Via Beatlefan:
I'm Not the Beatles: The John & Yoko Interviews
with Howard Smith, 1969-1972
Available as 8 CD Set on April 14th
This eight CD box set features John Lennon & Yoko Ono's five iconic
conversations with Village Voice journalist and radio personality
Howard Smith. These in-depth discussions about music, love, creativity,
peace and politics illuminate the couple's transformation from Beatles
into revolutionaries.
These interviews have been
mastered from Smith's original audio recordings, which had been buried
in the back of his West Village loft for 40 years. Never before released
on CD.
May 28 - 29, 1969 - Live phone interview, the Bed-In Montreal (35 min)
Smith speaks on the phone with John & Yoko, who are in their suite
at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Among other things, they
discuss selling Peace as a commodity, the Activist Movement, and
Lennonʼs denial of being, nor intention of being, a leader.
Dec. 17, 1969 - Ronnie Hawkinʼs Ranch, Ontario Canada (89 min)
Smith traveled to Ronnie Hawkinʼs Ranch outside of Toronto to interview
John & Yoko. While eating shrimp tempura, they discuss the ins and
outs of recording with the Beatles, the bandʼs uncertain future,
Woodstock vs. Altamont, and the impact of the Youth Movement.
Dec. 12, 1970 - Regency Hotel, NYC (86 min)
Smith interviews John & Yoko the day after the Plastic Ono Band
albums are released, and they are in the midst of shooting 2 art films.
They discuss the emotional process of their music including specific
songs from the albums, their time in Janov therapy, how they handle
fame, and whether the Beatles will ever get back together.
Sept. 9, 1971 - St. Regis Hotel, NYC (71 min)
Smith interviews John & Yoko on the day Lennonʼs album Imagine is
released. They discuss the album, Onoʼs upcoming artist retrospective,
Paulʼs, Georgeʼs and Ringoʼs own individual albums, the mediaʼs
criticisms of their relationship, Johnʼs "working class" nature, and
future plans.
Jan. 23, 1972 - The Lennonsʼ Bank St. apartment, NYC (86 min)
Smith drops by John & Yokoʼs West Village apartment on the day of a
WPLJ Beatles marathon which can be heard at times playing in the
background, often inspiring and directing the conversation. They discuss
the experience of being a Beatle (and a Beatle wife) and the break up,
stage fright and the emotional rollercoaster of performing,
breakthroughs acquired in Janov therapy, love, and Revolution.
About Howard Smith:
Howard Smith is an Oscar winning film director, journalist and
broadcaster. As a writer for more than 30 years, his articles have
appeared in, among others, Playboy and The New York Times. Smithʼs
weekly column "Scenes" in the Village Voice helped cement the paperʼs
position within the emerging counterculture.
Pre-Order Link - http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD6105A
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