JOHN LENNON - A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS

A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS

(2CD-R 2002 DARTH DISC DD014/015)

Disc 1

Yoko Ono

1. Opening
2. Just Like Starting Over
3. Marriage
4. The Dialogue Concept Of Double Fantasy
5. Hard Times Are Over
6. How The Songs Came About
7. Hearing John's Songs For The First Time
8. Finding The Time To Write
9. Her Reaction To Hearing (Just Like) Starting Over For The First Time
10. Watching The Wheels
11. Being Credited To Saving John's Life
12. Stand-Off's with John In The Early Days
13. Her Background
14. Her Creativity
15. Her Music
16. I'm Your Angel
17. Switching Roles
18. The Impression That She Still Controls John
19. Being Role Models

John Lennon And Yoko Ono

20. Greetings / Sesame Street
21. A Day In The Life Of John And Yoko
22. John And Sean's Relationship
23. Television Commercials
24. Being Able To Spend Time With Sean
25. Teenagers
26. Children In Todays Society
27. Making a Decision To Devote Time To Sean
28. Feeling Guilty
29. School
30. Discipline
31. The Urge To Make Music Again
32. Hearing Yoko's Songs For The First Time
33. Public Acceptance Of Double Fantasy
34. Personal Songs

Disc 2

1. Creativity
2. Meeting Yoko
3. John's Music Reflecting Yoko's Influence
4. Public Reaction To Two Virgins
5. Commercial Success
6. Yoko Getting Interested In Pop Music
7. Communication
8. What Are They Doing?
9. Working With Yoko
10. Double Fantasy
11. Surviving The 70's
12. The Evolution To (Just Like) Starting Over
13. Walls And Bridges
14. #9 Dream
15. Being A Bachelor
16. Destroying The Matcho Image
17. Being Image Orientated
18. Defying "Love"
19. Hold On
20. Woman
21. Imagine
22. The Concept Of Imagine
23. Politics
24. Illusion
25. Holistic Potential
26. Their Generation
27. Radio
28. New Projects
29. Farewells

Some notes on the recording /remastering
This historic interview - John Lennon's last -- was conducted on Monday,
December 8, 1980 from 2 to 5pm in Yoko Ono's office at the Dakota
Apartments.
It was conducted for the RKO radio network by Dave Sholin, Ron Hummel
(Engineer for KFRC - San Francisco) and Laurie Kaye. Warner Brothers
promotion director Bert Keane was also present. Until now, it was available
primarily in versions derived from the RKO syndicated broadcast, John
Lennon: The Man. The Memory, which was written by Kaye, narrated by Sholin
and originally aired on December 14, 1980. That show used only a portion of
the interview, with musical selections interspersed. What you are holding
now is the unproduced and uncut (except to the extent noted below) raw
interview tape.
The principal sources for this CD transfer were two C-90 cassettes, recorded
in mono and dubbed several times before they came into our possession. They
are the best and most complete sources we could find; but listeners should
note that because of the age of the tapes, and dubbing that had gone on
before they made their way to us, there are some audio artifacts present on
these discs. Great care has been taken to present this recording as
accurately as possible, and not to abuse or misuse the audio restoration
tools available today. In other words, some of the tape hiss from the source
remains: the alternative was a recording devoid of atmosphere, and with the
timbral qualities of the voices altered.
But tape hiss was not the only problem created by the multiple dubbing in
this tape's background. Obviously some of the tape copiers were far from
fastidious in checking to see that their dubs had all the material on the
tapes they copied from, and where reel changes occurred, there were gaps in
our primary source. Yes, it's truly shocking: no doubt anyone reading this
would have been far more careful when dubbing such a historical treasure.
The good news is that at least some of the missing material could be taken
from the RKO broadcast. The source for these patches was an over-the-air
dub, which had been produced for airplay - which is to say that the raw
interview had been subjected to processing , editing for content
(unfortunately, in no case does the patch completely supplant the raw
interview), and in a few cases the addition of a musical bed. Although every
effort has been made to blend these inserts with the raw interview, they
will be evident to the listener. These inserts, which range from a few
seconds to about two minutes in length, can be found in the following spots:
Disc 1, Track 24 (1'53 - 2'02)
Disc 1, Track 32 (0'07 - 0'25)
Disc 2, Track 8 (4'11 - 6'17)
Disc 2, Track 9 (0'00 - 0'10)
Disc 2, Track 27 (2'07 - 3'09)
There is also a break before Track 24 on Disc 2, but alas, none of the
missing dialogue was aired in the radio broadcast.
In addition to material absent because of slovenly dubbing, there were also
breaks in the original conversation that were not captured on the source
tape. These breaks are evident prior to Track 25 on Disc 1, and before
Tracks 9 and 28 on Disc 2. It may be, of course, that a complete tape,
several steps lower on the generational ladder, will turn up one of these
days. In the meantime, this is the most complete edition of John Lennon's
final interview that has ever been made available. We hope you find it
illuminating.