Month: April 2026

Beatles Laser Disks? I am sure you have heard of the term “planned obsolescence.” If you haven’t, it is the conscious decision by businesspeople to have an endless revenue stream by having products become out–of-date or unusable after a specific amount of time forcing consumers to buy replacement products to take the place of the now defunct item or product.

Laser disks were the precursor to DVDS. They had better picture and sound quality than VHS or Betamax videotapes. However, both videotape and laser disks have sadly gone into the waste basket of history after billions of dollars were spent by the public on the respective mediums. It is feared that DVDs will soon follow that route as streaming media becomes more prevalent in modern society. I fear some of that was due to pressure by the creators of the product fearing that people recording the product would inhibit the producers of the respective programs from maximizing their profits as the people that could record the programs on their own could share those programs with others with no financial return to the originators or creators of the product. This would be considered a no-no in the eyes of the product producer.

There are many factors why laser disks never realized their full potential. They were more costly to produce than videotape, making them more expensive. They took up more space as they were album sized and storage space was a requirement. Some of the earlier hardware for the laser disks would force you to turn the disk over to complete the program. Later hardware would play the first side then another laser would begin play on the 2nd side at its completion. Another factor that was important in the death knell for laser disks was that they were often difficult to find as retailers were hesitant to stock them. They were appealing to a smaller audience than mass market mediums like videotapes or the later DVDs. Furthermore, those media were cheaper to produce because of their smaller size. It is a shame because their audio and visual qualities were excellent!

The publicity apparatus for laser disks was also not as good or efficient as the marketing departments for the cheaper video tapes followed by the DVDs. The Japanese market was more likely to produce more titles for the medium.

The term used for the functions of one medium being taken over by another one is called “functional displacement.”

A classic example of this was when radio was replaced by television as the primary medium being used by the world to secure their news and information. Television provided the additional stimulus of having video to accompany the sound. Television also served to displace movie going as people could now watch films in the confines of their homes. Big screens have turned many homes into being makeshift theaters.

Like 4-channel sound (quadraphonic or quad), it appears that laser disks are destined to be obsolete considered to be dinosaurs by media scholars of the future.

Wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some of the laser disks that I have in my collection and a few that I wanted but have yet to obtain. This list does not attempt to cover all of the Beatles laser disks in existence.

WATER-PRODUCED BY GEORGE HARRISON”S HANDMADE FILMS

The film featured a guest musical appearance by George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Eric Clapton!

George Harrison, Ringo Starr – Freedom (From the Film “Water”, Restored, 1985)

The other side of the laser disk:

RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL-STARR BAND-LIVE FROM MONTRUX

The track listing on the back of the laser disk:

THE BEATLES-A HARD DAY’S NIGHT-THE 2 DISK SET

The classic Beatles first film:

Contents of the 4 sides!

PAUL McCARTNEY’S GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET

One of Paul McCartney’s rare ventures of not getting the best reviews! The script was penned by Paul!

I was in the minority on this one as I loved the music especially this one:

No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) (Remastered 1993)

Movie details and credits on the back side of the laser disk:

JULIAN LENNON LIVE AT YOMIYURI-LAND EAST, JAPAN ’86

Found this link on YouTube

Julian Lennon It Won’t be Long Japan 86–this was apparently taken from a mono source and appears to be sourced from a video tape not a laser disk.

The track is one of the few times that he has performed this number of his dad’s

I have the laser disk and the track is in stereo

The back cover of the Japanese laser disk with the track listing:

PAUL McCARTNEY NEW WORLD CONCERT LASER FROM 1993

From the 1993 Tour:

Paul McCartney – The New World Tour 1993 (The Definitive Edition) (2K)

Loved Macca’s shows from the New World tour!

The track listing for the laser disk:

JOHN LENNON AND MICHAEL CRAWFORD – HOW I WON THE WAR, DIRECTED BY RICHARD LESTER

Description on the back side of the laser disk:

PAUL McCARTNEY – PUT IT THERE

This one is still on my want list!

The track listing of the Put It There laser disk:

PAUL McCARTNEY – GOING HOME

A great video:

Contents of the laser:

PAUL McCARTNEY – MOVIN ON

Preparing for his 1993 World Tour:

The Off the Ground LP was cooking and Paul was preparing the band for the New World Tour:

JULIAN LENNON-STAND BY ME

Julian touring to promote his Valotte LP in the mid 1980s:

Track listing and credits:

LENNON-A TRIBUTE

Track Listing & credits:

JOHN & YOKO-THE BED-IN

Documentary about the famous Bed-In for Peace:

RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL-STAR BAND

Another fabulous collection of Ringo and his All Starr’s in concert:

The track listing:

IMAGINE JOHN LENNON-THE DEFINITIVE FIM PORTRAIT:

My favorite version of Real Love is from this film:

John Lennon – Real Love (1979)

The contents of the disk:

THE PRINCE’S TRUST ALL-STAR ROCK CONCERT FEATURING PAUL McCARTNEY

A great show-saw this piece on YouTube: This track was not on the laser disk!

paul mccartney,eric clapton,mark knopfler,sting kansas city

THAT’LL BE THE DAY WITH RINGO STARR DAVID ESSEX BILLY FURY AND KEITH MOON

Written by our good friend, Ray Connolly!

INTRODUCTION OF GET BACK:

The contents of this Japanese laser disk:

BLUE SUEDE SHOES-A ROCKABILLY SESSION:

One of my all-time favorite shows! Carl Perkins being backed by numerous stars!

Contents of the laser disk:

THE BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE:

The classic animated Beatles film:

The contents of this Japanese laser disk:

YOKO ONO-THEN & NOW

Contents of the disk:

THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY ON LASER DISK:

The cover of the clipcase:

Back Cover:

The container of the 8 individual disks:

Contents 1:

Contents 2:

DISK 1:

Back Cover of Disk 1:

DISK 2:

Back Cover of Disk 2

DISK 3:

Back cover of disk 3:

DISK 4:

Back cover of disk 4:

DISK 5:

Back cover of disk 5:

DISK 6:

Back cover of disk 6:

DISK 7:

Back cover of disk 7:

DISK 8:

Back cover of disk 8:

THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH:

Back cover of the disk:

THE BEATLES-HELP

This one’s going to be in color:

Contents of the 2 disks and 4 sides:

THE BEATLES FIRST US VISIT:

The description & the contents:

THE COMPLEAT BEATLES:

Reportedly, Paul McCartney bough up the rights to this Malcolm McDowell narrated documentary so that it would not impact or contradict the contents of the Beatles Anthology. There are also many reported errors in this documentary although I found it to be extremely entertaining largely due to Malcolm’s narration!

The back cover of the laser disk:

THE MAKING OF A HARD DAY”S NIGHT HOSTED BY PHIL COLLINS:

Back cover of the disk:

READY STEADY GO SPECIAL EDITION-THE BEATLES LIVE:

Back cover-Disk features the live performance of Shout by the Beatles!

THE POINT-NARRATED BY RINGO STARR:

Features the narrating talents of Ringo Starr helping out his good friend, Harry Nilsson!

The back cover of the disk. This isne disk I still need to obtain on laser though I do have it on dvd!

THE JOHN LENNON VIDEO COLLECTION:

A collection of John Lennon promo videos put together by Yoko

The contents of the disk:

THE BEATLES CONCERT AT BUDOKAN 1966:

I always questioned whether this was a legitimate release, but I have not heard otherwise by Apple up to this point. This disk was of course a Japanese release!

I have seen DVDs present both the afternoon and evening shows in different suits!

BACKBEAT:

This film largely deals with the relationship between Astrid and Stu Sutcliffe:

Back cover of the disk:

SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND:

I can say no more:

The back cover of the disk:

THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN:

Love this film for a multitude of reasons! One of them being it helped to serve as a launching pad for Badfinger on Apple Records!

Back cover of the disk:

I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND:

Just picked up this disk about four overly zealous fans trying to sneak in to see their idols around the time of the Ed Sullivan show!

PAUL McCARTNEY-RUPERT AND THE FROG SONG:

A smaller format laser disk which I thoroughly love. Features the rare video and audio of THE ORIENTAL NIGHTFISH!

The back cover with contents!

JOHN LENNON-LIVE AT TORONTO-ROCK & ROLL REVIVAL

This show helped give John the confidence and courage to finally say goodbye to his former band!

The back cover with the disk contents!

JOHN LENNON-LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY:

Before the Lennon Estate became politically correct!

Back cover of the disk:

IMAGINE JOHN LENNON

Back cover and contents!

PRINCE’S TRUST 1987-FEATURING GEORGE HARRISON AND RINGO STARR:

Various – The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala

At this show at Wembley, George Harrison did 2 numbers, Here Comes the Sun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Ringo Starr performed With a Little help From My Friends!

Back cover and the contents of the disk:

Hope you enjoyed this presentation of Beatles-related laser disks. Remember this is not an exhaustive or fully comprehensive list. It is only to present a discussion of a medium that deserved a much better fate than it had!

Be healthy and be happy!

Buzz

DISCOVER MORE AT THE BEATLES BOOKSTORE – FEATURED BOOK

The term “fifth Beatle” has been used for so many different people over the years, with many fans having it as a close tie between George Martin and Brian Epstein. Others like Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best or Neil Aspinall also get mentioned.

The first one to be given the title by the press was Jimmie Nicol after he stepped in for Ringo in June 1964 for their world tour, when Ringo Starr was rushed to hospital on the verge of the tour starting.

However, as featured on the cover of The Beatles: What If? is one man who could have become the fifth Beatle back in 1962, but who was he?

he is the guy at the top of the picture of The Beatles, expertly drawn by artist David Rainey on the cover below.

Got it yet?

His name was Roy Young, and he was the booking manager at the Star Club in Hamburg, the club that The Beatles opened in April 1962. He was also Britain’s answer to Little Richard, with an incredible singing voice and a boogie-woogie piano style to rival The Beatles’ hero, Little Richard.

On stage, Roy had his piano, and he was often pictured on stage playing with The Beatles.

Can you imagine what adding a piano permanently to The Beatles would have changed?

This is one of those key “What If” moments in Beatles history examined in The Beatles: What If? by David Bedford and Andrew Phillips.

David interviewed Roy Young and got his incredible story, which you can read in the book. See how close he came to being the first Fifth Beatle!

You can order it for US/ Canada or UK/Europe below.

COLLECTING THE BEATLES: THE PROS AND CONS OF PRICE GUIDES

The pros of Beatles price guides are many as they help to define the marketplace and what your Beatles collectables may be worth. In that regard when you come to the time when there is a need or desire to sell an item, you at least have a ballpark figure of what to seek for the item when you put it for sale.

The problem with that perspective is that Beatles collectables have appreciated greatly over the years and what one could have received for an item 10 years ago has changed greatly in a relatively short period of time. Time specificity becomes an important factor when determining what you are going to ask for an item 20 years after you obtained a price guide for reference. Price guides also do not account for potential dastardly economic downturns which even when they are not frequent, they can happen and could drastically affect when you may get financially in return for your prized treasure.

Also, as the demand decreases as the baby boom generation begins to dwindle, will that impact prices as demand for the product may decrease. That argument is often countered with the statement that new generations continue to have a strong interest in Beatles product. That in turn can be countered by stating that the younger generations have less of a desire for physical product than their older counterparts, potentially limiting demand and what they may be willing to pay for a particular product. There are also the economic concerns of inflation!

Price guides can also suffer from the same problem encountered with Beatles Discographies. Once a new product is issued, the book referencing the collectables becomes out-of-date and immediately in need of updating in order to accommodate the newly issued item. Electronically updating the new information is significantly cheaper and timelier to accomplish which may signal the ultimate death knell for print publishing.

If you are a completist type of collector, you require that you have access to the most up-to-date information available to you!

Another factor in the price you can realize for a collectable is the awareness of the existence of the item. If the product is in high demand by a significant amount of people, that helps to push the asking price up. If the demand is low, negotiation may be a better strategy to pursue! Limited edition books for example can demand higher prices for several reasons. Often, they are more expensive to produce with better quality printing materials, but the low amount produced when the demand is high automatically generates a higher pricing structure.

The focus of today’s post will be on some of the price guides that have been issued about the Beatles. This does not claim to be exhaustive investigation in that category only to create a general awareness of some of the price guides that are out there!

Price Guides can serve an excellent function, but it is a guide not a final determinant. A seller can ask what they want for any item but that does not guarantee a successful transaction unless there is a person out there willing to pay the asking price. How many high-priced items have you seen over the years that you considered to be excessively over-priced that go unsold for a considerably long time?

Yet you also see items considered to be over-priced sell-out very quickly. The demand is excessively high and a sufficient amount of people with the available funds to purchase the item vie to possess or own it and the item goes quickly. The seller either through good marketing appeals to the correct demographic audience with sufficient funds and interest and the item quickly sells-out. It will be interesting to see what prices the marketplace will endure when the two remaining Beatles are no longer around or when the release of new product grinds to a standstill. Fifty years from now, will the Beatles still be generating Herculean prices for collectables? That remains to be seen but I suspect that they will!

A favorite price guide: A Price Guide For The Beatles American Records (6th edition) Collector’s edition by Perry Cox & Frank Daniels (Foreword by Bruce Spizer)

Published in 2007 by 498 Productions, LLC, the same company that publishes the books of Beatles scholar, Bruce Spizer! This limited-edition collector’s edition of the book was issued in a slipcase and limited to 200 signed and numbered copies. This book is presented in full color and is a fabulous reference work. If you are fortunate to be able to find one for sale, I recommend that you acquire it if you can!

This is a photo of my copy and the outer slipcase:

A photo of the cover of the book:

The back cover of the book:

The signature page signed by the two authors, Perry Cox and Frank Daniels along with the writer of the Foreword, Bruce Spizer:

Publisher details:

Table of Contents:

Bruce Spizer’s Foreword:

The team that created the guide:

An earlier price guide from 1993, Michael Todd’s Beatles For Sale: The International Price Guide to LPs EPs 45s CDs

Published January 1993 by AMV and compiled/written by Michael Todd this a very comprehensive guide up to the date of the publication of this book. This is a photo of my copy of the book. I particularly enjoy referencing this work for earlier releases, it is a great resource! Since it is an early price guide, would love to one day see the author have a follow-up which included photos of the respective releases. Obviously, that is far more expensive to produce but having the accompanying photos would help a prospective buyer and seller of the recorded work.

The Foreword to Michael Todd’s Beatles Price Guide: This task was a difficult one for the author as Michael took on the task of documenting the much larger pool of international releases in his work!

The balance of the author’s Foreword

The Table of Contents:

Author’s acknowledgment page:

Official Price Guide to the Beatles Paperback – August 15, 1995 by Perry Cox (Author) – Publisher – House of Collectibles – The First Edition

The Second edition – The Official Price Guide to The Beatles Records and Memorabilia: 2nd Edition Paperback – August 17, 1999
by Perry Cox (Author)-House of Collectibles

Warman’s Beatles Field Guide: Values and Identification Paperback – January 1, 2005
by Tim Neely (Editor) Krause Pubns Inc

The Beatles Memorabilia Price Guide Paperback – January 1, 1997

by Jeff Augsburger (Author), Marty Eck (Author), Rick Rann (Author) Published by Antique Trader Books

Beatles Price and Reference Guide for American Records Paperback – January 1, 1986
by Perry Cox (Author), Michael Miller (Author) Published by Cox Miller Ltd

Introducing … The Beatles Record Price Guide Perfect Paperback – January 1, 2011
by Stanley Panenka (Author), Jerry Osborne (Editor), John Tefteller (Foreword)

Osborne Enterprises Publishing

The Beatles: A Reference & Value Guide Paperback – January 1, 1998
by Barbara Crawford (Author), Michael Stern (Author), Hollis Lamon (Author) Published by Collector Books

The Complete Beatles U.S. Record Price Guide Paperback – January 1, 1983
by Perry Cox (Author), Joe Lindsay (Author)-Publisher-Longman Trade/Caroline House

Collecting the Beatles: An Introduction and Price Guide to Fabulous Four Collectibles Volume 1 (Rock & Roll Reference Series) Hardcover – January 1, 1983
by Barbara Fenwick (Author) Pierian Press

Barbara was the primary writer and editor of the fanzine, “The Write Thing.”

Collecting the Beatles: An Introduction and Price Guide, Vol. 2 Hardcover – June 1, 1985
by Barbara Fenick (Author) Pierian Press

The Beatles: A Collectors Guide to Beatles Memorabilia: Yesterday & Tomorrow
by Courtney McWilliams | Jan 1, 1997-Published by Schiffer Pub Ltd

Though not a price guide per se, Tom Fontaine’s book represents a fine collection of rare items acquired by the noted collector for his fabulous Beatles collection

Published in 2025 it helps to give you the history of some of the very rare collectables, how they were acquired and how that can impact value.

Bing Videos

Another guide to assist you in determining value is to peruse multiple auction catalogs before and after an auction. You can see if the suggested appraised value was met or was greatly exceeded!

Hope you enjoyed this blog piece about the many Beatles price guides that are out there in the marketplace! How many of you viewers use a price guide in order to determine what they are willing to pay for an item. Do you depend on instinct, impulse or something else when you make your purchases?

Have you ever bought an item that you knew in your heart and soul that you should not have because of the great expense? If so, are you happy that you did so or are you now disappointed?

What is your favourite item of Beatles memorabilia? Let me know in the comments.

Be healthy and be happy!

Buzz

DISCOVER MORE GREAT BOOKS ABOUT THE BEATLES AT THE BEATLES BOOKSTORE

We all know that John Lennon met his first wife Cynthia Powell in art college in Liverpool. When Cynthia became pregnant with son Julian, John and Cynthia tied the knot and they would stay together until their divorce in 1968.

When John was murdered in 1980, Cynthia a year later made a decision to return to her sketches that chronicled those hectic years that she spent with John through the years of Beatlemania, the end of touring and the beginning of the studio years. In 1981 the Tower Gallery sponsored a collection of her prints from that era that she had drawn. In several public appearances, she signed some of those prints for fans. The one you see here was signed for me in New York City in September of 1981 at a New York Fest for Beatles Fans. Cynthia was very pleasant and cordial in signing her print of the Beatles and their wives/girlfriend in India with the Maharishi in 1968 just around the time that Brian Epstein passed away. In 1981, Cynthia was married to John Twist.

John and Cyn: Cynthia the Artist

Cynthia’s inscription to me on the print that I purchased from her:

Cynthia’s signature on the print:

In the year 2000, Cynthia Lennon created this special box set portfolio of 4 signed prints she did of John as a gift to her son, Julian. I was able to obtain a signed set from eBay several years ago. The photos below are the set that I acquired.

The boxed portfolio containing the four prints that Cynthia di of her former husband!

In 2000, Cynthia Lennon, the 1st wife of John and mother of Julian, painted four portraits of John and gave them to Julian as a birthday gift on the 20th anniversary of John’s death in 1980. A production company in London contracted to produce a “limited edition” of these portraits in colour lithograph prints. The promotion never went through but there were 300 sets of these prints produced. This example is in near-mint condition.

The four-piece artwork set was printed by Napier Jones to Fine Art Trade Guild Standards

PRINT #1- A 1963 DEPICTION:

Print #1 (top) is a depiction of how John Lennon looked in the year 1963 in his collarless jacket.

PRINT #2-BEATLEMANIA

Print #2 is a depiction of how John Lennon looked in the year 1965, the year the Beatles received their Member of the British Empire medals from the Queen of England. John was to return his medal in 1969 as gesture of protest against the British government!

John Lennon in 1965 by Cynthia Lennon

PRINT #3-THE PSYCHEDELIC JOHN: 1967

Print #3 is a depiction of how John Lennon looked in the year 1967, during the period of time that Sgt Pepper was released and John and the other Beatles had finally stopped touring

PRINT #4-1980 THE YEAR JOHN WAS TAKEN AWAY:

Print #4 is a depiction of how John Lennon looked in the year 1980, when John`s life was so quickly and cruelly taken.

AN AUDIO BOOK ABOUT JOHN LENNON READ BY CYNTHIA LENNON: WITH AN AUDIO INTRODUCTION BY JULIAN LENNON

The book version of John was published in 2005 and was far more forthright and direct about her emotions concerning the split with John.

This is the audio version of that book:

I love this 4-cd set which featured Cynthia Lennon reading her book about her life with John Lennon. The set also featured an audio introduction by their son, Julian Lennon. In the introduction, you can easily see the devotion and love Julian had for his mum!

A special Lennon biography written by journalist Ray Coleman and signed by the author along with Cynthia and Julian Lennon!

Hope you enjoyed this discussion of Cynthia Lennon, a lady who raised a wonderful son and musician. That in itself is a great legacy to leave the world! She will not be forgotten!

Be healthy and be happy!

Buzz

A SITUATION WITH ICY IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY:

I have often thought with the current political climate in the world, what would John Lennon have thought of what was going on NOW? For example, John was no stranger back in the 70s in dealing with his own immigration problems. He had received a cannabis possession conviction in the UK in 1968, arrested by a police officer named Norman Pilcher who was himself later convicted of planting the narcotics on many of the celebrities he had arrested.

Norman Pilcher – Wikipedia

When John & Yoko in order to avoid the nastiness of the UK press decided to move permanently to America, that was to mark the beginning of a serious immigration problem for John. When the Nixon administration perceived Lennon as a political threat to the administration’ support for the Vietnam War, they decided to use John’s narcotics conviction as a pretext to remove a potential political enemy who could be possibly influential with the youth who were now of the age to vote for the first time.

The government had John on the Presidential enemies list because of his anti-war political views with songs such as Give Peace a Chance, and it was convenient for them to start deportation proceedings against him to remove him as a potential political threat. Notice any modern-day parallels? John was being subject to wiretaps, being followed by the FBI and numerous other surveillance activities. I was able back in the 80s to secure through the Freedom of Information Act, many of the FBI files compiled about John. Many were significantly redacted. Sound familiar? They even had some pictures of John in the files that the FBI were claiming to be John when in actuality were in fact actually street musician, David Peel! Let’s hear it for information accuracy!

It must be stressed at this juncture that this post is not a discussion of legal vs. illegal immigration. Most people as a common belief, would probably be adamantly against illegal immigration. If the legal process for admission is followed, however, the United States of America became great because it welcomed immigration and those words are written on that statue on the Hudson in New York City who welcomed millions of people to this country.

After all, other than Native Americans, everyone else in America is an immigrant. Think about that one for a while!

THE CLASSIC BOB GRUEN PHOTO OF JOHN LENNON FROM 1974 SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BOB AT THE FEST FOR BEATLES FANS IN 1986

A song that perfectly sums up how he felt about politicians in general:

Gimme Some Truth (Ultimate Mix)

Bob’s indication when the original photograph was taken:

Bob Gruen’s inscription on his famous photo:

Neil Sedaka

Well-known musician, the late Neil Sedaka was motivated to dedicate his Immigrant song to John Lennon. Listen closely to the lyrics

Neil Sedaka – “The Immigrant” (1974)

Neil Sedaka “The Immigrant (Dedicated To John Lennon)” LIVE 1980

John Lennon and Neil Sedaka talk about Neil’s song the Immigrant on a phone call. – YouTube

The Immigrant (Neil Sedaka song) – Wikipedia

A classic book written by history Professor, John Wiener about the Lennon political hassles that he faced in the 70s.

Uncovering The ‘Truth’ Behind Lennon’s FBI Files : NPR

AMAZON US:

Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files: Wiener, Jon: 9780520222465: Amazon.com: Books

AMAZON UK: The 1990 softcover edition the book–University of Illinois Press

Come Together: John Lennon in His Time: Amazon.co.uk: Wiener, Jon: 9780252061318: Books

University of California Press-January 21, 2000, Jon Wiener, author

When Professor Wiener notified the readers of his book that they could obtain copies of the Lennon FBI files through the FOI (Freedom of Information) Act, I did so, and was startled to receive this binder of information in the mail one day.

Soon thereafter so many people were requesting the files from the FBI, that they began charging per page to send the files out to interested parties!

A couple of samples from my mammoth set of documents:

John’s immigration problems were historical in nature as they set legal precedents that are used and referenced even today in law classes and in legal cases. John’s legal representative, the late Leon Wildes was largely responsible for this, and he detailed the case in this book from 2016.

John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History Hardcover – August 16, 2016
by Leon Leon Wildes (Author)

American Bar Association-August 16, 2016

AMAZON US:

Amazon.com: John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History: 9781634254267: Leon Wildes, Leon: Books

AMAZON UK:

John Lennon vs. the U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History : Leon Wildes, Leon: Amazon.co.uk: Books

We will leave the closing words to today’s post to the late George Harrison. Listen closely to George’s lyrics for this song. He speaks of such issues as non-conformity and some of his objection to authority figures and he has a direct quote about deportation in the song. I have no doubts that this was in part a subtle reference to his friend’s immigration dilemma in the United States which was to end in the year that the song was released as John received his Green Card!

George Harrison – Crackerbox Palace

Be healthy and be happy!

Buzz

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