Friday, April 1, 2011

Alf Solo, RIP



On April 1st, 1964, John Lennon met his estranged father, Alfred, for the first time in 17 years. The brief and unhappy meeting took place at the London headquarters of NEMS Enterprises, during a day off from filming A Hard Day's Night.

Until recently, only written accounts have documented the meeting, but amazingly, a short tape recording of the occasion has been found. Apparently taped on a portable recorder and then forgotten, it was uncovered in the Dakota archive at the very end of a reel containing 88 minutes of "Serve Yourself" demos.

Download the recording of the historic reunion here.

8 comments:

  1. I know what day it is, but I had to listen anyway. And I'm racking my brain trying to figure out the source.

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  2. I downloaded it. But I was very very drunk.
    Sit down father, rest you, servicable villain.

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  3. Got me - didn't think to look at the date (because it's the 2nd in Australia now, anyroad!)... :o)

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  4. Okay, Dinsdale, you got me. Any chance you might have the 52-part Earth News Radio Series on The Beatles from August 1978?

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  5. That´s very clever anagram
    for aprils fool, ha ha liked it

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  6. OK, here was the actual source of the recording:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm-mELrFFL4

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  7. Yup, never woulda guessed that for the source...

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