JOHN LENNON: The One-to-One Concerts - A Potted History
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- A plotted history of John Lennon's only Live Solo Concert- the One to One shows from August 1972
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I was lucky enough to attend the afternoon show. Seeing John was awesome 😅
Fantastic. You must have amazing memories of this
Thanks!
You are the first and only to promote this new project. I hope Sean sends you the box to present it because you deserve it! And your poster on the wall is superb!
Yes it’s strange that my youtube chums didnt announce this but so be it. My channel is not big enough yet to ever get freebies but i appreciate the thought andd glad you like the poster. Ive had it for years but forgot about it and discovered it a month or so ago. Still in its tube. It’s a corker! Thanks for a great comment
it's insane that it is only full concert, it shud be released with both shows on blu ray and this doc as well....plus extras...
Can you imagine what his 1981 tour would have been like.
Would have been amazing. I think about it often
81 shud have been best Beatle year ever, and 82 reunion...
'82 reunion for sure. The Beatles would have taken over world again and own the 80's. With MTV..The Beatles would have been bigger the second time around i believe...
Hiya Tone, great video my friend, I found this one very interesting, well done, cheers, Dave
Cheers Dave thanks very much mate glad you enjoyed it. Hope all is well with you
great teaser for the documentary Tone! Thanks for that. I was not aware that Paul had the opportunity to appear on stage. That had been a great opportunity to renew the friendship to John for sure. It' s a pitty, the beatles never managed to have a real reunion in the 70th. i am really looking forward to one to one documentary. BR from munich!
Thanks very mich Armin, glad you enjoyed the video. Im also really looking forward to the doc. I think i read about the John/Paul thing in the McCartney Legacy book
Excellent video Tone. I never knew about the ticket sales. Fantastic knowledge. I hope Sean gives us an audio physical release of the concert (even if Hollywood bowl style, best song from different shows). So far he has done a superb job. 👏
Thanks very much Rich glad you enjoyed the video. Also hoping that Sean can deliver something great
Another great video, Tone. Thanks so much. I didn’t realise this was the Live in New York City album til you said. Can’t believe that Jack Douglas worked on Double Fantasy though. No wonder Carry On films went down the pan after the 70s 😅
Waaah-hey !!!😂
Thanks for update and brief history of the concert.
You’re welcome Ted
Man! I hope that a DVD and companion CD / streaming of that concert gets released this year!
Fingers crossed
Thanks for the potted history Tone, I am looking forward to the new doco and hoping we also get an audio release - the 1986 album really does need an upgrade..
I still have a copy of the 1986 VHS somewhere, but haven’t watched it for at least a decade I reckon. I remember the quality not being great, but you’ve inspired me to pull it out and give it a spin (or whatever the VHS equivalent is).
You’re welcome Jase. I have the same memories of the VHS. Hopefully whatever we get will will be a big improvement. Im going for clunking as the verb for playing a vhs 😂
Great vid! Thanks! :)
Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Tone for a very interesting history of the One to One concert. Some of it I didn't know about so it is great to hear and has got me really excited and hopefully we get an audio version of the concert as the original Live in New York City wasn't as good but back in them days they didn't have the equipment to make good live recording so with a remix and today's technology it sound amazing. It will be interesting to see what actually turns up on the documentary. As always thanks for keeping us informed on your channel on what is happening. Cheers 😊😊😊
Thanks very much Maurice glad you enjoyed the video. I can only echo everything you say here. Fingers crossed we get something lovely on this audio-wise and Im really looking forward to the doc
Thanks for the update and background.
I have the CD and a dvd somewhere. This sounds like an interesting project and it is a period that does not get the profile that it deserves. There are various reasons for that, but ultimately it is a period that John and Yoko went through and it should be celebrated. Yes, it was of its time and certain elements are, of their time, but ultimately we are all able to put them in their context. John and Yoko were complex characters and not everything that they did was perfect. But it was all part of their journey and as such we should be able to experience that unhindered.
Hopefully the documentary will add the necessary context and enable us all to enjoy both the concert and the Sometime In New York City album without worrying about offending words or politics of the time. Those who do not wish to participate can ignore it, that is fine too.
Anyway, look forward to more updates, news, reviews and discussion.
Keep up the good work.
Absolutely agree with everything you say here Dave. Great comment
Thanks for all the info. I hope there’s a physical release of both the film and the audio. Hopefully we’ll know more soon.
You're welcome dustin. `always a waiting game for these kind of releases
Hi there mate. Well great info for this one on John :). I do look forward to the Documentary. But lol for me I wish to see a nice cleanup of the Concert!!! Day and the night show lol but that is just me :). I do have the Laser Disc and it is good quietly, but wow look at you lol showing the UK vinyl (nice)!!!! + a CD too and you need the VHS Tape .... Yah right lol!!! I do like your shirt and poster too!!! I hope it will be the two show but we will see right!!! Take care and see you later!!!!
Not just you Brad i tjink we would all like both shows cleaned up. Laser disc-nice. Yeah the uk vinyl bought at the time in 1986. One day i will find that VHS somewhere in this house haha. All the best to you my friend
Hello Mr. Beatley Tone
I always knew that the tickets for the one to one concert were not selling and that John and Yoko had to buy up a lot of the tickets
However, what I did not know until now that I am listening to your video is that John had asked Paul if he wanted to perform at the concert
I think this is insane and I wonder why the tickets were not selling if this was John Lennon that was going to perform
However, the good thing is that John and Yoko were able to buy the tickets and give them to the people, and this became historic performance from John
I am very excited about this documentary and I do hope that we also get the remixed CD of the complete performances
Thank you for another awesome video Mr. Beatley Tone
Blessings to you and I will catch you on the next one
Thanks very much Angie, glad you enjoyed the video. I think i read about the john/paul thing in The MCartney Legacy book. You’re right, how can a gig by John Lennon not sell out - thats nuts. So it cost them a few bucks but all the money went to the school so its cool. Also really looking forward to the doc and hopefully an audio release of the gigs. Thanks for a great comment
Thanks again Tone. Wow! I never knew about John and Yoko buying up so many tickets, that’s not something you hear about in the ‘authorised narrative’. Looking forward to seeing hearing this in new remixed/remastered quality. All the best!
You’re welcome Paul. It’s something i’d read before but forgot it until i did my research for this video. Cant wait for whatever we get for this
Very informative video, You showed my favorite book "Eight Arms To Hold You". I wish there was an update as much has come out since.
Yes its a great reference book but only goes up to the year 2000 if i remember correctly Peter
Morning Tone. Thanks for keeping us up to speed.
Morning Peter, you’re welcome mate
Thanks for another great video Tone, cheers mate.
You’re welcome James. Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed the video
Thanks for this video Tone. I had no idea that John had reached out to Paul to appear at the Gig, now had it not been for Klein's involvement what a show that would've been, like wise with Bangladesh the year before, when Paul turned down George, obviously for the same reasons. I have read that John also invited Joan Baez to appear, but sadly she was in Vietnam at the time with an aid agency making a documentary on the war. I am so looking forward to this project, both the documentary and the remixed album. I watched my DVD of the gig on Sunday evening and I've listened to my copy of the '86 album, and it does sound a bit murky, but is this because we have become so accustomed to what we can get with modern remix and remastering technology today in 2024? However it's going to be something to look forward to and to enjoy, just hoping we get a re release of the original Gigs, hopefully on Blu-ray. I think Tone we can say with all confidence that we are being truly spoilt with releases from our beloved Beatles this year...
We are Terry. I had a feeling this year was gonna be a big one for releases and so its proved. I still think there is more to come. Im sure thrre will be a Beatles SDE this year and maybe a new album from Paul. John ssking Paul was a strange one but i think they had just started talking again. You may be right about the murkiness-great point Terry. Glad you enjoyed the video my friend
Had a win last night on the Lotto set for life lottery, sadly not the prize that would have me retiring on Monday, but I thought I'd share a little with you my friend.....
Thank you so much terry, that really kind of you and appreciated. I hope you won enough to get yourself something fab. Thanks again Terry.
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Well it wasn't a life changing sum, but it got me a meal deal from the Hospital shop at lunchtime....😊😊
Mate, totally amazed and chuffed that you have the scoop on all this! I agree that the audio tracks need to be released, from both shows. I would absolutely buy a LP or CD package, and both if they did it that way lol! Cheers.
You’re welcome Richard. Fingers tightly crossed that we get a remixed audio release for this
Nice video. It's "Garden" though, no "S".
Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed the video. No S , got it thank you. You’ll be telling me its got no flowers or grass next😂
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel LOADS of grass!! Definitely loads of grass! Hahahaa! Good on ya, mate.
@@tommymaguire2839 😂😂😂😂
it's amazing show wasn't selling, people would do anything to see John live now..
Yes a hard one to get my head around too
Totally with you on the importance of SINYC in the Lennon story. And the more I hear about these concerts the more it becomes obvious what a good fit a remix of it would be. Not asking for an ultimate mixes but what a great set it would all make.
Same here Peter. Just the remixed concerts will do me
Enjoyed the video mate as always.Quite agree theses concerts have importance.By all accounts not sure how much we are going to get?
Did they both get filmed if so maybe they could put out a DVD much like they did recently with the Toronto Pop Festival.A collective one, might be nice.Dominated by the best of the two performances by John and Yoko?
Although that may depend who owns the rights to the footage?
And so maybe a best of the two J & Y’s performance’s on audio?
Anyway learned a lot as usual from your latest presentation.
Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it. As slways we’ll jave to wait and see what yhey give us, bit a bitvof speculation is half the fun
Had a listen thru Lennon anthology discs 1-3 yesterday - that’s was a great affordable set ! Book writing is tiny though - so the new deluxe sets win out there. The 121 stuff sounds great - watched the VHS years ago - be good to see it spruced up !
Yes the stuff on Anthology sounds decent Gav . A lot better than the original album . I think it might be 30 years since i last saw the VHS so looking forward to this release
This was a good presentation of the history of these 2 shows. I hope that they will release as much of the complete footage of the show as possible. Do you know if both shows were completely filmed, or were only parts of the 2nd show filmed? If Sean Lennon has remixed the audio tapes, that probably does mean that an audio release is coming up eventually. I hope that there will also be a DVD/Blu Ray of a more complete performance. I would like to hear the One To One performance of "We're All Water." They played it on the Dick Cavett Show only a few days earlier, and they don't sound bad at all.
Thanks very much Eric hlad you enjoyed the video. I believe both shows were recorded and filmed so there is the possibility of getting everything we want. Whether we get it or not is another matter
I have always loved this concert, shame John didn't do more solo concerts, there is also a bootleg of all the rehearsal's for this show, wonder if any of that will feature on the new documentary?
I guess we’ll have to wait and see but i would guess there will be rehearsal footage
Just to add the same support acts performed in the afternoon except melanie, who just came out during the give peace a chance finale. I was there and still have ticket stub, cost 10 dollars. Also yoko was heavily booed upsetting john.
Fantastic that you were there Paul. Great memories for you im sure. Thanks for the added info
I have the CD of the concert. I should get it out & see how it sounds.
Enjoy Joseph
Hope v clear footgae, also Borrowed Time film soon...
Hi Tone excuse the mistakes as I’m trying to type this on my iPad. I am going back on my thinking that they should do a combo deluxe box set with One To One and STINYC. I think they have ample material to make OneTo One it’s own deluxe box. I have the Mister Claudel boot which is a 5CD and 1 DVD disc. The set includes both concerts in their entirety and rehearsals plus the DVD of the concert. Admittedly the quality is pretty poor but they have the tech now to clean this up. Along with the new documentary they are making this would make a fantastic deluxe box set.
As far as STINYC I think they could still do a fantastic deluxe box set on its own. Again I have a Mister Claudel boot of the sessions on a 3 CD set, so I’m sure with a remix album , demos and session outtakes they have plenty to make a fantastic deluxe box set. I guess the Lennon camp still need the will and belief they would get a ROI. However I think I read on Super Deluxe Edition website some time back that the work had been completed but for some reason the release got shelved.
Hi Bob, blimey 5 CDs !!! Im guessing there must be a lot of rehearsal material included. As we've always said , the inclusion of the one to one in an ultimate mix set would help sell STINYC but it doesn't fit the format of previous Ultimate Mixes so i wouldn't be surprised if these became separate projects - that is a better fit. Im still reasonably confident that we might get STINYC as an ultimate mix but when is the big question.
Tone,
VHD Disc was a cheaper competitor to LD. I stand to be corrected, but it was never launched in the UK and only really a thing in Japan, hence perhaps why you have not heard of it. It was what Betamax was to VHS and HD DVD was to Blu Ray, if you will.
Cheers.
Russell.
Aha. Thanks for the info Russell
I have the "one-to-one" poster behind Tone's office, I wonder how much is worth?
I dont think mine is an original. Ive had for years and found it a couple of months ago still in the poster tube. I forgot I had it but I love it. if you have an original it could be worth a bit but I have no idea how much Alfred
These shows have been teased (including by people like Jack Douglas) for almost as long as Michael Lindsay Hogg has been saying Let it Be was done and ready to go any day now….so an upgraded version of these shows on Blu-ray is long overdue. However, the Mike Douglas documentary is supposedly due this year as well, would they really release two John centric documentaries in one year, on top of the soon to be released Mind Games set? I mean I wouldn’t mind, but I would think it would make more sense to wait either to very late this year or sometime early next year, release both documentaries which hopefully can lead to blu ray releases of the John & Yoko hosted Mike Douglas shows, the complete One to One shows and documentary and maybe they can sneak in the ultimate Sometime in NYC set too and rectify that non release and have all of John’s 1972/early period in NY covered fully. Then they can continue with the Ultimate sets later in the year or if they take a year long brea till the next set, it wouldn’t be so bad since we will have so much to tide us over in the meantime
You maybe right Joe, but as far as i know the 2 docs are not Apple products so i guess its feasible that 2 independent companies can release stuff without worrying about what else is coming out. Having said that, as the One to `One doc hasn't been given a release date yet, maybe 2025 is more realistic . I agree that it's important that we do get an Ultimate Mixes for STINYC - probably more important that either of these documentaries.
Hi Tony. New RUclips profile now that I have also retired! We are a similar age and became Beatles fans at roughly the same time, mid-1970s. I finally bought the original CD release a few years ago to complete my collection. The concert always intrigued me because of the decades it took for it to receive an official release. Does anyone know the source (late 70s books I would guess) which raved about this concert and hoped it would be released. I long thought it was Carr and Tyler's Illustrated Record (just behind your right shoulder), but having re-read it, there is only a brief mention. Any idea anyone?
Update, I once saw the concert on British terrestrial TV.
Firstly James, congratulations on your retirement - it really is the best thing ever - enjoy it. Sorry I can't recall which book raved about the concert - i always thought it was universally panned but hopefully someone can throw some light on this for you
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Thanks for replying, Tone. The most positive write up I know for the One to One concerts was in the excellent The Beatles Forever by Nicholas Schaffner (one of the best ever Beatles books imho) but I didn't get a copy of that text until around 1990 and after the official release from 1986. It's probably in some long lost magazine article I read over 40 years ago and I am resigned to never tracking it down. On that note, given that I have about 200 books on the Beatles, I often get frustrated trying to recall where I read something...
@@Muninman62 i loved Beatles Forever. It wS one of the first Beatles book i read in the 70s. Still got it but haven’t read it for decades
We need releases like this for the Kampuchea Concert; I want the entire performances, cd audio and DVD/Blu-ray video, of Wings, The Who and The Clash. Maybe we'll get to see a younger BT!
Haha i was quite far back but in the stalls. I only went to the Wings night but would have loved to have gone the night The Who played too. Surely the entire Wings performance will be in the BtTE archive . The rest seems largely forgotten apart from what came out on the double album
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel That 1979 Tour was my favorite by The Who. Great performances and setlists.
First one without Moony too
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel True, but I like Kenney too - he had more energy live than Moon by this period, even if Moon had lived.
Was it the same venue that had Frank Zappa and the Mothers as the backing band, or was that a different concert? I'm a bit confused! You said they only did one live concert, with an afternoon and an evening performance, yet there's no mention of Frank Zappa (and the Mothers, of Invention) who appear on LP 2 of the Some Time in New York City album!
I said only one full concert . He did other live performances where they did only a few songs - sometimes only one but the one to one was the only full length gig - it was also his last. The Zappa gig was at the Filmore East. They did one proper song and 3 freeform Jams. Hope that answers your question
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Yes. Oh, OK. Maybe there will be a blu-ray version of it.
Very informative Tone . Interesting to see what comes out. Not Johns finest hour and the Elephants Memory Band not the best. Hopefully any output will concentrate on the music . We have had enough of John and Yoko home movies where they gaze at each other
Thanks very much Edward glad you enjoyed the video. Definitely not John's finest hour but important in the story for sure
There were at least 3 songs performed by that dreadful fluffy, so-called rock band, Sha Na Na including the meaningless Yakity Yak which should have been banned for idiocy .’Little’ Stevie Wonder also did 3 songs which were probably his worst. Roberta Flack didn’t play any of her memorable hits and after listening to the full concert, it’s my view that only Lennon & Ono came with the quality. I hope that Sony Music or Sean don’t insist on including all the songs of the other artists.
haha I would call Superstition one of Stevie's worse songs. Fortunately 'I Just Called to Say I love You' wouldn't be written for another 12 years :-)