The three pages of “outrage” that John Lennon wrote to Paul McCartney, after the breakup of the Beatles of which they were both members, are for sale at the North American auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll, with a base value of 35.000 euros. There are eight interested people, but for Beatlemania all is not lost.
The letter, typed and with annotations scrawled in the margins, signed by Lennon, was written after McCartney’s controversial 1971 interview with the magazine. melody maker — where he addressed the end of the Liverpool quartet in 1970 and the relationship between Lennon and Yoko Ono.
The ex-Beatle begins by addressing the finances around the apple recordsdescribes a business-related telephone conversation and also refers to the purchase of shares in northern songs “by the back”. Lennon also accuses McCartney and uses his then-wife, Linda, to “spitting on the group” and for you The end.
I know we want the same thing. As I said on the phone and now in this letter, whenever you want to find me, just call me”, concluded John Lennon, leaving the “grievances” aside.
The letter (which you can read here in its entirety and, who knows, purchase), which resurrects the exchange of accusations between the two artists, for sale, until August 19from the American auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll.
Source: Observadora
