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"A Day In The Life"
The Autograph Manuscript of John Lennon
January 17 - March 7, 2006
New York
Offered by sealed bid auction, with final bids due by 12 noon EST, March 7, 2006.
LENNON, JOHN. 1940-1980.
Autograph Manuscript, [“A Day In The Life”], n.p., n.d. [London, January 17, 1967], 1 page, recto and verso of a single A4 sheet of unlined paper (265 x 194 mm ), in black felt marker and blue ballpoint pen. A few annotations in red ink, one small 5 mm hole and some soiling to lower margin, folding creases, light foxing to lower margin verso. Matted in double paneled glass frame to 19 x 15 inches.
Two complete drafts of John Lennon’s lyrics to “A Day In The Life,” likely composed on the morning and afternoon of January 17, 1967.
Commentary:
A shot heard around the world…
An inauspicious beginning…
Firsts and lasts…
An ode to joy and sorrow...
Cover illustration: Contact sheet of Abbey Road Studios recording session, February 10, 1967, of “A Day In The Life” symphonic crescendo sequence. © 2006 Tracks. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
A print copy of the contact sheet illustrated on the cover will be included with this lot.
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