📖 MIND GAMES: John Lennon & Yoko Ono - new book from Thames and Hudson
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melina
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Can't wait to read my copy. 
THE GREAT SEAL OF NUTOPIA
pp136-137The Great Seal of Nutopia designed by John and typewritten letters by John to Elephant's Memory, his father Freddie and to Harold and David, which he imprinted using the Great Seal of Nutopia rubber stamp.
Preorder the Thames and Hudson coffee-table book 'MIND GAMES: John & Yoko', now. Out on 24 September.
Wow! Beautiful memorabilia, a letter to Freddie!
This book changed my brain chemistry forever. Buy it and be as happy as I am!!!!
I LOVE JOHN LENNON.
I LOVE JOHN LENNON.
Exactly!! There's no better way to say it! It's a profound and revolutionary document that anyone even remotely interested in John needs to have!!
And you're right, it affirmed just how much I really love and appreciate John, and forever grateful he was in the world!
And the screenshots?! I see you, Estate! And I'm WAITING.Exactly!! There's no better way to say it! It's a profound and revolutionary document that anyone even remotely interested in John needs to have!!
And you're right, it affirmed just how much I really love and appreciate John, and forever grateful he was in the world!
They have ALL the goods, and in the book it's all delivered...!!
The estate has sure left their mark, or pawprints rather, with this one
Thankyou @Andrew Dixon!
Preorder the Thames and Hudson coffee-table book 'MIND GAMES: John & Yoko', now. Out on 24 September.
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nobodytoldme
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An incredibly good read, even (especially!) for the most seasoned solo fan. It's clear how much research went into this, and just looking at all scans of objects and newly published pictures it's a revealing time capsule for an era which hardly ever got attention before.
Some of my favourite parts are the stories by the engineers, like Jimmy Iovine who accidentally wiped an overdub and managed to fix it.
Some of my favourite parts are the stories by the engineers, like Jimmy Iovine who accidentally wiped an overdub and managed to fix it.
KIRKUS REVIEWS
MIND GAMES BY JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO ‧ RELEASE DATE: SEPT. 24, 2024Preorder the Thames and Hudson coffee-table book 'MIND GAMES: John & Yoko', now. Out on 24 September.
A detailed look at an important chapter in the life of one of the iconic artists of the late 20th century.
Lavishly illustrated volume chronicling Lennon and Ono’s years in New York, leading up to the recording of John’s 1973 album, Mind Games.
The book is organized largely along chronological lines, with photos, interviews, letters, and poems from each period. The photos are the weakest element, with too many minor variations of the same shots. There is a fair amount of material on their political activism, a lot of it in response to Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign for reelection. At first the couple associated with American radicals such as Abbie Hoffman and John Sinclair, but the attraction wore off when it became clear that they saw Lennon mainly as someone who could help draw attention to the movement. Lennon underwent a protracted battle to avoid deportation, nominally because of his 1970 London arrest for possession of marijuana, but just as likely because of his political activism. There is also a good bit of material on Lennon’s conversion to feminism and his work for women’s rights, on the mystical influences on his and Ono’s work, and on their lives together. The most interesting aspect of the book to students of Lennon’s music is undoubtedly the inclusion of lyrics from his songs of the era, usually accompanied on facing pages by the former Beatle’s handwritten drafts, with guitar chords indicated and his comments on the song’s inspiration. The final few pages are given up to interviews of the backing musicians and recording engineers who worked on the Mind Games album.
A detailed look at an important chapter in the life of one of the iconic artists of the late 20th century.
MIND GAMES | Kirkus Reviews
Lavishly illustrated volume chronicling Lennon and Ono’s years in New York, leading up to the recording of John’s 1973 album, Mind Games.
www.kirkusreviews.com
THE GREETING COMMITTEE
pp224-5
John showing off his T-shirt, gifted from the four fans he nicknamed 'The Greeting Committee' - Marie Lacey, Robin Titone, Goldie Friede and Barbara McDede.
Marie Lacey: 'My friends Robin, Goldie, Barbara and I used to go see John every day while he was recording at Record Plant and he gave us the nickname "The Greeting Committee". We made up a T-shirt for him and he surprised us by wearing it the very next day! I set up the picture (asked John to open his jacket so we could read the writing) and he asked me "how", so l opened up his jacket for him (yes I did!!). And Robin took this picture!'
Opposite: Further pictures taken by Marie Lacey.
Preorder the Thames and Hudson coffee-table book 'MIND GAMES: John & Yoko', now. Out on 24 September.
I love this history. John loved his fans very much.
melina
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I had been waiting for this day! And it's finally here
Happy Launch Day and thank you for another brilliant book!Similar threads
