And so we complete the milestone!

Scott Phipps once again joins Antony to complete their whistle-stop, greatest hits tour through John Lennon and the 1960s. Scott gives us a brief sketch of each year through a few news events (some extremely random but no less interesting) before our two intrepid heroes each pick a Beatles/Lennon talking point, this time covering the years 1965 to 1969.

Thanks once more to all those who’ve been on the Glass Onion journey. My heart has truly been touched by the interest shown in what has been a 5-and-a-half-year odyssey exploring the utterly unique creature that was and is John Lennon.

He has been gone from this earth for over 43 years now, but – forgive the cliché – the music lives on, and with modern technology allowing us to access untold amounts of interviews, alternate takes, documentaries and the like, he’s arguably never been more alive than right now.

Glass Onion: On John Lennon will continue, and the next couple of episodes are already well into the planning stage.

For now, enjoy!!

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Scott's Podcasts (Rainbow Valley, Reel Britannia, The Stinking Pause)

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/rainbowvalley

episode links

‘The Other 1960s’ with Frances Rotunno (my mother!)

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-23-the-other-1960s-with-frances-rotunno

The Beatles At Shea Stadium (original audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E-W26eqfjM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058957/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520beatles%2520at%2520shea

John Lennon in ‘How I Won The War’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxy48n7Y9xA

John trips out at the Ally Pally!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z0Ph7ldFYg

‘A Day In The Life’ isolated tracks (majestic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMRxKp81t7o

The Beatles react to Brian Epstein’s death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wmiPIa88c

The Rock and Roll Years: 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpaa5w6hbOc

'One After 909' on the roof!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z79S6S7_3D8

John Lennon vs Al Capp (full version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYxFO8o-t2E

The Abbey Road Medley- vocals only (sublime!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXM77NdG_Jw

Stevie Riks does Johnny Rotten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDMb4l8H68#

What better way to mark Glass Onion’s century than with a traditional multi-parter? In the first of two shows to celebrate our milestone, Antony is joined again by Scott Phipps to take a whistle-stop, greatest hits tour through John Lennon and the decade that made him and which he helped propel into history.

Scott puts on his ‘Rainbow Valley’ trousers (see show notes) to sketch out each year for us before we each pick a Beatles/Lennon talking point for discussion. This time we tackle 1960 to 1964 as our hero goes from pure rocker to public figure and part of a national obsession. He also starts to wonder if songwriting could be more than ‘I love you and you love me’.

Thanks to all those who’ve been on the Glass Onion journey, especially those who’ve consumed every episode and left inspiring and generous feedback

Enjoy!!

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Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media) 

https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com

Scott's Podcasts (Rainbow Valley, Reel Britannia, The Stinking Pause)

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/rainbowvalley

episode links

The Beatles at the Star Club 1962 (cleaned-up, stereo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PdWt4I7Ok

Stuart Sutcliffe biographical information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Sutcliffe

Lennon’s first Lost Weekend (‘The Beatles Naked’ podcast)

https://player.fm/series/the-beatles-naked/episode-19-hamburg-spring-62-lennons-original-lost-weekend

The Beatles at the Cavern 1962 (colorised)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgvoNvjRFY

The Hours and Times (recommended film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hours_and_Times

John talks about ‘In His Own Write’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfjW6F9R6M

Antony discusses ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ film on the ‘Classic Film Jerks’ podcast

https://pod.link/488613190/episode/430c4f82adc8ddb2495be860d112fbb6

Scott discusses ‘The Big Freeze’ 1962-63

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/rainbowvalley/id/24520524

We felt it in poor taste to add show notes at such a sad time for the world...

In the last episode before we notch up our century, Antony flies solo to muse on and discuss various items of Lennon interest.

In order, these are the 40th anniversary of the ‘Milk And Honey’ album, the cancelling and virtues of the Lennon-penned Beatles song ‘Run For Your Life’, May Pang’s 2022 documentary ‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’, the work of Mike Williams and his theory on the impossibility of the recording of ‘Rubber Soul’ (Antony gets tied in knots at this point negotiating his position in the middle ground of the mainstream-conspiracy continuum!), and an extended look at the 2000 ‘Gimme Some Truth’ documentary.

Finally there’s a look at the recent Apple TV documentary ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial’ and David Whelan’s new book ‘Mind Games: The Assassination of John Lennon’, both of which naturally focus on the grisly events of December 8th 1980.

There are multiple audio clips as ever and what is probably a record number of links in the show notes.

Episode 100 will appear in March

Enjoy!

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episode links

John Lennon Real Life childhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P3crKoa8tg

Antony’s ‘white reggae’ song ‘New World (Order)’

https://antonyrotunno.bandcamp.com/track/new-world-order

Mike Pachelli guitar lesson for ‘Run For Your Life’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMLC8Hhb13s

‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19812518/?ref_=tt_urv

Tony King as the Queen of England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx-DNpoKfVg

Julian Lennon - Saltwater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vdP0VZ3dE

Mike Williams on the impossibility of ‘Rubber Soul’ and other theories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccEhmQ0M4FY&list=PLAW3gU1yflm_lFhOhwLoIQRXg8ZHLhevX

Olivia Harrison- ‘Hello Billy’ or ‘Hello babes’?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO1Q8qkVf6c

Ably House play ‘I Feel Fine’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkugg_tWV0Q

What did John Lennon play on George Harrison's songs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtd-sug3i8c

Trailer for ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial (on Apple TV)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnSnkvGKuyI

David Whelan’s Substack page

https://substack.com/@davidwhelan

David’s ‘Mind Games’ book

https://freepress.org/article/book-review-mind-games-assassination-john-lennon

David on the ‘Something About The Beatles’ podcast

https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/2024/02/09/275-anomalies-in-the-assassination-of-john-lennon-with-david-whelan/

The Man Who Shot John Lennon (1988 documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J8aMKRZZwQ

Dr Stephen Lynn squirms!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkw25rVcn84

We round off Glass Onion’s 5th year with a personal episode. Antony explores further his origin story with John Lennon and the ongoing relationship and fascination with the subject of our show (yes, it’s our show).

You will also hear some writing that didn’t quite culminate in a book this year, and there’s some discussion of childhood, both Antony’s and John’s, and the glorification of it.

Finally, did you know myopia was a superpower?

Enjoy the show and see you in 2024!

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episode links

Glass onion book intro (early draft)

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/30/introduction-to-glass-onion-conversations-on-john-lennon-draft/

Raw and melodic (Plastic Ono Band outtake 1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6SdkBQYvT0&list=PL4H5cduO6BifOIQ-rynn4G4ifrQFNwmV3&index=2

Gloriously weird John & Yoko (1972 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(1972_film)

Birth of the Beatles/John & Yoko: A Love Story (bad but strangely charming TV films)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1y_W75_ZMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlTZRynp5j0

We conclude our 1967 odyssey by picking up from mid-June and detailing all the main Lennon and Beatles events for the rest of 1967.

The Beatles are linked by satellite to hundreds of millions, they almost buy a Greek island, the Maharishi enters their lives and they make their own TV special just in time for it to be shown in black-and-white among the traditional wholesome Yuletide entertainment.

In between all this, the rather sad life of Brian Epstein comes to an end, John Lennon’s first solo film project is unleashed onto the world, and a few more classic Beatlesongs are created.

We hope this deep dive into another incredible year for the Fabs and the world has pleased you. The hippy dream of course didn’t quite work but there was truly something in the air in ’67 and a communal spirit amidst the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the general madness of a crazy world.

The next Glass Onion episode will be out in a couple of weeks

Enjoy!

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links to Tony Green’s work

Review of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ https://countercultureuk.com/2022/09/13/a-month-in-the-life-peter-jacksons-the-beatles-get-back-reviewed/

Facebook page with links to novels and essays

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episode links

Our World 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)

The Beatles perform ‘All You Need Is Love’ (colourised)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_paPrw0gAUo

The Rutles ‘Love Life’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukIsUd0r0YM

The Death of Brian Epstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5D3_NSLuyc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wmiPIa88c&t=67s

Magical Mystery Tour film clip (John & Little Nicola)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTjP74avEpQ

James Hargreaves tries to make sense of the film!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CTIlgC0P0Q

Mr Creosote from ‘Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life’ (inspired by MMT film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczPDGC3f8U

George goes to Haight-Ashbury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I-ThafU1e4

John & George with David Frost (about meditation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rytubzzStM

Paul and George ‘have a word’ with the Maharishi in Sweden

https://webgrafikk.com/blog/paul-mccartney/sweden-1967/

The Fool On The hill session photo montage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B95SVtsBL7A

The Magical Mystery Tour party (21/12/67)

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1967/12/21/magical-mystery-tour-launch-party/

Sam Whiles dives deep on ‘Now And Then’

https://mccartneypod.podbean.com/e/now-and-then-history-review-paul-or-nothing-bonus-episode-125/

In this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June. 

The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their greatest single ever and then turn their full attention to creating what is surely at least their most famous album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We cover the recording, album cover, launch party, release and legacy of ‘Pepper’, as well as some of the other songs recorded around the same time and used for other singles and projects. 

In amongst all this, John Lennon trips out in public at one of the premier British psychedelic events of the hippie era…

Enjoy!

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Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media) 

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links to Tony’s work

Review of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ https://countercultureuk.com/2022/09/13/a-month-in-the-life-peter-jacksons-the-beatles-get-back-reviewed/

Facebook page with links to novels and essays

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episode links

Strawberry Fields Forever video (in shimmering colour!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8

Strawberry Fields Forever take 26 (brass & strings score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNtvnUEjJk

A Day In The Life ‘video’ (orchestra overdub session)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM

A Day In The Life take 1 (echoey counting starts at 2.10)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txyItk5lXY

John Lennon at the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream (music by Pink Floyd)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z0Ph7ldFYg

Yoko Ono performs ‘Cut Piece’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaYNusT9Cc

Sgt Pepper’s launch party

https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1967/05/launch-party-for-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band/

Who’s who on the Sgt Pepper album cover

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sgt-pepper-cover-art-whos-who/

‘Paul Is Dead’ clues on the Sgt Pepper cover

https://turnmeondeadman.com/paul-is-dead-clues-on-sgt-peppers-lonely-heart-club-band/

Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution (Howard Goodall)

http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/tv-presenting/sgt-peppers-musical-revolution

Howard Goodall - The Beatles: A Musical Appreciation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQS91wVdvYc

Cynthia Lennon ‘John’ audiobook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97WjVEFJyI&list=PLfATtdZX-KZ6TAhRBbTdKv3j3XkxqB7Rt&index=1

1967 is a year that has gone into legend for various reasons. Was it the year of peace and love? Was there any real love in it at all? Or was it just like any other year, a heady mix of everything good and bad about the human race and society?

Before looking at what was undoubtedly a ground-breaking and life-changing year for John Lennon and The Beatles, myself and my guest, writer Tony Green, have a look at the year of 1967 out there in the big, bad world.

As is traditional in this series, we discuss some key events of the year, births and deaths, films and non-Beatles singles and albums

Enjoy!

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Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media) 

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links to Tony’s work

Review of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ https://countercultureuk.com/2022/09/13/a-month-in-the-life-peter-jacksons-the-beatles-get-back-reviewed/

Facebook page with links to novels and essays

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066601250572

Tony's 4th birthday party (a slice of 1960s working class life)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89oz2P3v-2Y

The 'Forthlin Road' tapes

https://earlybeatlessongs.weebly.com/forthlin-road-tapes.html?fbclid=IwAR3FBVOBGjNgN0M9UNdGm9xjmVna5uMfEob41FTbvO1A-ZNM5gkIehaaiao

episode links

The Rock and Roll Years: 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhawQexXXJo&t=591s

Dan Richter- From Beat Poets to Summer of Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53Vnw_H4zc

Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Dreams_(book)

The Six-Day War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHqJ6pgdE-c

Monterey Pop documentary

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064689/

The 14-Hour Technicolour Dream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_14_Hour_Technicolor_Dream

Muhammad Ali refuses the draft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsa_vRBO-E

Jimi plays Sgt Pepper (dramatisation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMmhHBr7WDA

The Doors on the Ed Sullivan Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKd6yarfkxA

The Rolling Stones- Let’s Spend ‘Some Time’ Together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRCuKsvNEE

The Who’s ‘explosive’ appearance on the Smothers Brothers show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSKu7SbGNQ

The Fog of War documentary

https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-fog-of-war/

Ken McNab and I complete our discussion about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963' and the general atmosphere and events of that breathless year. This time round, we cover the second half of the year as our four intrepid musical explorers continue their furious work rate and have their first proper brushes with the British establishment.

They also record and release their second album and yet more seminal singles, and slowly set their sights on the ‘land of milk and honey’ across the Atlantic while conquering their homeland completely and finding time to record the first of their special Christmas messages for their growing number of fan club members…

Links to Ken’s work can be found below

Enjoy!

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links to Ken’s 1963 book and his other work

https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Ken-McNab/Shake-It-Up-Baby--The-Rise-of-Beatlemania-and-the-Mayhem-of-1963/28593694

https://www.waterstones.com/author/ken-mcnab/1270697

Ken’s previous appearances on Glass Onion

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-17-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-1-of-2

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-18-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-2-of-2

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-54-john-lennon-albums-ranked-with-kit-otoole-ken-mcnab-part-1-of-2

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-55-john-lennon-albums-ranked-with-kit-otoole-ken-mcnab-part-2-of-2

episode links

Beatles 1963 timeline

https://dmbeatles.com/history.php?year=1963

The Beatles at the London Palladium (October 1963)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBdUjrkCZ4

The Fabs rock out on Swedish TV!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYpVNpXCAls

The Beatles’ ‘rattle yer jewellery’ Royal Variety Show performance (colourised and sound-enhanced)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRr5uCSBvhw

The Beatles Come To Town (Manchester 1963)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_hRHRtN8Q

The Beatles Xmas Record 1963

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzm8o3ytoRk

Beatles Studio Outtakes (funny!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZupFJVh2dS0

Following the shows on 1962, we seamlessly move to 1963 with the welcome return of Ken McNab to talk about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963'. After Ken gives some thoughts on Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’ (his previous appearances on Glass Onion were prior to its release), we cover the events of the first half of the year and the slow creep of Beatlemania.

The Beatles move from also-rans to bill-toppers while covering an incredible amount of ground criss-crossing the country on British tours. They also record and release their first album and a couple of seminal early singles, John Lennon becomes a father and John and Brian Epstein go on holiday…

Enjoy!

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Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life

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Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media) 

https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com 

links to Ken’s 1963 book and his other work

https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Ken-McNab/Shake-It-Up-Baby--The-Rise-of-Beatlemania-and-the-Mayhem-of-1963/28593694

https://www.waterstones.com/author/ken-mcnab/1270697

Ken’s previous appearances on Glass Onion

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-17-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-1-of-2

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-18-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-2-of-2

episode links

Beatles 1963 timeline

https://dmbeatles.com/history.php?year=1963

The Beatles at Stowe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIrVGg68X2Y

Please Please Me album remastered

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8degF-CITi6MhbrOOuk10yLb6JZLiSY

Helen Shapiro on a programme about child stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObQe7eqN-U