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As you know, the original pressin' of the "legendary" (Amazon.com's adjective) double album included individually stamped numbers LP (based on what I've read). Like the first copy was 0000001, the second 0000002, etc. And the official mythology (per the Anthology) is that The Beatles themselves claimed the first four. Those numbers're collectors items for sure. 0000005 sold for about $30,000 in a 2008 auction.
There was some quote of a quote from McCartney that I found online--essentially, it claimed that one of his favourite memories is hearin' Lennon sing "Goodnight" as he taught it to Ringo. And for some reason, the aural image put a smile on my face. Cause that'd surely be a sound to hear. Especially since there're no known bootlegs of the composer singin' his own song. Although if he ever sang it to Julian, and you heard that...
Hilariously, I'd've liked to've gotten the week before my concert date--cause that've been my birthday, and side three would've coincided, not to mention it's VC's boyfriend's birthday, too. But alas, the girls've got some Philharmonia duties to attend. Hey, in a stretch of the imagination the names of the four gals in my group correspond somewhat with the Fab Four. Well, obviously, VA's the feminine form of McCartney's middle name.
Remember that his first name was James. VL2's name is based on John, via Johann, Giovanni and Ivan. VL1's name is spelled with a "J" (although I think she told me a "S" is more correct), nevertheless, I sound it out as a "G" a la George. And VC's name begins with a "R" not unlike Ringo. OK, I'm bein' overly reachin' for links, but hey, sometimes I need to see some pattern in the chaos to at least pretend to understand
the White Album. Come on, it's schizophrenic, to put it mildy. I need to get into all four of the Liverpool lads' heads--which I've transplanted into my string quartet. They've got the number four on their side. And speakin' of numbers, there're two instances when someone audilbly counts to eight--"Don't Pass Me By" and "Birthday". To which "Revolution 9" speaks of the numeral that follows those evenly spaced breaks.
Well, if no one's lyin', Ringo's got the number one White Album, which Lennon originally claimed, but outta the mulitcharacteristically goodness of his hearrt, gave it to the drummer of The Beatles. And he's got that kept in the UK, whilst his 0000004 is in America. So presumably 0000002 and 0000003're in Paul'n'George's estates' possessions. Please show me another album that's got half as much nonsense in'n'outside of its sleeves.
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