Elvis was filming Paradise, Hawaiian Style in Hollywood. On the night of August 27, 1965, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr arrived at Elvis’s house in Bel Air, where Elvis personally greeted them at the door for what became known as the “summit meeting” of pop music and rock and roll.
During that meeting Jerry Schilling, a member of Elvis’s “Memphis Mafia,” got the autographs of all four Beatles on a 5″ …
March 31st, 2008
By Mike
CNN just rebroadcast a Larry King interview with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr this past weekend. Originally broadcast last June, the interview also features Olivia Harrison, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque du Soleil. They celebrated the first year anniversary of the LOVE show, a high tech blend of modern circus theatre set to an exciting mashup of Beatles music remixed by Sir George Martin and his son Giles.
CNN filmed the tribute show from the Beatles Revolution Lounge at the Mirage in Las Vegas. There’s great dialog between Paul and Ringo, and an interesting story from Olivia talking about how George and Guy came to be friends and fans of each other’s work, and combined their talents to create the LOVE show, the first of it’s kind to celebrate the art and music of the Beatles.
The show’s soundtrack features the Beatles music remixed by Sir George Martin and his son Giles, from the original Abbey Road studio master tapes. LOVE The soundtrack album has both the stereo CD and the 5.1 surround sound DVD, which does sound awesome. The album won a Grammy this year for the surround sound mix.
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March 25th, 2008
By Mike
Neil Aspinall has passed away in New York at age 66. He was receiving treatment for lung cancer. He was such a huge part of The Beatles success, it’s hard to overestimate how much he will be missed. Not only was he heavily involved in their business, but he was a close schoolmate with Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
He has been described as the “Fifth Beatle,” and here’s why…
Neil Aspinall was The Beatles first road manager in 1961, driving the group between gigs around Liverpool in his van. Later after Mal Evans started managing the band’s equipment, Neil went on to personal management, and also published about The Beatles recording sessions for their fan magazine. He also subbed as a studio musician and performed on “Yellow Submarine,” “Within You Without You,” “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” and “Magical Mystery Tour.”
Aspinall also managed Apple Corps from 1970 until last year, and oversaw many high profile lawsuits like the one between Apple Computers and EMI. He was fiercely loyal to The Beatles and fought to protect their copyrights, music and projects. He also had his own film company, and produced the …
March 19th, 2008
By Mike
Do you remember John Lennon’s “lost weekend?” Most fans don’t. That so called “lost weekend” lasted 18 months, from 1973 to 1975, when Lennon split from Yoko in New York and headed to L.A.
Ono hooked John up with a former personal assistant by the name of May Pang, who has just released a book of personal photos from that lost weekend era. This is actually her second book, which is really just a collection of photos.
It’s interesting to note that Cynthia and Julian Lennon have endorsed the book, called Instamatic Karma. I personally love the name; it’s a great play on words. And of course, the book has created a big buzz. But what I really like about this time period of John’s life is that he really got back into his music, and also collaborated with many other artists too.
Not only did he record three hit albums; Mind Games, Rock n’ Roll, and Walls and Bridges, but Lennon also recorded and worked with David Bowie, Harry Nilsson, Mick Jagger, and Ringo Starr. He also performed with Elton John in 1974, in what I believe may be his last concert performance.
Whatever Gets You …
January 31st, 2008
By Mike
I was reading one of the best informed and brutally honest music industry blogs around today, “The Lefsetz Letter” at lefsetz.com/wordpress when I came across Bob’s post about the famous Caribou Ranch Studio in Colorado.
It’s a fascinating story about the many famous hit artists who recorded there; Joe Walsh, John Lennon & Chicago, just to name a few.The Rocky Mountain News has some great articles and video about it here…
Rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/the-legend-of-caribou.
December 8th, 2007
By Mike
John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England on October 9, 1940, and assassinated on December 8, 1980 in New York City. He would be 67 today. But his musical legacy lives forever on CD, DVD and online.
John Lennon’s solo works available in digital download:
amazon.com
iTunes
Official Website
Cool Video @ imaginepeace.com
CD:
“Working Class Hero - The Definitive Lennon” Double CD set features 38 songs
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
The John Lennon Collection
DVD:
Beatles Anthology 5-DVD box set
Imagine (Deluxe Edition)
Lennon Legend - The Very Best of John Lennon
I love these lyrics from Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
I wish we could add the part about war is over.
October 8th, 2007
By Mike
Tuesday October 9th would have been John Lennon’s 67th birthday. This year holds a special event; the unveiling of the Imagine Peace Tower; a work of art by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon. The tower of light bears the inscription “Imagine Peace” in 24 languages, and will light up between Lennon’s birthday on October 9th and the day he was killed, December 8th. Also VH1 Classic will have a “Day of Peace” by broadcasting messages from John and Yoko.
The following press release is from the official website http://www.imaginepeace.com
On October 9th 2007, Yoko Ono will unveil the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Videy Island, Reykjavik, Iceland. Dedicated to the memory of her late husband John Lennon on what would have been his 67th birthday, the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will shine as a beacon for World Peace.
Sponsored by the City of Reykjavik, the Reykjavik Art Museum and Reykjavik Energy, the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be surrounded by more than 495,000 PEACE WISHES from people worldwide that the artist has collected since 1981 as part of her interactive Wish Tree exhibits. The wishes will be stored in capsules and buried surrounding the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
Yoko Ono invites …
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John Lennon peace interviewJohn Lennon peace interview July 5th, 2008 Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s Toronto hotel room in 1969 and convinced John to do an interview about peace. Here is a short animated film “I Met the Walrus” made 38 years later by Jerry. Tags: I Met the Walrus, Jerry Levitan, John Lennon, The Beatles Posted in Online videos | No Comments »
Sommarprat med Maj-Brith Vilken underbart sommarprogram med Maj-Brith Bergström-Walan - bäst hittills av de jag hunnit lyssna på. (Tack snälla SR för att det ligger på webben.) Hon går ut starkt med sin första minnesbild av hur hon som treåring hoppar i sin mosters säng och frågar “Får jag stanna här?”. Sen spelar hon John Lennons “Mother”, och för första gången hör jag på allvar texten. Det är gripande. Maj-Briths mamma tar inte hand om henne. Mostern och hennes man blir Maj-Briths nya föräldrar. Hon älskar dem, oc
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Must See for Beatle FansMust See for Beatle Fans July 5, 2008 by alanbryson This is the description from YouTube: In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a ca
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