MUSKETTEER GRIPWEED how i won the war JOHN LENNON demo
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MUSKETTEER GRIPWEED & THE THIRD TROUP
"HOW I WON THE WAR (from the film of the same name)"
b/w
"AFTERMATH"
UK
7" vinyl single (45rpm)
UNITED ARTISTS
green/white DEMONSTRATION LABEL
Green/white 'A'
UP1196
1967
It is mid 1966. The Beatles have stopped touring & Dick Lester asks John Lennon if he wants to come to Spain to be in a film. John is bored. John agrees & his role in the only non-Beatles film in which he appeared is set.
John is to play Musketeer Gripweed in the film which is shot in late 1966 in Almería, Andalucía, Spain.
Directed by Dick Lester & written by Charles Wood (The team also responsible for HELP!), the film is a biting & sometimes surreal anti-war satire & also featured Michael Crawford, Roy Kinnear, Ronald Lacey & Michael Hordern. It was a commercial & critical failure at the time, perhaps too ambitious for the audience of the day, although now it is lauded for its bravery & visionary direction.
The film, as far as John Lennon fans are concerned, is a triumph, with John turning in a superb performance as the hapless Musketeer.
It is also notable for being the first time John wore what were later to become his trademark NHS spectacles & it was also where, during the time between filming, he wrote Strawberry Fields.
Both the A & B side were penned by Ken Thorne.
In fact, the only time John is on the record is when his voice is heard repeating a single line from the film soundtrack on the 'A' side of the record and the 'B' side is an instrumental by the Ken Thorne Orchestra.
Some damage to the label, the word 'review' written in red ink, this had been stickered over, then damaged when the sticker was removed. The disc has a lot of surface marks and a couple of light scratches, it plays through fine without skipping or jumping, but does have a fair amount of crackle and background noise.
CONDITION : VG-
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