John Lennon
Interview, Dec. 8, 1970
Lennon Remembers: The Working Class Hero CD 2 Darthdisc DD-04

Part 4 of 4, altjough this seems to be part 2 of the sequence.


Lineage: CD tree - EAC - tlh - Dime



Sourced from a copy of Jan Wenner’s tapes of his infamous interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The interview was conducted at Allen Klein's office at 1700 Broadway in New York City on December 8, 1970. Wenner caught the couple at a time when the breakup of The Beatles was still fresh and acrimonious, Plastic Ono Band was first released, and John and Yoko’s emotions had been laid bare through intense primal scream therapy. The lengthy interview was published in Wenner’s Rolling Stone Magazine in two installments in early 1971 (January 21 and February 4, 1971 editions). Lennon later repudiated some of his more venomous statements in this interview and always decried the fact that Wenner published it in book form under the title “Lennon Remembers.”
Oddly, the book was republished, with Yoko’s assistance, upon the 20th anniversary of Lennon’s death at about the same time that the Anthology book was released. It included elements that had been excised in the first edition. Lennon Remembers and Anthology present two startling different characterizations and recollections of the Beatle years.

Much better than reading the interview, you know can hear it all yourself.


The interview transcripts can be found here:

http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part1.aspx

http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part2.aspx






01. Genius Is Pain 1:16

02. Living In The Past 1:17

03. Beatles Vs. Yoko 3:13

04. 'They Imitate Us' 1:11

05. More On The Breakup, The Beatles, Yoko 2:28

06. Bigger Than Elvis, William Mann, Messages 3:30

07. LSD 11:02

08. Discussing 'A Hard Day's Night' 3:15

09. Day Tripper, Drugs And Alcohol 2:47

10. Rubber Soul 1:17

11. Derek And Brian 1:10

12. Satyricon On Tour 2:49

13. Holiday With Brian, Brian Vs. Klein 1:59

14. 'We Were The Biggest Bastards' 3:00

15. The Rolling Stones Vs. The Beatles 4:46

16. The Press Vs. The Beatles 2:09

17. The Beatles Protected 2:10

18. Not Being Without Yoko 1:32

19. Working Or Not Working, Avant-garde Stuff 3:40

20. Magic Alex, Manson, Balmy Fans 4:16

21. Giving Up Their Private Lives 1:38

22. Strange Doings In Denmark 3:56