2007 Magazine of the Week #15

This week we take a quick look at the April 1988 issue of MUSICIAN magazine, with a JOHN LENNON cover story by SCOTT ISLER.

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The Lennon story is mainly about the upcoming "Lost Lennon Tapes" radio series. Isler gives us the run-down on some of the tapes and previously unreleased recordings that would likely be heard on the radio show.

Here's a little excerpt that is still tantalizing, even 19 years later:

"A two-note electric guitar ostinato over a rippling bass tone creates a musical ebb-and-flow. This is not a solo tape. "I can hardly raise my head / I'm lying in my lazy bed / I haven't got a care." The ethereal, high-pitched voice - over wordless falsetto backing - comes from the land of tangerine trees and marmalade skies. The tempo is that of molasses. "Everybody's rushing 'round but me / I'm dreaming." These are THE BEATLES performing "Lullabye For A Lazy Day", a song you've never heard. And you won't hear it on The Lost Lennon Tapes either. Official co-writer Paul McYou-Know-Who is unlikely to give clearance to allow the finished (but not incredible) song to be broadcast. This one is truly lost."

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And as usual with Musician Magazine, there's plenty of other cool stuff in here too: particularly "ROBYN HITCHCOCK - On The Trail Of The Gelatinous Blindfish", a great interview in which we get the basic Hitchcock story, from his days with THE SOFT BOYS up through his new "Globe Of Frogs" LP.