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Overview
The complete and uncensored 1970 Rolling Stone interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
For the first time in full, here are the extraordinary interviews with John Lennon conducted by Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner in 1970. In these pages Lennon discusses the breakup of the Beatles, his favorite tracks with the group and how they were made, fellow musicians including the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, his attitude toward revolution and drugs, and the tenderness of his relationship with Yoko Ono.
For this new edition, the original tapes were re-transcribed, restoring sections that had been deleted in the original publication for reasons of discretion, as well as restoring Yoko’s many comments and the as-taped order of the questions and answers.
Editorials
Independent on Sunday
Finds Lennon in fine form, still bitter about the breakup of the Beatles, full of optimism about his future solo projects, opinionated, emotional and full of life. It captures his mercurial character more exactly than any other book on the Beatles I've read.Rolling Stone
As riveting a document as it was three decades ago ... there is still nothing to rival this interview in the annals of rock journalism – it has lost none of its power to shock.— Anthony DeCurtisSan Antonio Express
A must-have for anyone who loves and remembers Lennon.Uncut
This is the only voice that will ever articulate what it was really, really like to be in the Beatles when it all went wrong – caught in a moment, rasping, raving, and flaming mad.Christopher Walsh
The complete 'Lennon Remembers' stands out by virtue of the intimate and honest portrait [it] presents. —Billboard MagazineChristopher Walsh
The complete Lennon Remembers stands out by virtue of the intimate and honest portrait [it] presents.— Billboard Magazine
Inside.com
[An] evocative and interesting book...exposes a funny, irascible Lennon you either never knew or were too addled to remember.Library Journal
In December 1970, Rolling Stone ran an interview with John Lennon, conducted by Wenner, the magazine's founder, ostensibly to promote Lennon's first post-Beatles studio album. Fueled by anger, honesty, and ego, it became arguably the most legendary interview ever conducted with a major celebrity. Originally published in 1971, Lennon Remembers has been retranscribed from the original tapes. Segments that Lennon originally excised to spare others' feelings have been reinstated, including comments on his rumored affair with the Beatles's late manager, Brian Epstein. The transcript has also been returned to its original sequence, improving the flow of the conversation. In a new introduction, Wenner admits that the interview suffers from his inexperience, but Lennon trusted Wenner and was ready to purge years of pent-up bitterness over having to "completely humiliate oneself to be what the Beatles were." There may be some demand for this new edition, as it is the source for many of Lennon's comments in the hotly hyped Beatles Anthology (LJ 10/15/00). For larger collections. [For more on Brian Epstein, see Debbie Geller's In My Life, reviewed on p. 83.--Ed.]--Lloyd Jansen, Stockton-San Joaquin Cty. P.L., CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.Jeremy Harding
What makes th Lennon interview rewarding the second time around [is that] the perplexing contraditions it revealed at the time seem easier in grasp in retrospect.—London Review of Books