THE LOST LENNON TAPES 2LP Westwood One 89-08 13-02-1989

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THE LOST LENNON TAPES - 2 LP Set (Westwood One Radio Networks) - Original LP's + content sheet.
Edition: 1989-08 (Feb. 13 1989) Double LP

Cover: Mint- (Still in Shrink) / Vinyl: Mint- (Probably never played) / Label: Mint- 

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The Lost Lennon Years is hosted by Elliot Mintz.  Mintz was a Los Angeles disc jockey in the 1970s, and he became a personal assistant and spokesman for Yoko Ono.  (I believe that he’s currently Paris Hilton’s press flack, and I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever mentioned Paris Hilton in any capacity in this blog.).  Looking at the time The Lost Lennon Tapes first aired, Albert Goldman’s The Lives of John Lennon had just been published, which painted John in a vastly negative light.  Projects like The Lost Lennon Tapes or the Imagine: John Lennon film documentary were likely produced as a corrective to Goldman’s biography.

In each hour-long episode, Mintz presents some biographical information about Lennon and/or the Beatles, plays some of the official discography (at least through the late-80s) of both Lennon and the Beatles, and then dips into things like Lennon’s demo tapes or session outtakes, Lennon’s interviews or appearances on television or radio, or new interviews with people that Lennon loved or worked with.

As a host, Mintz suffices.  To some extent, I expect Mintz to show a bias toward the Lennon mythology that Yoko Ono has spent the past thirty years promoting.  I expect Mintz to take potshots at Paul McCartney, I expect Mintz to paint certain events surrounding the Beatles’ final years in a negative and sensationalistic light.  To my surprise, Mintz is more even-handed that I would expect; the show has featured interviews with May Pang, John’s girlfriend and lover during the “Lost Weekend,” when other projects, like Imagine: John Lennon, have tried to pretend that she never existed.  Based on what I’ve heard thus far (just five percent of the series), I’d venture to say that someone coming to this series in the late-1980s would have gotten quite a bit out of each episode.

This isn’t to say that The Lost Lennon Tapes presents an unbaised viewpoint on Lennon’s career, because it doesn’t.  Mintz relies heavily on Jann Wenner’s interview with Lennon in 1970, which found John at his angriest and most anti-Beatles.  Mintz also presents an odd view of the Beatles’ break-up that places the blame on McCartney for keeping the band going as early as Sgt Pepper which stifled Lennon’s creative energies.  In Mintz’s defense, he lacks the past twenty years of Beatles scholarship to draw upon.  Someone listening to these now would find Mintz’s assertions occasionally baffling as a result.

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Grading is Goldmine Standard:
[M] Mint. Unopened, still factory sealed
[M-] Near Mint. Near perfect, played rarely if ever.
[VG++] Almost like new with only superficial signs of use that dont affect play. Only well cared for records will grade out to VG++.
[VG+] Vinyl may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or light scratches that dont effect the sound
The cover may have slight signs of wear.
(VG) Surface noise will be noticeable, but will not overpower the music. The cover may have writing or tape.
(G) This album can play through without skipping, but there will be significant surface noise and scratches. The cover may have splits, writing, tape, or stickers on it.

Explanation abbreviation:
PS=Picture Sleeve
PC=Picture Cover
AS=Art Sleeve
EP=Extended Play
LP=Long Player
PROMO=Promotional Copy
RE=Reissue
woc = Written On Cover