FREDDIE LENNON: That's My Life ORIGINAL 1965 UK MEGA RARITY. BEATLES
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BEATLES/FREDDIE LENNON: That's My Life ORIGINAL 1965 UK MEGA RARITY 45 JOHN
For auction here is one of the rarest and most infamous pieces in the Beatles 60s jigsaw. The 45 John's dad made to cash in on his son's fame. At the height of Beatlemania up popped John Lennon's long lost father in a blaze of publicity that his son didn't appreciate and from which he swiftly distanced himself.
Freddie Lennon briefly became famous himself, appearing on news programmes and in most national newspapers to talk about John - who he had walked out on when still a toddler. Adding to John''s embarrassment his absent father was even encouraged to make a record to exploit the family name - and here it is. The OTHER Lennon 1960s 45 in which he recounts his days in Liverpool alongside some pretty homespun philosophy. Freddie wrote the words to the A side himself, giving the disc the intriguing and unique writing credits of Lennon/Cartwright.
"Ticket To Ride" it aint - but this notorious record is well known to most Beatle collectors and remains a bizarre and super illusive item to track down. There are various cheap re-issues of this - but THIS is the original 1965 release, hardly ever available to collectors.
The tale of this record gets told in most Beatle biographies while actual original copies of the 45 very, very rarely surface - it unsurprisingly sold in minuscule amounts. Well here is an ORIGINAL 1965 copy. And what a superb copy it is.
The vinyl shines bright and glossy, no scratches, no warp, no scuffs. Only the very lightest of short hairlines here and there, otherwise it looks very sparingly played (possibly for obvious reasons). Amazing that has survived almost sixty years like this.
The labels are clean bold and unmarked, free from writing, stickers and fading. It even comes in its original birth bag bearing the Piccadilly labels branding. This too is in wonderful condition. All in all, a remarkable artefact and its unlikely a better copy will surface any time soon - if indeed there's another out there!
Nobody could claim this is a 'lost' Beatle record and yet it is very much part of John Lennon's story and therefore the bands. It should certainly earn a place in any serious Beatle collectors vinyl library. Many will have heard about this record - very few will have seen an ORIGINAL 1965 UK copy. Until now.
BEATLES/FREDDIE LENNON: That's My Life ORIGINAL 1965 UK MEGA RARITY 45 JOHN
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