Oct. 5: EMI releases remastered John Lennon CDs, Signature Box and "Gimme Some Truth" sets, and "Double Fantasy Stripped Down." Also available: John Lennon Box of Vision to hold the new discs.
Oct. 5: Larry Kane, author of "Ticket to Ride," hosts the Quarrymen and and a screening of "Nowhere Boy" at the Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA.
Through March 31, 2011: Exhibit, "John Lennon: Songwriter," at the Grammy Museum, 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite A245, Los Angeles, CA. Among items featured in the exhibit: Several Lennon guitars (including his Fender Telecaster), early albums, his signature round, wire-framed eyeglasses, his typewriter (used to write lyrics early in his career), original drawings, his Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band costume, his Album Of The Year Grammy Award for "Double Fantasy"; many handwritten song lyrics, including "Imagine" and "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"; Beatles photographs and original posters; Quarrymen items; rare historic footage; never-before-seen interview with Ono about Lennon’s songwriting; an "In The Studio with John Lennon" interactive studio exhibit. Museum admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for senior citizens (65+); and $10.95 for students with I.D. (ages 6 – 22) and members of the military. GRAMMY Museum members and children 5 and under are admitted free. More information on the exhibit is here.
Through Oct. 10: Thirty early photos of John Lennon from childhood to the formation of the Beatles on display at Mr. Musichead Gallery, 7511 West Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA. (323) 876-0042.
Through Oct. 10: Fab4Radio.com featuring lots of Lennon programming including previews of remastered CDs, Lennon in concert, appearances on radio in New York and Los Angeles and rare Lennon cover versions. www.fab4radio.com
Through Oct. 17: Special John Lennon birthday radio special featuring remastered Lennon tracks and an interview with Yoko Ono by Jody Denberg. Details about the special are here. Early radio station list is here.
Lennon website trivia contest: Running for the next six weeks, John Lennon's official website will be running a trivia quiz. Top prize in the contest will be a John Lennon art print. Second prize will be a John Lennon Signature Box for five winners, with third prize being copies of the eight remastered Lennon solo albums ("Imagine", "Double Fantasy Stripped Down," "Milk And Honey," "Walls And Bridges," "Some Time In New York City," "Mind Games," "Plastic Ono Band" and "Rock 'n' Roll"). For more information on the contest, go to http://www.johnlennon70thbirthdaycompetition.com/
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Comments
Why are they still showing the pictures with the stripped down album in the signature box?
They've updated the pictures to show a contents insert but you can't enlarge it enough to see what it says.
This makes it look like they are intentionally trying to fool people into thinking it's there.
I had to have the box set for the rare tracks disc, but I haven't received it yet. I haven't ordered the stripped down cd because I'm still hoping against reason that it's in the set.
I know there will be people who will order the box think that stripped is in it, because it's in the picture. They may lose more new fans than they gain over this one.
I got my Signature Box a day early on Monday. It does not include the "Double Fantasy Stripped Down" CD. Had to purchase that seperate. Btw....the Signature Box and the "Stripped Down" CD sound fantastic! But if you're on a budget and/or already own John's catalog, are not an Audiophile or Lennon Completist/Collector, just purchase the "Stripped Down" CD.
Wake me when it's over.
I have not been able to find the signature box set in western canada-has the release been delayed??
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