Glass Onion: On John Lennon
Antony Rotunno
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A deep dive into the music and complex psychology of John Lennon, featuring interviews with such noted authors and podcasters as David Bedford, Dan Richter, Jude Kessler, Kit O'Toole and Ken McNab, as well as ex-Quarrymen bandmates Rod Davis and Colin Hanton
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Glass Onion: On John Lennon
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 95: John Lennon In 1967 with Tony Green (Part 1 of 3)
1967 is a year that has gone into legend for various reasons. Was it the year of peace and love? Was there any real love in it at all? Or was it just like any other year, a heady mix of everything good and bad about the human race and society?
Before looking at what was undoubtedly a ground-breaking and life-changing year for John Lennon and The Beatles, myself and my guest, writer Tony Green, have a look at the year of 1967 out there in the big, bad world.
As is traditional in this series, we discuss some key events of the year, births and deaths, films and non-Beatles singles and albums
Enjoy!
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Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon
Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life
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Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media)
https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com
links to Tony’s work
Review of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ https://countercultureuk.com/2022/09/13/a-month-in-the-life-peter-jacksons-the-beatles-get-back-reviewed/
Facebook page with links to novels and essays
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066601250572
Tony's 4th birthday party (a slice of 1960s working class life)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89oz2P3v-2Y
The 'Forthlin Road' tapes
https://earlybeatlessongs.weebly.com/forthlin-road-tapes.html?fbclid=IwAR3FBVOBGjNgN0M9UNdGm9xjmVna5uMfEob41FTbvO1A-ZNM5gkIehaaiao
episode links
The Rock and Roll Years: 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhawQexXXJo&t=591s
Dan Richter- From Beat Poets to Summer of Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53Vnw_H4zc
Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Dreams_(book)
The Six-Day War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHqJ6pgdE-c
Monterey Pop documentary
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064689/
The 14-Hour Technicolour Dream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_14_Hour_Technicolor_Dream
Muhammad Ali refuses the draft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsa_vRBO-E
Jimi plays Sgt Pepper (dramatisation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMmhHBr7WDA
The Doors on the Ed Sullivan Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKd6yarfkxA
The Rolling Stones- Let’s Spend ‘Some Time’ Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRCuKsvNEE
The Who’s ‘explosive’ appearance on the Smothers Brothers show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSKu7SbGNQ
The Fog of War documentary
https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-fog-of-war/
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Glass Onion: On John Lennon
Nov 3, 2023
Episode 96- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 2 of 3)
In this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June.
The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their greatest single ever and then turn their full attention to creating what is surely at least their most famous album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We cover the recording, album cover, launch party, release and legacy of ‘Pepper’, as well as some of the other songs recorded around the same time and used for other singles and projects.
In amongst all this, John Lennon trips out in public at one of the premier British psychedelic events of the hippie era…
Enjoy!
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Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon
Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life
coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com
Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media)
https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com
links to Tony’s work
Review of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ https://countercultureuk.com/2022/09/13/a-month-in-the-life-peter-jacksons-the-beatles-get-back-reviewed/
Facebook page with links to novels and essays
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066601250572
episode links
Strawberry Fields Forever video (in shimmering colour!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8
Strawberry Fields Forever take 26 (brass & strings score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNtvnUEjJk
A Day In The Life ‘video’ (orchestra overdub session)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM
A Day In The Life take 1 (echoey counting starts at 2.10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txyItk5lXY
John Lennon at the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream (music by Pink Floyd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z0Ph7ldFYg
Yoko Ono performs ‘Cut Piece’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaYNusT9Cc
Sgt Pepper’s launch party
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1967/05/launch-party-for-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band/
Who’s who on the Sgt Pepper album cover
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sgt-pepper-cover-art-whos-who/
‘Paul Is Dead’ clues on the Sgt Pepper cover
https://turnmeondeadman.com/paul-is-dead-clues-on-sgt-peppers-lonely-heart-club-band/
Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution (Howard Goodall)
http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/tv-presenting/sgt-peppers-musical-revolution
Howard Goodall - The Beatles: A Musical Appreciation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQS91wVdvYc
Cynthia Lennon ‘John’ audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97WjVEFJyI&list=PLfATtdZX-KZ6TAhRBbTdKv3j3XkxqB7Rt&index=1
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Glass Onion: On John Lennon
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 94- Shake It Up Baby!- The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 2 of 2)
Ken McNab and I complete our discussion about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963' and the general atmosphere and events of that breathless year. This time round, we cover the second half of the year as our four intrepid musical explorers continue their furious work rate and have their first proper brushes with the British establishment.
They also record and release their second album and yet more seminal singles, and slowly set their sights on the ‘land of milk and honey’ across the Atlantic while conquering their homeland completely and finding time to record the first of their special Christmas messages for their growing number of fan club members…
Links to Ken’s work can be found below
Enjoy!
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Support the show at
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Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod
Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon
Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life
coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com
Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology and Alternative media)
https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com
links to Ken’s 1963 book and his other work
https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Ken-McNab/Shake-It-Up-Baby--The-Rise-of-Beatlemania-and-the-Mayhem-of-1963/28593694
https://www.waterstones.com/author/ken-mcnab/1270697
Ken’s previous appearances on Glass Onion
https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-17-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-1-of-2
https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-18-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-2-of-2
https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-54-john-lennon-albums-ranked-with-kit-otoole-ken-mcnab-part-1-of-2
https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-55-john-lennon-albums-ranked-with-kit-otoole-ken-mcnab-part-2-of-2
episode links
Beatles 1963 timeline
https://dmbeatles.com/history.php?year=1963
The Beatles at the London Palladium (October 1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBdUjrkCZ4
The Fabs rock out on Swedish TV!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYpVNpXCAls
The Beatles’ ‘rattle yer jewellery’ Royal Variety Show performance (colourised and sound-enhanced)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRr5uCSBvhw
The Beatles Come To Town (Manchester 1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_hRHRtN8Q
The Beatles Xmas Record 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzm8o3ytoRk
Beatles Studio Outtakes (funny!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZupFJVh2dS0
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Those Conspiracy Guys
Jun 2, 2020
Glass Onion on John Lennon
SWAPCAST - On this episode I got to join Antony Rotunno on his show 'Glass Onion: On John Lennon' all about the life and times of enigmatic Beatle, John Lennon. We chatted about the more conspiratorial aspects of John's life, naturally, and got to chatting about Mark David Chapman; John's influence on politcal discourse; Yoko's influence over John and ultimately The Beatles; and Johns death and the repercussions it had on society. It was a great chat and Antony has loads of awesome guests on for more chats on his show Glass Onion which you can [find by clicking here](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/glass-onion-on-john-lennon/id1473867166) or on [Facebook by clicking here](https://m.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod/)_______________________This podcast is supported by the generous donations of the wonderful folks over at Patreon. If you want to support the show and get exclusive content, ad-free episodes, access to live chats and private social media like Instagram and Discord and a w…
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She Said She Said
Jan 28, 2020
Antony Rotunno of the Glass Onion: On John Lennon podcast
Antony Rotunno takes Lennon expert, author Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series and author, Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series on a journey back through his some of his best "Glass Onion: On John Lennon" podcast shows of 2019. Listeners will hear from Liverpool author and filmmaker, David Bedford (of Liddypool, The Fab One Hundred and Four, and Finding the Fourth Beatle as well as the award-winning film, "Looking for Lennon"), from Lennon author Philip Kirkland of All Roads Lead to Lennon, author Ken McNab of And in the End (the complete story of The Beatles in 1969) and from Antony himself as he appeared on "The Mind Renewed." This interesting collage of Lennon and Beatles experts is topped off by Rotunno's own wit and insights. Topics include the sacking of Pete Best, the family tree of John Lennon, the break-up of The Beatles and much more!
Hear more of Antony Rotunno's work here: Antony's Podcast Homepage https://soundcloud.com/glassonionjlpod/tracks Antony's s…
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