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and September 7, 2018 CDS, New York, New York
JOHN LENNON, THE BEATLES
6 1/2 x 3 5/8, first day of issue commemorative cover with U.S.A. Forever postage stamp, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10199, with vignette of Lennon and his facsimile signature on the stamp. There is a beautiful very large printed signature in black of John Lennon that ties the postage stamp on the cover. Large circular vignette at the left, "THE CAVERN CLUB BEATLES, PAUL, JOHN, PETE, GEORGE" with their photographs wearing black leather jackets within. There is also a yellow oval at the lower center which reads, "Home of the Cavern Club, Mersey Beat." Illustration at the left pictures their original drummer Pete Best, circa 1962. The Beatles as a group and John Lennon as solo performer are both members of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. Mint condition. Very desirable Lennon/Beatles collectible.
Born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. Murdered December 8, 1980, in New York City.
John Lennon was murdered in the late evening of Monday, December 8, 1980 after returning to his home from a recording session at the Record Plant, in NYC, to his luxurious apartment in the Dakota Building on 72nd Street and Central Park West.
The world collectively held its breath in utter heartache and disbelief as rock n' roll music lost one of its biggest icons and was never the same after that tragic night. I still feel the horrible pain deep in my soul right now as I write these words. RIP John.
I made the pilgrimage over to the Dakota within the next couple of days as I was compelled to be as near to where John took his last breaths on this earth and where this heinous tragedy occurred. I was still in my camera buff days and took my .35 mm. camera and shot a couple of rolls of film. I also collected all of the New York City newspaper headlines and stories and put it all together in a beautiful scrapbook which of course I still have. Every once in a while I pull the scrapbook out and browsing through it still brings chills to my bones and a very deep sadness and longing to turn back the clock and somehow prevent this horrible episode from ever happening!
The world was deprived of who knows how many future Lennon classics, and I know for a fact from some of my very well connected Beatles inside sources that John and Paul had agreed to do some songwriting and performing together like in the early days, in the not too distance future.
I do not know if you know this but John and Paul actually did jam together in L.A. in the mid 1970's during what was called "John's Lost Weekend." John was producing an album by their close friend Harry Nilsson called "Pussycats," when a couple of dozen of their friends showed up during the session which evolved into a massive drunken jam. There are a couple of bootleg recordings that exist but unfortunately the quality is so poor it does not give us anything to add to the Lennon/McCartney catalog. John said to my friend, that everybody in the room kept staring at John and Paul to see what they were doing that nobody paid much attention to what they were playing themselves.
Those same insiders have told me based on personal conversations they had with both John and Paul that it was very likely that some form of the four boys from Liverpool would have played and recorded together again. It would never have returned to being The Beatles again, and no touring as a group or album making was in the works, but depending how they felt a number of songs were once more a strong possibility. What I visualize would have been something similar to the "RINGO" album where they probably would have paired off in different combinations with the ultimate privilege being that all four may have played together on a song or two. On the "RINGO" album John, George and Ringo did all play together on one song which was the closest thing to a Beatles reunion there ever was!
Those 4 boys loved each other, and they were tighter than brothers, and making music together was the ultimate joy of their lives. Who knows what may have happened. After all of the business problems were sorted out, and put in the past, and the door was open for them to heal and be close friends again, new possibilities were once again on the horizon. They were given the opportunity to just be the "lads" John, Paul, George and Ringo, and their camaraderie was slowly reforming and bringing the 4 brothers back together again.
Footnote: This is a true story! Ringo came to the hospital to see George for the last time as his death was imminent his body ravaged with cancer. When Ringo told George he had to leave to go visit his extremely sick daughter Lee who was in the hospital fighting for her life, the old Beatle brotherhood was still on display in full force. The dying George looked up at Ringo in pure seriousness and love, and asked Ringo if he wanted him to go with him to visit his daughter. George was serious as he thought so much of Ringo and his entire family that he automatically put his own problems to the side and wanted to help his brother Ringo in his desperate time of need. He knew how devastated Ringo was and the love shared between these four Liverpool men was never stronger then at a time like that. That was the last time Ringo ever saw George and those last words George spoke to Ringo have stuck with him to this very day. Ringo tears up when he tells the story.
would have meant that some form of The Beatles would have played together again.
I had the absolute privilege of seeing John play live in concert post Beatles multi times. As many great concerts and legendary groups and individual artist that I saw perform in my lifetime, NONE of them gave me the goose bumps, and special feeling that I still feel very prevalent to this day, as having been so close in the presence of John's greatness and see him play and perform. I know for a fact from talking to others that he was extremely nervous as he always was before performing live, but from my 2nd row seat he seemed to be the "coolest cat" on the planet.
I have close personal friends who knew John very well and played on many of his recordings, and on stage with him, that despite his sometimes cool exterior and cheeky English behavior, or "taking the mickey out of someone as the Brits liked to say," I have been told many times by these friends who knew him personally, that John was one of the sweetest men you would ever have the pleasure of knowing in your life." He was also a cat lover and always had a couple of them around as his companions and house pets. Show me a man who loves cats and I will show you a sincere and loving man.
Paul used to tell a cute story when John was teasing him, John leaned in close, pulled up his eyeglasses to look Paul directly in the eyes, and said to Paul, "its only me mate," a reference to their childhood days when they grew up together as teenagers as close as brothers as all of The Beatles were to each other starting in their Liverpool days.
John was the founding member of the Quarry Men which was formed with a bunch of his high school buddies taking their name from their school, Quarry Bank High School. The group later morphed into the legendary Beatles, by adding Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Peter Best and later Ringo Starr to replace Best on drums in August 1962, and ultimately became the most famous pop and rock band of all time.
Lennon was without a doubt the leader, lead vocalist, harmony vocalist, multi instrumentalist, and songwriter. The songwriting duo of Lennon & McCartney were considered to be the most famous song writing team of all time.
6 1/2 x 3 5/8, first day of issue commemorative cover with U.S.A. Forever postage stamp, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10199, with vignette of Lennon and his facsimile signature on the stamp. There is a beautiful large printed signature in black of John Lennon that ties the postage stamp on the cover. Large circular vignette at the left, "THE CAVERN CLUB BEATLES, PAUL, JOHN, PETE, GEORGE" with their photographs wearing black leather jackets within. There is also a yellow oval at the lower center which reads, "Home of the Cavern Club, Mersey Beat." Illustration at the left pictures their original drummer Pete Best, circa 1962. The Beatles as a group and John Lennon as solo performer are both members of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. Mint condition. |
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