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THE LOST LENNON TAPES was a series of John Lennon demos, plus never-before released songs, John Lennon in the studio, et al.
The Best of THE LOST LENNON TAPES COLLECTION #5 of 5 (79 mins.)

1. Happy Birthday John (for John's 30th birthday) -Ringo, Stephen Stills, Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann
2. I Found Out - longer version with extended outro
3. What'd I Say &... - Ringo, Klaus, Phil Spector, Allen Ginsberg, & others
4. Yellow Submarine in Syracuse Hotel Room 10/8/71
5. Chi Chi's Cafe - John & Ringo
6. Howling at the Moon - unreleased song
7. Memories - unreleased song - borrows melody from "Tennessee" & the opening piano from "Grow Old with Me"
8. Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Talking (evolved into "Nobody Told Me")
9. Run For Your Life
10. When a Boy Meets a Girl
11. How Do You Sleep?
12. J.J. (pre-cursor to "Angela")
13. Attica State
14. Rock & Roll album Radio Promo
15. Everybody
16. Nobody Told Me
17. Falling in Love Again
18. Cathy's Clown
19. You Send Me
20. Real Love
21. My Life (2 Takes)
22. Dear Yoko
23. I'm Stepping Out - A brilliant TWENTY-ONE MINUTES in the studio!

THE LOST LENNON TAPES was a series of John Lennon demos, plus never-before released songs, John Lennon in the studio, et al.
The Best of THE LOST LENNON TAPES COLLECTION #4 of 5 (2 hours)

1. Nobody Told Me
2. Woman
3. I Am the Walrus (snippet)
4. Strawberry Fields Forever (acoustic)
5. What a Shame, Mary Jane Had a Pain at the Party (acoustic)
6. Julia
7. Rock & Roll People
8. Rock Island Line (SO SORRY ABOUT THE SKIPS IN THE RECORD)
9. It Just Happened to Be You
10. My Life
11. Don't Be Crazy
12. Studio talk into "Starting Over"
13. Dear John
14. Whatever Happened To...
15. Peggy Sue
16. Watching the Wheels
17. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - Bermuda tape
18. It's Not Too Bad (1966 demo version - early "Strawberry Fields Forever")
19. She Can Talk to Me (early "Hey Bulldog" 1966 demo)
20. Plastic Ono Jam
21. Sally & Billy
22. I'll Make You Happy
23. Happy Rishikesh Song
24. Keep Right On to the End of the Road
25. Tennessee Takes 1 & 4
26. With a Little Help from My Friends - John with young Sean
27. Power to the People (alternate take 1/22/71)
28. Here We Go Again - acoustic demo Oct. '73
29. Mucho Mungo
30. God - acoustic demo 1970
31. Life Begins at 40 (written for Ringo) - 1980
32. Girls & Boys (later to become "Real Love") - early demo
33. Cleanup Time Take 2
34. Borrowed Time
35. Don't Let Me Down - early demo
36. Just Gotta Give Me Some Rock & Roll/Shoeshine (part of which was later used in "Meat City")
37. Love
38. Maggie Mae
39. Honey Don't (with Elephant's Memory Band)
40. Don't Be Cruel
41. Matchbox
42. The Neville Club
43. Mirror Mirror - Take 5
44. Imagine (outtake from "Imagine" sessions)
45. A Case of the Blues
46. Down in Cuba
47. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - John vocal only
48. I'm Losing You
49. Borrowed Time
50. Tobias Casuals

THE LOST LENNON TAPES was a series of John Lennon demos, plus never-before released songs, John Lennon in the studio, et al.
The Best of THE LOST LENNON TAPES COLLECTION #3 of 5 (2 hours)

1. Roll Over Beethoven (rehearsal for One-To-One Concert w/ Elephant's Memory)
2. One-To-One Radio Spots
3. "New York City" rehearsal with Elephant's Memory Band
4. God Save Oz
5. Maurice DuPont (Agent Provocateur)
6. That'll Be the Day (The Quarreymen acetate)
7. Not Fade Away St. Regis Hotel NYC '71
8. The Best Things in Life Are Free
9. John & Bob Dylan (Bob inebriated?)
10. "Put the incense on..."
11. Make Love Not War (pre-"Mind Games")
12. Daddy's Little Sunshine Boy - John with Ringo (1967)
13. Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him - John's vocal (John's background vocal on Yoko's original lead vocal track is brought up to the front)
14. Starting Over (Take 3)
15. I Promise (home demo '73)
16. Sea Ditty/Leaning on a Lamppost 1977
17. A Nice Noise - John with young Sean
18. I Don't Wanna Face It
19. Medley: Beautiful Boy/Howling at the Moon/Dakota dialogue/Across the River
20. Real Love
21. "Singin' Lullabyes" into "Cleanup Time"
22. Steppin' Out
23. Watching the Wheels
24. You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love)
25. Illusions (Not for Love Nor Money)
26. Move Over Ms. L
27. Tobias Casuals No. 5
28. Mother
29. Only the Lonely
30. Radio Free London/Oz
31. Stranger's Room
32. Woman (with John's intro)
33. I Found Out
34. Tobias Casuals No. 2
35. God
36. Imagine (alternate version)
37. Mucho Mungo
38.  Mt. Elga
39. New York City
40. Don't Be Cruel (with Elephant's Memory Band)
41. Hound Dog
42. Send Me Some Lovin'

THE LOST LENNON TAPES was a series of John Lennon demos, plus never-before released songs, John Lennon in the studio, et al.
The Best of THE LOST LENNON TAPES COLLECTION #2 of 5 (2 hours)

1. Bless You
2. Many Rivers to Cross
3. My Life
4. I Watch Your Face
5. Serve Yourself
6. The Worst Is Over (early Starting Over)
7. Watching the Wheels
8. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
9. I'm the Greatest (Written for Ringo)
10. Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)
11. No. 9 Dream (earliest demo)
12. People (demo for the song, "Angela")
13. Luck of the Irish (unfinished lyrics)
14. Only People
15. Mind Games promo
16. Forgive Me (My Little Flower Princess)
17. Tower Records spot
18. I Don't Want to Be a Soldier
19. How Do You Sleep (segments)
20. Well (Baby Please Don't Go)
21. Tomorrow Never Knows (backwards talk test - vocals up front - rough mix
22. Flying (Aerial Tour Instrumental)
23. On the Road to Rishikesh (later to become "Jealous Guy")
24. Child of Nature (demo)
25. I'm So Tired (demo)
26. Power to the People (early alternate take, Jan '71)
27. Mannish Boy
28. 'Twas a Night Like Ethel Merman 1978
29. Beyond the Sea/Blue Moon/ Young Love
30. Cleanup Time (alternate mix, Fall 1980)
31. Good Morning, Good Morning (early home demo, Jan/Feb '67)
32. Everyone Had a Hard Year
33. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
34. Lord, Take This Makeup Off of Me
35. The News of the Day (from Reuters)
36. John on drugs and alcohol
37. Move Over Ms. L
38. Don't Let Me Down
39. Oh My Love
40. Jealous Guy

THE LOST LENNON TAPES was a series of John Lennon demos, plus never-before released songs, John Lennon in the studio, et al.
The Best of THE LOST LENNON TAPES COLLECTION #1 of 5 (2 hours)

1. Power to the People
2. Oh! Yoko
3. What You Got
4. Real Love
5. Woman
6. Cookin' (in the Kitchen of Love) - Written for Ringo to sing
7. Free As a Bird
8. Intuituition
9. Call My Name
10. One of the Boys
11. Cold Turkey
12. Tight A$
13. Dear Yoko
14. I Don't Wanna Face It
15. Watching the Wheels
16. I'm Stepping Out
17. Clean-Up Time
18. I Know (demo version Take 2)
19. Aisumasen (I Know) rough mix
20. Steel & Glass (alternate version)
21. Walls & Bridges track rundown
22. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (demo version, Take 2)
23. Tennessee (1976 home demo version)
24. Memories (1976 home demo version)
25. Sally and Billy (1976 home demo version)
26.  She Is a Friend of Dorothy (1977 home demo version)
27. The Boat Song (home demo)
28. Pedro the Fisherman (home demo)
29. Many Rivers to Cross Part 2/My Girl (home demo)
30. Instrumental
31. My Mummy's Dead
32. Well Well Well
33. He Got the Blues
34. Woman Is the N****r of the World

On this episode (#83) of The Beatles Hour with Steve Ludwig, we are joined by the brilliant author/rock journalist, LAURIE KAYE. 
She interviewed John Lennon & Yoko Ono on the afternoon that John was brutally taken from us later that evening. It's a surreal story of a somewhat surreal (& exciting) life in the music & radio scenes. We'll also hear of Laurie's interviews with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, & so much more. PLUS, we'll hear of the horrifying encounter Laurie had with the scum who, shortly after the encounter, shot John Lennon.
Her brilliant book is entitled, CONFESSIONS OF A ROCK 'N' ROLL NAME-DROPPER - My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview.

To complement the Dick Dale interview on PlanetLudwig.com (Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture, Show # 187), host Steve Ludwig created this 22-song setlist ranging from each era of the King of the Surf Guitar's career. Enjoy!

1. Miserlou (1962)
2. Scalped (1994)
3. Smoke on the Water (2001)
4. Ring of Fire (1994)
5. Peter Gunn
6. Space Mountain (from Disney's "Space Mountain" 2001)
7. Let's Go Trippin' (1962)
8. Surfing Drums
9. Speardance (1993)
10. Nitrus (1996)
11. Jungle Fever (1962)
12. The Scavenger (1963)
13. Third Stone from the Sun (1996)
14. Belo Horizonte (2001)
15. Tidal Wave (1964)
16. Never on Sunday (feat. Dick Dale on trumpet 1964)
17. Mr. Eliminator (1964)
18. Terra Dicktyl (1994)
19. Oasis of Man (2001)
20. Yours (2001)
21. King of the Surf Guitar (1962)
22. Miserlou - Acoustic (1993)

A true flower child of the sixties (and today!), MELANIE joins us for music & talk with host Steve Ludwig. Ms. Safka shares so many stories about her appearances at Woodstock & the Isle of Wight concerts, opens up about deeply personal episodes in her life, as well as sharing brand new music with us. The interview was truly a moving experience...
CALLIE COSPLAY tells us about life as a cosplayer. It's mostly fun, but you may be surprised at the lengths Callie & other cosplayers must go to to perfect their craft.
This is SHOW #36 OF STEVE LUDWIG'S CLASSIC POP CULTURE ~Original broadcast date: 4/15/14.  Enjoy!

We've taken the legendary Honeymooners TV Show episode, "$99,000 Answer," and let Ralph (Jackie Gleason) & Ed (Art Carney) introduce the songs from the episode, but we'll listen to the full-length versions of each song.

Arguably, this is LOU REED's weirdest album release. METAL MACHINE MUSIC was released in 1975, but was taken off the market three weeks later. Some critics said it cost Reed his reputation in the music business. There are no songs or structured composition on the album; instead it consists of modulated feedback & noise music guitar effects.
UGLY MUSIC Magazine write: "Get beyond those first few unnerving seconds, listen closely, and it can be interpreted in a multitude of ways."
Decide for yourself...