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Post by mojo on Jan 19, 2006 8:12:20 GMT 1
NEW YORK — John Lennon's original draft of the lyrics to the Beatles' classic "A Day in the Life" went on sale Tuesday, the 39th anniversary of the date Lennon was inspired to compose the song after reading his morning newspaper. The manuscript will be sold in a sealed-bid auction ending March 7, Bonhams auction house announced. The British auctioneer, with offices in New York and the West Coast, didn't identify the seller. The song, which begins "I read the news today, oh boy," was inspired by the Daily Mail of Jan. 17, 1967, which included a story about the death of Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune and a friend of the Beatles. It was recorded for the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album later that year, and is considered one of Lennon and Paul McCartney's groundbreaking works of pop music. The single sheet of handwritten lyrics includes the first two complete drafts of Lennon's contribution to the song. It was last sold by the estate of Beatles road manager Mal Evans for $100,000 at Sotheby's in London in 1992, and is now being sold by the collector's family. For details and pictures click on this link, www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=adayinthelife |
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Post by girl on Jan 19, 2006 17:28:08 GMT 1
i saw this! they hope to get 1.5 million for it. it will beat johns own record for all you need is love, which i think sold for 500, 000!
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Post by Dr Winston on Jan 20, 2006 10:16:30 GMT 1
Source: BBC News
John Lennon's original draft of lyrics to the groundbreaking Beatles song A Day in the Life has gone on sale.
The manuscript, being sold in New York in a sealed-bid auction ending 7 March, is expected to fetch about $2m (£1.13m), auction house Bonhams said.
Lennon wrote the song after reading about the death of his friend, Guinness heir Tara Browne, in the Daily Mail on 17 January 1967.
It became the final track on the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
The manuscript was last sold in 1992 by the estate of Beatles road manager Mal Evans for $100,000 (£56,600) at Sotheby's, in London, to an unknown collector.
Lennon's handwritten lyric sheet for the Beatles' 1967 live satellite broadcast of All You Need is Love sold in July last year for £600,000 ($1.04m).
Martin Gammon, of Bonhams, said the sale price could be $2m "based on market history".
This would make it the most valuable musical manuscript composed in the 20th Century to be offered at auction, he added.
The song, considered to be one of The Beatles' finest, begins "I read the news today, oh boy" and was famously inspired by the copy of the Daily Mail, which included reports of the coroner's verdict on the death of Tara Browne.
The millionaire was killed in a car crash after driving at high speed through London. It led to the line: "He blew his mind out in a car, he didn't notice that the lights had changed."
A study showing that the streets of Blackburn had 4,000 potholes was also immortalised by the lyrics: "I read the news today, oh boy, 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire."
Paul McCartney added the middle section, including the line: "Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, somebody spoke and I went into a dream."
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Post by Dr Winston on Jan 20, 2006 10:29:38 GMT 1
This represents one of John Lennon's biggest pieces of memorabilia. John's original lyrics always fetch very high prices and this is one of John Lennon's greatest songs and a real gem in terms of Lyric finds.
On sale are 2 manuscripts in John's handwriting, featuring the first two drafts of the song.
It is a true piece of history.
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Post by restlesswind on Jan 23, 2006 17:43:34 GMT 1
John once said: I was reading the paper one day and noticed two stories. One was about the Guinness heir who killed himself in a car. That was the main headline story. He died in London in a car crash. On the next page was a story about four thousand potholes in the streets of Blackburn, Lancashire, that needed to be filled. Paul’s contribution was the beautiful little lick in the song, ‘I’d love to turn you on,’ that he’d had floating around in his head and couldn’t use. I thought it was a damn good piece of work (Playboy Interview). beautiful song  |
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Post by NowhereMan on Jan 23, 2006 20:13:15 GMT 1
Great song,melody,lyrics,started a new era of pop music. Lennon/McCartney at theire very best. Wonderful song..... |
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Post by Dr Winston on Mar 13, 2006 7:45:25 GMT 1
Source: Daily Post
JOHN LENNON'S hand-written lyrics for the Beatles classic A Day In The Life have failed to sell, an auction house said last night.
Regarded as one of the most valuable musical manuscripts composed in the 20th century to go under the hammer, they had been expected to fetch £1.5m.
But the offers made in the sealed-bid auction failed to meet the reserve for the double-sided sheet. The lyrics, written 39 years ago, were part of the estate of Beatles road manager Mal Evans.
It was sold at auction in 1992, when it was acquired by a private collector.
A spokesman for Bonhams in San Francisco said: "We're certainly disappointed. We wish we were jumping on the rooftops yelling about the prices."
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