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John Lennon & Yoko Interview with Copyright

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John Lennon & Yoko Interview with Copyright
During their Montreal “Bed-In For Peace,” John Lennon & Yoko Ono are heard in this 22-minute telephone interview in May 28 1969, with New York disc jockey Howard Smith. Lennon and Ono are both quite animated and enthusiastic about their peace activism and philosophy during the interview, conducted two days after they checked into the Queen Elizabeth Hotel for the week-long “bed-in.” The couple garnered worldwide media attention two months earlier during their first “bed-in” from the Amsterdam Hilton; the event immortalized in the Lennon-penned “Ballad of John & Yoko,” The Beatles current single at the time. After Lennon fields a question about the distribution of “peace” acorns to world leaders, he speaks of his band mates views on Lennon’s activism: “…Ringo’s a live-in acorn himself… George..is a peacenik…Paul’s sort of more intellectual about it…but we all want peace.” Among other subjects covered are Lennon’s U.S. visa application, Ghandi, Nixon, Moscow, the Pope, the “Two Virgins” album, and Tom Paxton’s tribute to Lennon ‘Crazy John.” He refers to the delay of the release of the “Get Back” album due to the incompletion of the book to be included with the album. He calls the album “fantastic” and speaks about the “6-hours of rehearsals…for the show…the show never was…” Lennon speaks for thirteen minutes, Yoko for nine. The two 5” reels, one in a WABC Radio Recording box, each with WABC stickers, are dated 5/28 and 5/29. The tapes of excellent audio quality come with copyright.