John Lennon - The Man The Memory (The Last Interview) (1980) FLAC and MP3

Posted By : Dr. Robert | Date : 21 Mar 2010 02:38:59 | Comments : 19 |

John Lennon - The Man The Memory
16-bit / 44.1 kHz | FLAC (5% Recovery) | m3u, no cue or log (vinyl) | Artwork
1.11 GB CD redbook + 329 MP3 (256 VBR) | RS + Hot File | Genre: Rock Radio | 1980
The Last Interview recorded for RKO Radio on December 8, 1980
3 Hour FM Radio Broadcast Recording from my original reel to reel

“

RKO Radio aired the last interview with John Lennon, recorded at the Dakota just hours before his death on December 8, 1980, by Dave Sholin, a San Francisco DJ and radio producer who put together music specials for RKO.

This is an off the air recording I made to reel to reel in December 1981.

”

=Track Listing

PART ONE
1a. Yoko One Statement / 1b. Introduction / 2. Starting Over in the 80's / 3. "Watching the Wheels"
4. A Diarrhea of Creativity / 5. "Starting Over" / 6. Just Another Rocker / 7. "Cleanup Time" 8. Almost Like Twins
9. Narration / 10. Don't Touch, Don't Feel / 11. Narration / 12. Just a Daddy / 13. "Beautiful Boy"

PART TWO
14. Narration / 15. Expectations / 16. Narration / 17. I'm Not Running for Office / 18. Narration
19. Back to the Roots / 20. "Rock N Roll Music" / 21. Choosing Partners / 22. Narration / 23. Meeting Yoko
24. "Out The Blue" / 25. Longer Than the Beatles / 26. Narration / 27. Macho Woman / 28. Narration
29. "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" / 30. I Needed Her So Much / 31. "Dear Yoko"

PART THREE
1. "#9 Dream" / 2. Yoko Kicked Me Out / 3. Narration / 4. A Blank Check / 5. Narration
6. Freaky Music & Two Virgins / 7. Narration / 8. What Are They Doing? / 9. "The Ballad of John and Yoko"
10. We're in Enough Trouble As It Is / 11. "Woman Is The Nigger Of The World" / 12. Our Intentions Were Good
13. "Give Peace A Chance" / 14. We're Human Again / 15. "Love"

PART FOUR
16. Love Is The Answer / 17. Narration / 18. This Time They're Ready For Us / 19. Narration / 20. Double Fantasy
21. Narration / 22. We All Survived / 23. Narration / 24. One Whole Piece of Work / 25. "Starting Over"
26. Now I Know Both Sides / 27. Narration / 28. It's Kid's Stuff / 29. "Mind Games" / 30. There Was No Time To Reflect
31. "Oh Yoko" / 32. Everyone Knows What Love Is / 33. Narration / 34. A Reflection Of Us All / 35. "Woman"

PART FIVE
1. "It's Only Love" / 2. Narration / 3. Just Imagine It / 4. "Imagine" / 5. Projecting The Future
6. Narration / 7. We All Created This Together / 8. Only People / 9. Crying For It Wasn't Enough
10. I Want To Kick Your Pants / 11. "Remember" / 12. It's An Insecurity

PART SIX
13. Narration / 14. "In My Life" / 15. Narration / 16. "Be Bop A Lula" / 17. Fresh As Ever
18. Narration / 19. The Beatles Never Stuck To One Style / 20. Narration / 21. An Evening Out
22. "I'm Your Angel" / 23. Let's Take It On The Road / 24. Narration / 25. "Starting Over" / 26. Closing

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Posted By: bryter Date: 21 Mar 2010 02:56:29

What a wonderful treat! I can't wait to hear his last interview.

It's a shame that Yoko has recently pawned him off to sell cars, but I doubt any Beatles fan could possibly be surprised.

Thanks Doc! :)

Posted By: grafassi Date: 21 Mar 2010 04:14:33

Big thanks for this. Like many, Cosell told me. Listening now...memory(s) lane.

Posted By: rg1960 Date: 21 Mar 2010 07:17:13

@Doctor Robert

You know, how much I appreciate it, to listen to this (last)interview of John Lennon.
Although I know, I will be very sad afterwards, because Lennon was my idol when I was young.

Thank You, Doctor Robert!

rg1960

Posted By: SteveJobs Date: 21 Mar 2010 07:38:25

Many thanks for making the complete interview available. In my area the radio did broadcast the BBC interview by Andy Peebles which I taped then, but the cassette is long gone...
A sad day that was.

Posted By: LezDawson Date: 21 Mar 2010 11:34:18

Thanks Rob for your sterling work. As a massive Beatles fan, I'll have to listen to this - although to be honest in most of my adult years I have thought of the post-Beatles Lennon as a misguided fool (a self-loathing millionaire who wrote songs preaching communist utopianism - "Imagine no possessions" - oh, fuck off to Russia then!), and I don't like most of his solo output.
But his contribution to musical history is undeniable and I'm sure this interview will be very interesting! :)

Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 21 Mar 2010 12:08:10

@ LezDawson

All he was saying was "Give Peace A Chance". I for one would move to Canada if it was not so fucking cold in the winter.

Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 21 Mar 2010 12:46:03

I just pulled my reel to reels of the BBC interview by Andy Peebles on December 6. It's a five hour program. I am now transferring it and I'll get the rip ready for release soon.

The BBC interview is now on line

http://avaxhome.ws/music/john_lennon_bbc_andy_peebles.html

Posted By: SteveJobs Date: 21 Mar 2010 13:09:04

Doc you are absolutely amazing! Thank you very much in advance!
(btw. I liked the pix of your tape machines)

Posted By: kwork Date: 21 Mar 2010 15:17:57

This is awesome, and hugely appreciated. For the record, John is my favorite of the solo Beatles.
I'm looking forward to the further five hours that is promised. I do really love and appreciate any audio documentaries on The Beatles.

Posted By: 4-F Date: 21 Mar 2010 19:52:05

Very interesting. Thanks Doc!

I have 2 reels. Both are Akai 4000DS that I bought back in 1973. I remember when that Supertape came out. Radio Shack promoted it big time. I bought some 7", 8 track and cassette tapes shortly after they were available. They were extremely "dirty". I had to clean the heads on my decks very often so I didn't buy any more. Maybe you got yours after they worked the bugs out of their manufacturing process. I have a couple 7" reels of Supertape right here. Mine are 1800ft/1.0mil. I remember being concerned that the 0.5 mil tape would stretch or break. Nobody may have ever had one break but I wasn't going to take a chance! lol All the other tapes I bought were BASF, TDK, Memorex and Scotch. That's been a long time ago. :)

Unfortunately, I don't have anything interesting on my tapes so it really doesn't matter. :(

Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 21 Mar 2010 20:23:18

@ 4-F

My first reel to reel was a cheap AKAI I got as HS grad present in '76, probably a similar model. I bought mostly cheap Scotch Dynarange (and BASF) until 1980 when I bought the Realistic deck . All the Dynarange tape got sticky and unplayable by 1982. Luckily none of my Realistic tapes shows any problem with sticky tape and oxide shredding after 30 years. The heads were still clean after transferring five hours of tape. I used long half mil tapes for both shows (RKO and BBC) because I had to work the nights the programs were broadcast and it was the only way I could get the entire program taped. I bought a lot of 2400 and 3600 7 inch tape back then. Almost all play fine today. I used them for time shifting of radio dramas that were very popular back then on the Los Angeles NPR station.

Posted By: 4-F Date: 21 Mar 2010 21:30:08

These Akai decks of mine were not very expensive but I really don't remember how they compared in price and quality to others. I bought mine based on the salesman's recommendation. He said to get a better deck I would have to spend a lot more money. These were the best decks for anywhere near the price. What he probably meant was these were the model he got the biggest sales commission.

I haven't played any of my 7" tapes in several years but the last time I played them they were 20 yrs old or more and all that I played were fine. Every manufacturer of tape had several grades of quality. All of my tapes are the more expensive grade. Maybe that is why my Scotch lasted longer than your Scotch. I wonder how well they would play today. I may play one or two the next few days to find out. If they no longer play then I can throw them away and use the space for something else.

That Supertape was supposed to be top quality but I bought some of the first to be sold. It was filthy. According to Radio Shack's promotion, it was made at a brand new factory. I'm sure they got better results after they had some practice. A clerk at Radio Shack told me back then that they had complaints about the tape when it first came out but they had worked out the problems within a few months. I never bought anymore to find out if he was telling the truth. The only reason I bought it in the first place was since it was new they were selling it for half price to promote it. At regular price I preferred to buy from one of the big names in audio tape. My tapes have always been inside the house. I'm betting that yours have too. If they were subjected to temperature extremes as in a storage building I bet that would shorten the life.

Posted By: LezDawson Date: 21 Mar 2010 22:21:08

@ Rob:

"All he was saying was "Give Peace A Chance""

Trouble is, that wasn't ALL he was saying (despite the song hook!) ;)

Anyhoo, it's late, so I'm gonna settle back now and listen to your fine recording of this genius. I just came back to grab the password - d'oh! Thanks again :)

Posted By: walrus64 Date: 24 Mar 2010 00:24:18

Thank you Dr. Robert!!!. I guess you are the fifth Beatle, aren't you?

Posted By: cvrcmrc Date: 24 Mar 2010 01:21:51

Thank you!

Posted By: dufman Date: 24 Mar 2010 02:09:16

Much thanks, Doc.

Posted By: Adama Date: 01 Apr 2010 15:02:41

Thank you so much Doc.

John Lennon ~ I lost, and the world lost so much by his senseless death.

Posted By: lionelboy Date: 18 May 2010 05:51:50

Thank you so much! :)

Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 04 Jun 2010 13:32:05

The BBC interview is now on line

http://avaxhome.ws/music/john_lennon_bbc_andy_peebles.html

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