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John Lennon - The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes 22cd




The Lost Lennon Tapes was an American music documentary series presented by Elliot Mintz, comprising a three-hour premiere episode and 218 one-hour episodes, broadcast on the Westwood One Radio Network between 24 January 1988 and 29 March 1992.[1] The show had about 7 million listeners weekly, and was broadcast in six countries.[2]
Origin of the tapes

John Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, initiated this project to continue her husband's legacy for the fans and to share unreleased songs and recordings throughout the life of John Lennon.[3] She wanted this series to not only appeal to Lennon fans, but also younger individuals interested in John Lennon or his creative process.[4] Ono originally went to dinner with Elliot Mintz, a family friend of the Lennons, and Norman Pattiz, the founder of Westwood One, where they were able to form the idea.[5] Masters of approximately 500 tapes, mostly cassettes and 1/4-inch tape on 7" reels, were then sent from the Lennons' archive in New York to Westwood One's studios in Culver City, California, where the researching, writing, and production began













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