The John Lennon Story I Didn't Know! As told by his sister Julia Baird
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2022
- The John Lennon Story I Didn't Know! As told by his sister Julia Baird
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Link to buy this book (signed by Julia Baird) from the Strawberry Field Visitor Centre in Liverpool: store.strawberryfieldliverpool.com/1-25-016-01-01-signed-imagine-this-book.html
Cynthia Lennons book "John" (haven't read her other book) is also giving great insight into Johns upbringing, and Mimis role in it.
Yes, I have read both of Cynthia's books too. I LOVE Cynthia, she was such a kind and classy woman. I was lucky enough to meet her and have my photo taken with her at a Beatles convention in New England back in the early '90s. Her book is heartbreaking in parts, she truly loved John and I believe she continued to love him through her life.
I read this book and it's predecessor many years ago. The Lennon's /Stanley's were quite a dysfunctional bunch. All the 4 children Julia senior had, had a tough time in their formative years. But Julia junior really shines a different light on the story of John's adolescence. A great book. Thanks for sharing
Hi, I have this book: "John Lennon, My Brother" (together with Giuliano, Geoffrey , publ. 1988) and now I'm wondering what the difference is to "Imagine" - you write that you have read both - what are the differences?
@@vinyl_marmalade That was the book I read to. Not to much difference really. Maybe a few new memories, obviously no input from a ghost writer or co author. More of the on going fight with John's estate to get to the bottom of the cottage he allegedly bought for the family.
Very similar question to the difference between A Twist Of Lennon and John, both of Cynthia Lennon's books. Essentially the same book just a bit more polished and a few other memories.
I have read both of these books a number of times too,they are great.
On Oct. 21, 2017 I was lucky enough to meet and talk with Julia Baird at a Beatles' event held in Kent, Ohio (which is also the town that Kent State University is located. I graduated from there in June 1969) Anyway she signed my book with a nice little personal message. While talking with her I found out that we are just 4 days apart in age! I knew she was born in the same year as me, but didn't know the actual date. She was very nice and I was pleased to get a photo of us together. Her book is VERY VERY interesting and there was so much in it that I never knew. That is saying something because I have hundreds of books on the Beatles as a group and on each of the members by themselves. SO it was VERY nice to have a book that was so full of information that other books never had. I am SO THANKFUL to JULIA for writing this book about her family history and what it was like for her and John growing up. GLAD you enjoyed the book as well. I HIGHLY recommend it to ANYONE that is a fan of John Lennon and what to know MORE about his upbringing and his extended family in Liverpool.
Another great video :) I've got this book and it was really an enlightening read. It did make me watch Nowhere Boy from a different angle too - there is a snippet of a scene involving Aunt Mimi, which I wouldn't have even paid attention to if it hadn't been for the book. My favourite moment was when Julia and Jackie went to a Beatles concert and how John took care of them afterwards, very touching.
Ah, suprised you have only just come across this. A fascinating read and I feel I need to read it again soon. It came out a year or so after Cynthia's "John" in 2005. Read together, I think both books compliment each other well. Same publisher, I think.
I have this book and have read it a number of times.Also her other book,"John Lennon,My Brother".
I thought they were the same text with different titles? Are Julia's 2 books different?
There is a book that is called John Lennon letters Think and they include many things he wrote to family members I read it and it is amazing, really interesting,
tea, i read it, its great.
Oh I haven't heard of THAT one, I would LOVE to read that. IS that the actual title?
Yes it is called the John Lennon letters @@patticrichton1135
Well done Andrew for bringing this book to my attention, will definitely have to read it now 👍
hi mate,
i bought this book, also signed by Julia, at The Cavern the last time I was in Liverpool, just one week before Strawberry Field opened it's door. i didn't know about that opening, otherwise I would have changed my travel date.
Quite an entertaining book with a lot of new facts.
I met Julia in Durness, Scotland for a festival there I was gigging at. She was lovely and signed her book for me.
I was one of "the 50" and was delighted at your tip off Andrew, without which I would have remained in ignorance about the interview CD, so a big thank you to you too!
Fantastic!
Thank you for the tip. That book caught my interest and I've put an order. Will be an interesting read. Hope you're having a good vacation in the sun.
Always enjoy your videos, Andrew!
Thanks for your thoughtful review of Julia's book. I look forward to reading it.
Good book I got mine signed by Julia when I was at strawberry fields
Nice lady used to see her from time to time while I was working in the beatles story museum
Great video and information! Fantastic scenery--enjoy the rest of your holiday over in Spain.
Read this book last year and found it a very interesting read. Like you say it would make for a good story even if you didn't like John Lennon. Very sad one for sure. What comes to my mind is when Sean Lennon interviewed Paul and asked about Julia, said he didn't know a lot about her. Makes you wonder if he has ever spoken with Julia Baird or if she has been kept away from John's family with Yoko. I know Julian must be aware of her because of Cynthia. Anyway loved your review, have a wonderful holiday!
Interesting. I didn’t know John had a sister named Julia. Same name as his mother. I like the scenery in this video.
Brilliant location, Andrew! I went to Almeria in September 1974, met Alex Cox (then a student), and also looked around the old Western sets where Sergio Leone made the Dollars films. They are still standing. Are you going to take a look?
Thank you for the video about the book.
Didn't get chance to visit and am back home today!
I'm dyslexic & misread the film title. I thought it was about his pet dog -
'Now here boy' 😎
I have had the DVD of "How I Won The War" for a number of years but still haven't watched it yet.
Just ordered it from Strawberry fields. Thanks for posting.
I bought the CD thanks to your video. Also bought Julia's book too.
It's great seeing you in that sunny location, and I love that you're talking about this book from within visual distance of Almeria! Sounds like an excellent read... but having just received the Paul Talks CD a few days ago (plan to listen soon!) and seen what the international postage rate was... I'll be postponing any book orders for awhile. Thanks for another great video, and enjoy your time in the sun :-)
I'll have to get this book, hope you're having a good holiday!
It is s stunning where you are and I like the link between. Liverpool. And Spain. The book by Julia looks intriguing I love walking round Besties locations And that one where you are is fabulous ps Andrew how was the Airport any problems any Queueing enjoy yourself. It’s a beatiful backdrop
Cheers Tyrone, Leeds Bradford airport was very busy at 4am when we arrived but they dealt with everything OK!
Great video Andrew.
This video has interesting timing. I just watched nowhere boy again. I liked it a lot. I want to read this book now.
My life goal is to visit strawberry fields, I did buy a brick nearly a decade ago. Yes a brick shipped to the United States. It is wonderfully packaged. Can I please just move to Almira Spain? I suggest watching the sub titled film called living is easy with eyes closed, about a man who tries to meet John while on set. It's a drama and very well done. Much peace
I saw that film. Loved it! But that could never happen now... young girl travelling with teacher, all innocent?!
A friend of mine actually sent me one of those bricks from Strawberry Field. It was a TOTAL surprise as I knew nothing about her planning on doing so.
@@patticrichton1135 hi I'm in United States 4am, yes I mailed away for my brick. I love the presentation in red box and tissue paper. It proudly sits open in my living room. The song was my first exposure to the beatles at age 5. It's haunting yet with so many layers. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. A life lesson indeed. Thank you for sharing, lastly john was my first concert at age 9, msg, NYC one to one benefit on Aug 30, 1972. Cost was 10d and my mom took us from NJ to NY on the bus. I saw George in 1974 and Paul and ringo many times. Very fortunate
Have a great holiday Andrew.
Andrew fantastic video, I have her book, autographed the book is awesome, the facts of then, details of life , Andrew Thank You, all this about Johns Life, life in England It is all so interesting to me John is my favorite, I have purchased things from Strawberry Fields, this place is so special Thank you takecare, be safe Friend, Steve
Hi there, Andrew. Great video once again. I found the Nowhere Boy film to be enjoyable but nothing special really, when I saw it some 10 or 11 years ago:) Anyway, very interesting video. Enjoy your vacation and see you soon for the video on Paul's 80th:) Can't wait for that!
Hi I must be the only one that takes Nowhere Boy as a load of rubbish. It's my message to Andrew stating John would never have punch Paul at the funeral.
Hello Mr. Dixon
As a fan of John Lennon I am really interested in this book and because of this I would like to ask you something
Do you happen to know if Julia also has this book on an audio CD?
It would be nice if she did because that way people like me who cannot see can also hear her story
Hi, sorry I don't know that, I'd advise going to the Strawberry Field website and sending them a message to ask 🙂👍
@@AndrewDixonMusic ok Mr. Dixon
I will definitely do that
I thank you for replying and I will hear you on the next video
Take care
I have this book and mine to is signed by Julia , she definitely shines a different light on aunt Mimi , loved the book ((*J*)) another great book is Daddy come home written by Pauline Lennon (Fred Lennon’s wife) it gives fred’s account of life with the Stanley family
OH WOW, I never heard of that book! Do you know if it is still available? I will have to look on line. Other than a few articles on Freddie Lennon over the years, we really don't know much about him. John had a lot of his dad's features, I thought.
Didn't Paul say the film was full of flaws and errors. No wonder Paul gets so annoyed with the entertainment media.
Bought this book on watching this and found it enlightening . It’s equal parts tragic, amusing and revelatory .
This inspired me to buy Cynthia’s memoir on life with John and was struck how her recollections of johns aunt Harry were totally different to johns sister Julia’s who painted her as a cold austere matriarch .
Regardless Julia’s book is amazing . It kinda makes John human as opposed to a deity .
Thankyou Andrew for your insight on this book, just curious as the location cause it looks really nice!
Hi, it's Nerja on the south coast of Spain 🙂👍
@@AndrewDixonMusic thankyou
My copy of "John Lennon, My Brother" by Julia Baird with Geoffrey Giuliano was published in 1989, ©1988. Is the book Andrew has been sent a repackaged version of the book I have?
Nice find. Looks like an interesting read. Thanks for the link.. the t-shirts look good as well. Agree about Nowhere Boy. (I was annoyed at the way Paul was being depicted, but as soon as John hit him, I knew I wasn’t the intended target audience at all... nice looking fan fiction in a way, I suppose.) Have fun in Spain! Thanks Andrew!
I didn't like the way Paul was depicted either, especially since he looked like he was about 12 instead of 15 or 16. I wish the actor playing Lennon had more of a resemblance to John, but he looked NOTHING like him...AND he had blue eyes. Maybe they couldn't get the actor to wear brown contact lenses. The film was Ok, but I knew that there were a lot of inaccuracies in it.
For you very early birds and LP lovers including Andrew McCartney I II III box set will be available in three different formats - Limited Edition Colour Vinyl, Black Vinyl Edition, and CD - each including three special photo prints with notes from Paul about each album. The newly created boxset cover art and typography for the slipcase are by Ed Ruscha.
I am not a coloured vinyl freak but I know others love them so I would pre-order pretty quickly.
If you would like to know more about Julia Baird (and why she decided to become an author) it is worth listening to the interview she gave for the excellent Beatles City podcast series produced by the Liverpool Echo. It's dated November 2019 but still appears to be available.
As soon as I watched your video. Ordered my copy. Have you heard any secrets about a) Beatles Deluxe b) Paul archive release?
Nothing yet!
Awesome t-shirt it is.It won't be wasted during the great weather you're having in Almeria.
Speaking of t-shirts,the Charles Hawtrey And The Deaf Aids t-shirt I ordered arrived today.
I have heard Julia discuss John and all the crap that went down between their mother Julia and Mimi. I understood it was coming from a distinct point of view but Cynthia's accounts of her interaction with Mimi validate much of what Julia had to say. It's not a flattering picture to say the least. But then John's mother was no saint either. I am as far from a Yoko fan as you will find East of Eden but I will say this, at least she let John get some of his frustrations out with the whole primal scream bit. But how much did she reinforce John's insecurities? As Cynthia put it and John's sister seemed to validate this claim, John ended up marrying his aunt Mimi in the end.
What a mess. Still, I might give this book a read. I have read and heard so much on the band over the years that I didn't think there was much left to mine but I wasn't aware Julia had written book. Perhaps I'll give it a read. Thanks for the recommendation.
interesting ,✌️. another thing Andrew is Freddie Lennons other family? John's half brothers David and Francis from Fred's 2nd wife ?
Yes, I'm not sure they'd have a story to tell, would assume they almost certainly never met?
Agree don't think they did ....be great to know if any correspondence happened. Privacy I suppose an issue for some family when John Lennon fans like me love unearthed info ...
@George Irving.
It's David and Robin.
Paul Announces the brand new 'McCartney I II III' box set check out the official site.
I feel bad for enjoying "Nowhere Boy" since you mention the inaccuracies in it.What's that saying,"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story"?
A lot of biographical films will take "poetic license" with the stories, or will combine things due to time constraint, OR just create an event to make it more interesting. So it's hard to know what is true and what is not. I would say that "Nowhere Boy" is "BASED" on John's life at that time....which really means....it's not totally factual.
Hi! Apparently Julia does not refer to Mimi's role as a "rescue" but more as an... "appropriation". There are a few interviews with Julia here in YT, and I remember one where she sounds quite bitter about the whole ordeal and Mimi's intentions...which actually surprised me.
ruclips.net/video/HPeKYCFqFVc/видео.html
Hi Andrew, thanks for your review! I have this book: "John Lennon, My Brother" (together with Giuliano, Geoffrey , publ. 1988) and now I'm wondering what the difference is to your "Imagine" - does she write anything about it in the preface? Thanks for your advice or maybe someone else knows! Thanks
Fantastic info Andrew mate. I love that you bring us things like this that are other than just the music or the show business career of the Beatles because I also am interested in the real world lives of and family of the Beatles and what really happened. The music is the main ingredient of course and collecting those physical medium copies of the music is what I do but these sorts of other things bring a much needed extra dimension to collecting and to understand your musical heroes and having love for John and other fabs mean I also have love for their families and a desire to know this stuff. But oh goodness,I hope it's not too expensive for the book signed as collecting is becoming more and more expensive as time goes by naturally and because of inflation. Just out of curiosity Andrew have you noticed a huge increase in the amount of money certain sellers are asking for Beatles records now? It's unbelievable. Some people think I'd they have a Beatles record it must be worth hundreds or thousands of pounds. I've seen people asking £500 for standard copies of A Hard Day's Night which you can get for £25- £100 depending on condition. People asking £700 for a Sgt Peppers which should only be like £50-£150. And even some along £200 for CDs which you can get for £3-£7
Thanks Craig.
I haven't really noticed anything on record prices as I don't tend to keep an eye on them, sounds like the market is going a bit crazy from what you say!
@@AndrewDixonMusic Yeah. Obviously I'm talking about only a few who think they can ask such HUGE prices just because it's a Beatles vinyl. I think it must be younger naive sellers maybe, or people just getting into it and just believe Beatles and vinyl means huge amounts of money. But even on average more money is being asked for second hand vinyl and it seems to be if it's the Beatles it gives a license to say "RARE BEATLES VINYL" OR "RARE BEATLES CD" and ask silly money. Maybe these are one of sellers, but I have seen a lot of it recently where I've never seen it before where sellers are asking hundreds for just standard copies which can easily be gotten for like I say £25-£100. I'm talking about eBay by the way Andrew. Not out there in brick and mortar. I have to qualify that, so maybe it's naive eBay sellers. But yeah I was sent an offer of £449 with a discount of £50 from an eBay seller of a hard day's night with absolutely nothing special about it, just a standard copy worth about £50 because of its decent condition and I was just amazed at this seller thinking they had given me a huge discount. I have exactly the same copy around the same condition which I bought about 3 years ago for £25. But however the book you have the link to is very very good value for money and I was surprised and will be placing my order this payday.
I had no idea,those prices are outrageous.
@@craigwarner6156 Yeah, sellers on eBay will ask what they want and see if ANYONE will take a bite and PAY that! Believe me, there a lot of people out there that WOULD pay those outrageous prices because they don't know any better. SO, if a seller is asking hundreds for an album, book, whatever, that is NOT worth that much, and someone DOES pay them that large price.....well, they just made a lot of money. I think it's sad. I could NEVER try to do that to anyone. You really have to be careful on eBay and try to do research on any a seller's huge asking price, before you buy.
@@AndrewDixonMusic Guau ¡
Andy(i speak spanish) please you should other video about if book IMAGINE JL, is the same JOHN LENNON MY BROTHER of 1988, to comparing these two books.
I have this book: "John Lennon, My Brother" (together with Giuliano, Geoffrey and prologue by Mc Cartney ) and now I'm wondering what the difference is to your "Imagine". please andrew.
He was in Oh what a lovely war an Attenborough film
No. He was in How I Won The War. A Lester film. But close.😁
hi Andrew, I haven't read this book but is the story your suggesting about his aunt Mimi coming to the rescue differ from what's in mark Lewisohn's book that it was agreed she'd look after him. Take care over there.
I think any potential difference is in the word "agreed"! I'd have to go back and read that section of Tune In again to remember what Mark said, but I think that's something I'll do soon.
Hi Andrew, in this video you're saying a couple of times that this book shows that it was actually quite different than the stories we've read in other books. But how do you decide which one is true?
This book to me seems very convincing based on it having come from Julia's own memories and those of the people in her family (and others such as Michael Fishwick) closely involved personally in the events.
It's a great book, very interesting. The Beatles story is quite dysfunctional certainly from John's side.
I was just trying to decide if that was Hornsea or Withernsea... It's always hard to believe that the subject of the song Julia was someone born (just) before the First World War. And Mimi was significantly older. Very different times.
Striking similarity to Hornsea!
I have a book by Cynthia simply called John and its brilliant if you do have it let me know your views on it I'd be really interested to know
I've not read that one!
@@AndrewDixonMusic It's very much worth your time. Such a more detailed (and honest) telling than her previous one, "A Twist of Lennon".
Cynthia's "John" book is also one I have read a few times.When Cynthia became pregnant with Julian,it was still seen to be sinful to have a child out of wedlock,so she and John were felt obliged to get married,whether or not they were suited.
@@AndrewDixonMusic You should, I HOPE you will, and IF you do would be love to have you do a reaction video to it.
Yes I’ve read it. Interesting on how Yoko is portrayed . Not a likeable character at all.
Are you a coltrane fan Andrew?
I am! I've got about 25 of his albums, though some I find hard work (Ascension!!)
@@AndrewDixonMusic I saw the cds in the background
The unmistakable black and orange impulse label...I agree some are hard going and tend to get left on the shelf...would like to take this opportunity to say thank you in playing a part in my recovery during the first lockdown...was off of work with a torn ligament in the knee for 4 months
Whilst browsing I came across your beatles videos along with the likes of john heaton mean mr mayo and some Canadian guy stud muffin the mule or something like that 😉
But found myself trawling thru all of them
Many thanks
John
Thanks John, hope you;re fully recovered now!
@@AndrewDixonMusic I'm good and fighting fit thank you
I suppose Julia didn’t know about the bullying and tormenting of younger boys to John’s school. He has the reputation of being ‘cool’, but to those young boys he was just a thug and a bully. NB this was way before his mum died