John Lennon's jukebox
John Lennon's jukebox is a KB Discomatic jukebox made in the UK using a Swiss-made mechanism which Lennon bought in 1965. Lennon filled it with 40 singles to accompany him on tour. John Lennon's Jukebox also refers to the compilation CD album closely based on the jukebox's musical contents.
The jukebox surfaced in an auction of Beatles memorabilia at Christie's and was sold for £2,500 ($4,907) to Bristol-based music promoter John Midwinter.[1][2] Midwinter spent several years restoring the box and researching the discs, which had been catalogued in Lennon's handwriting.[citation needed] As Midwinter's health began to deteriorate, he became anxious that a story of the jukebox and its music should feature in a documentary. Eventually, The South Bank Show broadcast a documentary on the jukebox in 2004 in which many of the represented artists, along with Sting, were interviewed. The project (which was commissioned only a few days after Midwinter died) was developed by Steve Day for the British television production company Initial, headed by Malcolm Gerrie, and commissioned by Melvyn Bragg.
Album
The 2004 compilation album named John Lennon's Jukebox contains 34 of the singles' A-sides and seven of their B-sides. The album contains several songs that are believed to be part of John Lennon's original choice. The album is subtitled "a collection inspired by music from his own collection" and some of the songs on the album are different versions from the ones that could have been included in the jukebox. For instance, the version of "Some Other Guy" by The Big Three is not the one that was in the original jukebox; instead it is a mid-1970s recording by the same group in the style of the Richie Barrett original (including the use of an electric piano).
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |
Released | 8 March 2004 |
Recorded | 1956–1966 |
Label | Virgin Music |
Disc one
- "In the Midnight Hour" by Wilson Pickett
- "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass
- "The Tracks of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- "My Girl" by Otis Redding
- "1-2-3" by Len Barry
- "Hi-Heel Sneakers" by Tommy Tucker
- "The Walk" by Jimmy McCracklin
- "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" by Timmy Shaw
- "First I Look at the Purse" by The Contours
- "New Orleans" by Gary U.S. Bonds
- "Watch Your Step" by Bobby Parker
- "Daddy Rollin' Stone" by Derek Martin
- "Short Fat Fannie" by Larry Williams
- "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard
- "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel
- "Positively 4th Street" by Bob Dylan
- "Daydream" by The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Turquoise" by Donovan
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" by Buddy Holly
Disc two
- "Be-Bop-A-Lula" by Gene Vincent
- "No Particular Place to Go" by Chuck Berry
- "Steppin' Out" by Paul Revere & the Raiders
- "Do You Believe in Magic" by The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Some Other Guy" by The Big Three*
- "Twist and Shout" by The Isley Brothers
- "She Said Yeah" by Larry Williams
- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" by Buddy Holly
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" by Little Richard
- "Quarter to Three" by Gary U.S. Bonds
- "Ooh! My Soul" by Little Richard
- "Woman Love" by Gene Vincent
- "Shop Around" by The Miracles
- "Bring It On Home to Me" by The Animals
- "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" by James Ray with the Hutch Davie Orchestra
- "What's So Good About Goodbye" by The Miracles
- "Bad Boy" by Larry Williams
- "Agent Double-O Soul" by Edwin Starr
- "I've Been Good to You" by The Miracles
- "Who's Lovin' You" by The Miracles
References
External links
- Spencerleigh.demon.co.uk
- A mini-site about the documentary from the PBS
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with Yoko Ono |
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- Live Peace in Toronto 1969
- Live Jam
- Live in New York City
Hits |
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Themed |
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Box sets |
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Video |
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- Self-Portrait (1969)
- Apotheosis (1970)
- Fly (1970)
- Erection (1971)
- Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
- Live in New York City (1972)
- Imagine (1972)
- The Quarrymen
- The Beatles
- Plastic Ono Band
- David Peel
- The Lower East Side Band
- The Dirty Mac
- May Pang
- Harry Nilsson
- John Sinclair
- Rosaura Lopez
- Chapter 27
- In His Life: The John Lennon Story
- John and Yoko: A Love Story
- The Killing of John Lennon
- Lennon Naked
- Birth of the Beatles
- Nowhere Boy
- Backbeat
- Two of Us
- The Lennon Report
- Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
- Yesterday
memorials
- The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute: Live from the Beacon Theatre, NYC
- "All Those Years Ago"
- Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music
- "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"
- "Here Today"
- Imagine Peace Tower
- "The Immigrant"
- Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
- John Lennon Art and Design Building
- John Lennon Museum
- John Lennon Park
- John Lennon Peace Monument
- John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
- "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
- Lennon (musical)
- Lennon Bermuda
- Lennon Wall
- "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)"
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Non-Violence
- Strawberry Fields
- "Roll On John"
- Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon
- Imagine: John Lennon
- soundtrack
- I Met the Walrus
- John (book)
- John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
- Lennon Remembers
- LennoNYC
- The Lives of John Lennon
- The Lost Lennon Tapes
- Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings
- Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
- The Pope Smokes Dope
- Pussy Cats
- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
- Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits
- "That's My Life (My Love and My Home)"
- The U.S. vs. John Lennon
- soundtrack
- 251 Menlove Avenue
- Kenwood
- Tittenhurst Park
- The Dakota
- Bagism
- Bed-in
- Imagine Piano Peace Project
- John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project
- John Lennon UFO incident
- Lennon–McCartney
- LennonOno Grant for Peace
- Mark David Chapman
- "More popular than Jesus"
- Nutopia
- Toronto Rock and Roll Revival
- Psychedelic Rolls-Royce
- 4147 Lennon
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