John and Yoko as Paul saw them in BMI Recording Studio. Photo by Paul McCartney.
I’m sort of hitting a snag here because my John and Yoko calender (perhaps all of these John and Yoko calenders) has a mistake in it where the month of April repeats. I also wonder if that is supposed to read “EMI Recording Studios.” Nothing but the best from Apple Records. Here’s April again I guess.
Here are two different versions of Lennon’s “Nobody Told Me,” one is a home demo, the other is a studio outtake.
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Hiding out in Black Montague. Sending good wishes to the world. Photograph: Ethan A. Russell.
I don’t have much in the way of “In My Life” outtakes but here are a few. And as long as we are on Rubber Soul outtakes, here’s twenty minutes of Paul and John being completely obnoxious while recording vocals for “Think For Yourself.”
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“Smile” Yoko’s film Number ‘5’ sending John’s smile to the whole world. Photograph: John Reader.
Here‘s Lennon covering a line of Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” before seguing into his own “How.”
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“You Are Here” a show for Yoko from John. and you are still here and you were there and. “gallery show at Robert Frazer” Photograph: Associated Press
Here‘s a little bit of nonsense based around the opening of “Happiness is a Warm Gun.” It’s nothing special though so don’t get your hopes up.
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Arrival in a watching world. Picture by Associated Press at premiere of “In His Own Write”
While listening to those Get Back tapes it became clear to me that the fabs thought that the German language was hilarious. Here‘s Lennon indulging his sense of humor singing the theme to The Blue Angel, Falling in Love Again in mock German.
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“This is what happens when two clouds meet.” Planting two acorn seeds as growing pieces in Coventry Sculpture Exhibition. Photograph: Keith McMillan.
Here‘s an amazing 1969 home demo of “Oh, Yoko” that includes a bit of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy).”
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Two Virgins. Photograph: John Lennon
In order to jazz up these John and Yoko posts, I figure I’ll add some sound. Here’s what sounds to me like Dakota-dwelling era Lennon covering Jimmy Cliff‘s “Many River’s To Cross.”
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Through many lenses, many pauses, dreaming of one another.
The last performance of Yoko before meeting John.
The last performance of John before meeting Yoko.
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Here is the first installment of the John and Yoko 1970 Calendar. The first page had brief “autobiographical sketches” and after that it’s on with the year.
Beginning of the beginning
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Plastic Ono Band “Give Peace a Chance” July, 1969.
I hope you’re all sitting down while reading this because I have a major announcement to make. Just today I received in the mail a copy of a 1970 John and Yoko wall calendar (got on ebay) and I fully plan on posting one page (representing one month) per week for the next thirteen weeks (yes, the calendar has thirteen months, the last of which is a blank grid that the owner was encouraged to fill out himself). Seeing as how this calendar was originally included in the first run of the Plastic Ono Band’s Live Peace LP and is therefore 12″x 12″, it is a touch too large for my cheap scanner to handle. Fear not, I have access to a larger scanner and will do the scanning tomorrow. You all will feel like it’s 1970 on some level or other within a day or so. To hold you over, study this beautiful ad and 45 cover.
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chained and perfumed 
