Contra Band Music

During the course of 1972, Ringo had become fast friends with Harry Nilsson and his producer, Richard Perry. When Ringo decided it was time ...

1973 began with Ringo making another appearance on BBC Radio's Scene And Heard . His interview with David Wigg was taped January 3rd (p...

After the satisfaction of their One To One benefit performance in August 1972, John and Yoko's world slowly began to fall apart. They sp...

While Ringo had spent the first half of 1972 in recording studios, sitting in on Harry Nilsson's Son Of Schmilsson LP, Lon and Derrek V...

Because it would be his first (and as it turned out, only) full live performances as a solo artist, John put in plenty of rehearsal prio...

The second leg of Wings' 1972 European tour began August 1st in Copenhagen and concluded on the 24th in West Berlin. Along the way they ...

After extensive rehearsal and recording, Paul judged Wings fit for a proper tour around the continent in July 1972. They began on the 9th wi...

After spending the latter half of 1971 on the Bangla Desh concert/album/film, George took it easy for the first half of 1972. He and Patti...

John and Yoko's busy spring of 1972 continued apace with another quick visit to Washington DC on May 9th for a private party attended by...

In between fighting to stay in the country and holding recording sessions, John and Yoko continued to lend their celebrity to causes, partic...

Thanks to Steve Marinucci for pointing out the link to a longer recording of the phone call between John Sinclair and John and Yoko (Decemb...

Since their arrival the previous summer, John and Yoko had been living in New York from visa to visa, always receiving the extensions th...

Although he'd been out of the public spotlight in recent months, Ringo kept busy during the winter of 1971-1972 as a session drummer, pl...

Wings began its touring career in the lowest-key fashion possible on February 8th, 1972. Paul and Linda merely loaded a van with band member...

What a time to take a vacation, and what a time for Mediafire to suspend my account, just as we're getting into the "Nixon Adminis...

As long as we're in the late 71/early 72 era, here are a few snippets from Lost Lennon Tapes episodes which don't seem to be availa...

In mid-January, 1972, Wings found its fifth and final (for now) member, guitarist Henry McCullough, who had most recently been a member of J...

John and Yoko's final Mike Douglas Show appearances were taped January 27th and 28th, 1972. The first of these shows included the most ...

John and Yoko's Mike Douglas Show tapings continued on January 18th and 20th, 1972, in Philadelphia. Each show had a controversial gues...

no label, 1972 This is a copy of a Beatleg from late 1971, The Beatles Last Album . The BBC Radio material (from a Top Of The Pops transcri...

Here's a special bonus post, featuring a recording I just stumbled across. It has much in common with the "born in a prison" ...

John and Yoko kicked off 1972 with a less-than-cheerful New Year's Message (particularly Yoko's segment). Two events early in Janua...

John added a few more pages to his FBI dossier by appearing on the syndicated David Frost Show on December 16th, 1971. He and Yoko had ...

Paul and Linda began December 1971 with a brief vacation in Jamaica, and then flew to New York to meet up with the other members of Wings fo...

John and Yoko's radical activism phase went public in a big way in December, 1971. Sometime during the first week of the month, their Ba...

George continued promotion for Raga and the Concert For Bangla Desh LP (finally released December 20th in the US) with back-to-back ap...

November 1971 was the month of Beatle-related movies, as 200 Motels opened in New York on the 10th, Blindman premiered in Rome on the 15th...

As soon as Ram was released, Paul was already considering his next step, and with the thought of going back on the road, he decided to form...

With their duties in Syracuse finished, John and Yoko returned to their suite at the St. Regis in New York City. On October 25th, they were ...

Yoko Ono's art exhibition, This Is Not Here , occupied the entire Everson Museum at Syracuse University from October 9th (John's...

Yoko's Fly LP was accompanied by a single, released September 29th, 1971 in the US, which paired two surprisingly conventional numbers ...

Ringo Starr spent the summer of 1971 in Spain and Italy, co-starring in the ABKCO-produced spaghetti western, Blindman . Ringo played the ro...

Once they settled into their suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, John and Yoko wasted no time hitting the promotional circuit....